Markus Siebold 1969-2026

26/09/2026

We have just learned that Markus Siebold — musician, SID composer, and remixer — has recently passed away at the age of 57. He is best known for creating music for the game Turrican II: The Final Fight on the C64, alongside numerous other SID tunes throughout the late 80s and early 90s. Over the years, he shared his own remakes of that iconic soundtrack here on Remix64, along with several other remixes. We are deeply saddened by his loss and we extend our heartfelt sympathies to his family, to his friends, and to everyone touched by his life and his music.

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Matt Gray: Green Beret Main Theme (R5 Version)

19/09/2026

Another track from Matt Gray's Reformation 5 dropped today:

Matt Gray: This time it's one of the remakes for the main R5 album and an all time favourite C64 tune Green Beret Title/Main Theme by the maestro Martin Galway. I must have re started on this track half a dozen times over the last couple of years and I finally found a blend of SID elements and new parts that I really like.

I can still remember the Saturday afternoon in the summer of 1986 that I bought this game and rushed home to load it up and check out what Mr G had conjured up. The loading music was excellent but this title theme blew me away at the time.

Hopefully you all feel much the same when you hear this new version.

Submitted by LaLa

RetroGamingMusic + Linus LFT Åkesson Premiere!

18/09/2026

Don't miss out the premiere on Friday, September 18 at 21:00 CET of one of the best C64 AMIGA NES Retro Concerts of 2026! This is the full mastered concert from the Video Game Festival in Stockholm! Better sound, camera angles, applause, and more!!!

 

(Please remove the previous news regarding the VideospelFestival)

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Video Game Music Live In Åkersberga, Stockholm, September 12-13

09/09/2026

Tony Fluke Wiren (Retrogamingmusic) will perform live on stage (Saturday 16:00 CET) at the Videospel Festival in Stockholm. The full event will also be live streamed at RetroGamingMusics YouTube page.

 

Some of the other famous acts at this event will be the creator of the C64 Fairlight game Bo Jangeborn, Linus Åkesson (LFT), Christer Rindeblad (DatorMagazin), Jimmy Wilhelmsson AKA Spelpappan (Generation64, Fandrake), David Westerlund.

 

Full program (in Swedish) can be found here: videospelfestival.se

Submitted by fluke73

Matt Gray: Central Park Loading Theme (R5 Version)

05/09/2026

Posted by Matt Gray today for his Kickstarter backers:

Some good news in this update as I have another finished Last Ninja 2 R5 track for you to hear and it's my new version of Central Park Loading Theme.

I've put it up on Bandcamp where you can listen or download and hopefully the rest of the LN2 R5 album won't be too far away.

Submitted by LaLa

FastLoaders News

20/08/2026

- Jarle & Co. will be a guest on tonight's SLAY Radio show (8/20/2026 @ 20:00 CEST).

- The FastLoaders have announced an upcoming concert in Prague on Sept 26. For more details and for tickets check out the event's page on Facebook.

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Listening Recommendation
Outstanding

 Nebulas

Arranged by Eivind Sommersten

I've been listening to this remix a lot lately. And I mean, a LOT. It's a wonderful melancholic piece. You captured the haunting beauty of the melody line perfectly, complemented by a selection of sounds that work together in great harmony, all mixed together flawlessly. Great work, I really, really do enjoy it!

Review by LaLa

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Outstanding

 Ocean Loader 2 (Dance X-Periment)

Arranged by Sonic Wanderer

Comparing this OL2-remix to the first C64-remix that I heard from Sonic Wanderer (which was C64-Revisited, his first remix of Beyond the Zero, done with DreamStation back in 2000), I think it is safe to say that Sonic has kept his good taste in going for a powerfull disco-sound, now with better music equipment. And if I was forced to do a comparison to Instant Remedy, I'd say that it's out of question because SW already was a sure arranger for well-balanced disco-tracks 3 years ago.

The song got an intro now, so you're not jumping into the action from the start, which makes it a bit of a hymn, considering the wall of sound the song builds up using all the new modern synths and some vintage SID-sound. It even reminds me of the N-Trance sound in Set you free (synths and thunder). You can play this track to some not C64-sound-aware but disco-sound-loving person and this person will like it! No C64-pling-plang-plong -bleep-sounds in here.

Oh, and maybe another fact important for a dance-remix: this one is not boring at all. 😊

Review by putzi

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Outstanding

 Thanatos (comes for us all)

Arranged by 7DD9

Not Bad (I see the same people give this remixer a red vote no matter what the quality, I hate it when people abuse the voting system, why not just be honest?)

Review by MrMaxaMan

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