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.
Project Sidologie - Disk 3 - Robdez-Vous
by Marcel Donné
Part of the Project Sidologie Collection this album features the Rob Hubbard as Jarre-styled electronic ear-candy, performed by Marcel Donné.
Hero Quest - PianoArranged by PTY
https://bel. fi/alankila/sheet-music/HeroQuestIngame. pdf
I like this soulful, expressive arrangement a lot. It must have been decades since I heard the original Barry Leitch Amiga version, and I had forgotten most of it. I was surprised to discover that much of this track is directly lifted from the Amiga mod. It felt just impossible considering how mechanical the Amiga track sounds like!
This piano arrangement is stunningly emotional and fantastic reinterpretation of the mood of the song. It calls in mind something similarly absolutely beautiful, perhaps Tim Forsyth's Flight Path 737 comes close (and which can be heard elsewhere on this site).
In fairness, the original material is severely constrained technically because of its small file size and long play length that requires a slow tempo, and it uses just 3 channels, leaving one for the sound effects of the game. I guess the composition is also a tad simplistic, mostly using just 2 chords and rhythmically nothing more complicated than eighth notes, though I admit that they are placed very nicely.
I hope the piano score is useful for someone. The directory contains the MuseScore 2 project file as well, if someone wants to take a look at that.
Review by alankila
Last Ninja 2 - Central Park (unfinished rock mix)
Arranged by Isaac Abraham
Review by LaLa
International Karate (revived)
Arranged by Puffy64
Review by Gurbz
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