BIT Live 2025 Remix Compo Results
The Back In Time Live 2025 Remix Compo results are in, and the winner is… Find out at the link below!
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BIT Live 2025 Detailed Schedule
The schedule of events for BIT Live 2025 has just been published.
November 21, Friday:
18:00 - SID classics with GRG
19:15 - SLAY Radio
20:00 - Frida
21:00 - Fluke73
22:00 - Jor-el (Syntax Error)
November 22, Saturday:
14:00 - Commodore gaming
16:00 - SID classics with GRG
18:00 - Karstein Djupdal
19:00 - Remix Compo
20:30 - Jeroen Tel
21:30 - FastLoaders
23:00 - Ziona
Site update
Remix64 has instituted a system that flags remixes that were generated with AI. Those remixes will not be eligible for voting at the site (although may still be available for download at remix.kwed.org or AmigaRemix.com). If you are the author of such a remix and would like to challenge that flagging, you can contact us directly via Remix64's Contact page.
BIT Live 2025 Remix Compo Deadline Fast Approaching!
Just a reminder that the deadline for submitting entries to the BIT Live 2025 Remix Compo is THIS SUNDAY, NOV 16 at 23:59 CET!
Email issues with the site
It has come to our attention that folks who have recently tried to register at Remix64 have not been receiving registration confirmation emails. Similarly, password reset emails have gone missing, too. If this happened to you (and you checked your spam folder, too) and you are still unable to login with your member credentials, contact us directly or ping us on Discord.
Mastertronic C64 Remixes
The Mastetronic Collectors Archive just posted a very nice article by Warren Pilkington (Waz) in which he picked 10 great, freely available RKO remixes of tunes that originally appeared in games published by Mastertronic. This is the first of several articles to come on the topic. Head over to their website to read part 1.
Remix News, June 2025
The June edition of the Remix News is finally here, with a generous amount of Makke gooooood
added for your enjoyment! (Yes, I know it's October already. I'm working on catching up!
- LaLa)
The Best of Rob Hubbard - 8-Bit Symphony EP
by Chris Abbott and Rob Hubbard
Let's celebrate the miracle that is Rob Hubbard! Not only is he a great chipmusic composer, but he's an amazing symphonic artist who's graciously given us the definitive orchestrations of some of his greatest SIDs, performed in Prague by the Czech Studio Orchestra.
These tracks are taken from the seminal 8-Bit Remix albums 8-Bit Symphony Pro: First Half
and 8-Bit Symphony Pro: Second Half
.
Uniquely, you can also download the conductor's score for each track! You can also get much more context on the tracks from 8-bit-symphony.com.
About Rob Hubbard
After leaving school in the 70s, Rob spent his formative years as a gigging musician in rock bands playing all over the UK and Europe.
After moving to Newcastle and finishing college, he met Steve Daggett (later of Lindisfarne), who shared his enthusiasm for musical collaboration and experimentation. This led Rob to the studio, electronic studio gear and music production.
He quickly expanded into home computers, and found the C64 and its legendary SID sound chip an essential purchase.
Keen to use it to earn some income, he started to write educational programmes. However, feedback was that the market wasn’t there: but writing Blue Danube
for the sound-chip was the start of a bright future.
In 1983/4, chance contacts led Rob to start working on a game for a local company (Razzmatazz by Ubik), but this was never released. Rob packaged up the music with other demos and sent disks around for freelance music programming.
The first two jobs for Mastertronic’s Action Biker
and Incentive’s Confuzion
were well reviewed. But it was Thing on a Spring
, an original composition full of bounce and percussion (and the occasional spring noise) that was simply mind-blowing. This was followed by Monty on the Run, initially inspired by Devil’s Galop
, which he was asked to copy, but took in a completely new direction. Manic violin playing, Simmonds drums and a rock guitar solo meant Rob became a rock star to certain impressionable youths.
Tiring of the freelance life, Rob joined Electronic Arts in 1989. At the time, EA was a new and vibrant US company and the chance to explore the outer limits of music interactivity on new gear was irresistible, and he was soon appearing on consoles and PCs before being moved to management in 1997.
In 1998, Rob was the linchpin of the first commercially released CD of C64 music remixed in studios: Back in Time
, from Chris Abbott’s C64Audio.com, which led to live performances and further album work.
Soon, he started to arrange his own tunes orchestrally, starting with his own arrangement of Kentilla. With US musician Steven Scherer he scored three of his tracks (W.A.R, a new version of Kentilla and Food Feud
), of which W.A.R appeared on Back in Time 3
.
Rob came back to the UK in 2001 and kept himself busy with gigs and music, even playing piano on the Hull to Rotterdam ferry! In 2005 he orchestrated International Karate for the Play concert at the 2005 Games Development Conference in Leipzig. It showcased a wide variety of orchestral colour and technique, further enhanced for this project.
In 2016 he was awarded an honorary degree by Abertay University, reflecting his wide-ranging contribution to video game music.
Besides being the producer of the 8-Bit Symphony Pro projects, in 2019 he was also the musical director of the 8-Bit Symphony concert in Hull.
He recently co-wrote Master of Magic
, a hardback book covering his game music work over a long and stellar career.
credits
released May 30, 2025
Conducted by Robin Tait
Performed by the Czech Studio Orchestra led by Radek Krizanovsky
Recordings produced at Smecky Studios by Vitek Kral & Mikel Toms
Orchestra managed and led by Radek Krizanovsky
Produced by Chris Abbott & Rob Hubbard
Executive Produced by Damian Manning & Russell F. Howard
Assisted majorly by Thomas Finnerup, Ian Flory & Anna Black
Score and parts preparation by Robin Tait
Mixing, mastering and surround sound mix by Allister Brimble
Editing by Chris Abbott
Illustrations by Steph Abbott (www.maplebutterstudios.com) and Mateo Durante (@cosmicphrog)
license
all rights reserved
Comic Bakery (Larger than Pop Boyband mix)
Arranged by PRESS PLAY ON TAPE
Review by Tomsk
Defender of the crown (The Elf's Story)
Arranged by Peter Clarke
Review by LaLa
Arranged by moog (Sebastian Bachliñski)
Review by iksz_cs_twarf
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