Back In Time Live & Remix64 25th Anniversary Compo
Matt Gray: The Final Battle Theme from LN2 (R5 Version)
Today Matt dropped another single from his upcoming Reformation 5
project, The Final Battle tune from Last Ninja 2. It's available on Bandcamp.
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"Wings of Death" Kickstarter Fully Funded!
The crowdfunding campaign of Wings of Death - Reworked Anthology
, a project by the German Remix Group (GRG) has just ended - and we're glad to report it got fully funded! In fact, it far surpassed its original goal of €6,500, which means that there will be bonus remixes on the album by Tronimal, Nordischsound, Fabian Del Priore, Chris Hülsbeck, Barry Leitch, and Matt Gray, too! The support from the retro community has been fantastic, and the GRG is really grateful for it. Well done, fans, and congrats to the German Remix Group for the highly successful campaign!
Note: if for some reason you missed this campaign, you can still order digital downloads from the project.
25 Years Ago: The First "Back In Time Live!"
It was exactly 25 years ago on May 16, 2001 when the first Back In Time Live! event was held in a club in Birmingham. Back then many of us thought this might be our only chance to meet our heroes, the C64 musicians who enriched our lives in the 1980s, so we flocked to the place from all around the world. It was a euphoric event whose success luckily spawned many more meet-ups. So, let's get a bit teary eyed as we remember that milestone event…
Jeroen Tel Bithday Show
On Tuesday, May 19 RetroGamingMusic will have a special birthday show for Jeroen Tel who is responsible for many great compositions on the Commodore 64 like Cybernoid 1 & 2, Supremacy, Hawkeye, Turbo OutRun, Robocop 3, Golden Axe, and many-many more. Don't miss out on this special show, you will hear live performances and remixes of Jeroen Tel's work
Remix Compo!
Back In Time 2026 and Remix64.com are proud to join forces and together present the Remix64 25th Anniversary Remix Compo! Remix64.com turned 25 years old in April of this year, so what better way to celebrate that milestone than with a remix compo! This will be a live compo that will take place during BIT Live 2026 on July 31 - Aug 1, but entries can be submitted to the compo as of today. The theme of the compo is Make the Classic Your Own
. Deadline for the entries is July 21, 2026 (updated). For more details, head over the compo's webpage. This being an anniversary compo, there will be special prizes and a compo for the listeners, too. But for now, let the remixing begin (or continue, as it were)!
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!
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
The Piano Collection
by Chris Hülsbeck
The Piano Collection is a selection of Chris Huelsbeck's best known compositions, superbly arranged and performed by talented pianist Patrick Nevian. Additionally for the first time and with the expertise of collaborators Sound of Games, the music is now available as sheet music for both beginners and advanced piano players (more info at huelsbeck.com/piano ). Hundreds of dedicated fans from all over the world made this the number one Kickstarter piano album to date!
Music Composed by Chris Huelsbeck
Arranged and Performed by Patrick Nevian
Orchestration & Arrangement (Track 18) by Michael Stoeckemann
Produced by Chris Huelsbeck & Sound of Games
Editing by Chris Huelsbeck & Michael Stoeckemann
Mixed by Chris Huelsbeck
Marketing and Business Development by Filipp Issa
Foreword by Hans Ippisch
Story Text by Audun Sørlie
Text Editing by Tracy Sheppard
CD-Design & Layout by Tassilo Rau
Mastering by Hans-Jörg Maucksch (Pauler Acoustics)
Track 18 recorded and performed by F.A.M.E.’S. Project / Macedonian Radio Symphonic Orchestra
Thanks to all backers and supporters who made this project a reality!
Copyright © 2015 Sound of Games Publishing & Chris Huelsbeck Productions
Last Ninja 2 (Electro Ninja Mix)
Arranged by Gecko Yamori
Review by Covenant
Arranged by Yoshi
It starts well enough, with a suitably squelchy bassline, and crunchy drums reminiscent of Ambra Red's rhythmic style. Regrettably, the lead sounds rather weak in comparison; consequently the drums tend to end up overpowering the rest of the mix. There's also a distinct lack of innovation in evidence here--these days people tend to want more than straight covers of C64 tunes with new voices.
It's not all bad news though. The notes are accurate, and the use of SID sounds works fairly well. However, for me, this is no longer enough to excite.
Review by craigg
Arranged by 7DD9
Review by Gurbz
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