Happy Birthday Barry Leitch!!
On Monday, April 27 RetroGamingMusic will have a special birthday show for Barry Leitch who is responsible for many great compositions for video games like: Top Gear, Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, Hero Quest, Silkworm, Super Cars, Horizon Chase Turbo, and many-many more. Don't miss out on this special show, you will hear live performances and remixes of Barry Leitch's work!
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Happy Birthday David Whittaker!
On Friday April 24 RetroGamingMusic will have a special birthday show for David Whittaker who is responsible for many great compositions on the Commodore 64 and the Amiga like: Shadow of the Beast, Lazy Jones, SpeedBall, Glider Rider, Armageddon Man and many many more. Don't miss out on this special show, you will hear live performances and remixes of David Whittakers work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xJqrmHtLaU
"Wings of Death - Reworked Anthology" Kickstarter Now Live
The Kickstarter campaign of Wings of Death - Reworked Anthology
by the German Remix Group is live as of today and is accepting pledges, with €1287 of the original €6500 goal already pledged with 29 days still to go. As a reminder, the finished product will be available not only as a digital download, but also on physical media: as a double CD, and as a limited-edition Best of
vinyl record, with additional stretch goals also available. The project is also approved and supported by the original author himself, Jochen Hippel. Check out the campaign's page below for more details!
Matt Gray: Central Park Main Theme (LN2) (R5 Version)
The second album from Matt Gray's Reformation 5
project is most definitely in the works as evidenced by another track he posted from the upcoming Last Ninja 2
album. Earlier this year we got a single featuring the main theme from The Sewers level, and today we got a single with Central Park Main Theme.
A Quick Q&A with the German Remix Group
The German Remix Group (GRG) has recently announced that on April 22nd, 2026 they will launch a Kickstarter campaign for the creation of a physical album dedicated to Jochen Hippel's soundtrack of the Amiga game 'Wings of Death'. Although this group has been publishing remix albums since 2012 - all of which have been available for free on their website - not everybody may be familiar with them, so I thought I would make them sit down and answer a few questions to introduce themselves and their new campaign to the readers of Remix64.com. You can read my interview with them at the link below.
New Kickstarter: "Wings of Death" Soundtrack Anthology (feat. Jochen Hippel)
On April 22nd, the 1st Kickstarter dedicated to Jochen Hippel is starting and needs your support!
The German Remix Group is launching its first Kickstarter campaign together with Jochen Hippel and his legendary Wings of Death
soundtrack.
With Wings of Death – The Reworked Anthology
we’d like to present all the tracks from the original soundtrack in both remastered
and reworked
versions, as well as selected remixes.
The finished product will be available as a digital download edition, a double CD, and a limited-edition Best of
vinyl record.
Find more information check the links below.
An Encore for Pete - The Journey of Encore500 v2 - Part 2
The second and final part of my article about the making of Encore500 Volume 2 , including interviews I've conducted with the musicians featured on the album is now online.
Symphonic Shades
by Chris Hülsbeck
Recorded live and performed by the WDR Funkhausorchester Köln (WDR Broadcast Orchestra, Cologne), and the FILMharmonic Choir, Prague, this album features fantastic orchestral arrangements of Chris Huelsbeck's best works.
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Released December 17, 2008
23. August 2008, Funkhaus Wallrafplatz, Köln
WDR Funkhausorchester Köln und FILMharmonischer Chor Prag
Musik komponiert von Chris Hülsbeck
Arrangiert und orchestriert von Jonne Valtonen
Gastarrangeure: Yuzo Koshiro (3), Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (7) und Adam Klemens (7, 14)
Dirigent: Arnold Roth • Chorleiter: Stanislav Mistr
Orchestermanager: Winfried Fechner • Chormanager: Petr Pycha
Konzertmeister: Juraj Cizmarovic • Violoncello: Dan Lupu
Klaviersoli: Benyamin Nuss (5) und Jari Salmela (15) • Darbuka: Rony Barrak (11, 12)
Tonmeister: Peter Eichenseher • Toningenieur: Andreas Gernemann-Paulsen
Edit und Mastering: Thomas Kupilas
Art Director: Stefan Ellerich
Coverartwork: Hitoshi Ariga
Künstlerische Beratung: Roberto Christen und Jochen Eeuwyk
Texte: Matthias Oborski • Fotos: Philippe Ramakers und Thomas Böcker
Associate Producer: Jan Zottmann
Ausführender Produzent: Thomas Böcker
Vielen Dank an Sebastian Eichholz, Matthias Ziegs, Heiko Kaspers, Matthias Opdenhövel und Factor 5.
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Complications (Encore500)Arranged by Peter Clarke
I wish I had nothing to do with it.
Having been privy to how Peter approached this interpretation was impressive. Initially it was to be 70s Motown, then Disco pretty much came out of the mixing process. The end result is Disco without the Cheese, showing Peter's talent when it comes to choosing tasteful aesthetics.
Peter got a severe upper hand by being able to play those funky guitar, Rhodes Piano and Hammond Organ licks live and with great articulation. To me, this is what makes all the difference in a world of 100% In-The-Box DAW Remixes. It did take a lot more effort when it came to the mixing and mastering, however in hindsight it was definitely worth all the ache, pain and harassment from Peter.
As I recall things it was the other way around with the C64 version happening later, but I digress…
Friendly banter aside, this track shows Peter Clarke's strength as a professional musician on guitar and keyboard which is something I've been suggesting for him to get back into after a decade of fake symphonic orchestral remixes.
So glad he did, because this one is one of the funkiest tracks on Remix64 this year and so different from all the numerous Complications remixes out there!
Review by Danko
Auf Wiedersehen Monty & Commando
Arranged by Jeroen Tel
And since it has the perfect length for DJs, who need a long piece of sound for going to the restrooms without relying on automix… thumbs up! 😃
Review by bgmnt
International Karate (revived)
Arranged by Puffy64
Review by Gurbz
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