Reviews for Amiga
Immortal:
"It's not good. It's GOOD!
It's music originally released on Amiga!!! Amiga back PLEASE!!!!!!"
- Luis Miguel, Spain
"2 words initially come
to mind. Fantastic & Memories. As a teenager during the
"Golden Era" of games music, the Amiga was THE computer
to have and who can forget the classic music. Shadow of
the Beast by David Whitakker and Other gems by Allister
Brimble and Chris Hulsbeck. This CD represents the music
perfectly yet with a 21st century feel. Track 7 (My favourite)
is as haunting as ever, Turrican is mesmerising, Eerie forests
is incredibly atmospheric (Visualise playing the game),
and who can forget the sensational project-X, which still
is way ahead of it's time. All other tracks are very well
crafted. This CD has it all, from the Sublime shadow of
the beast melodies to the comical superfrog to the cutting
edge dance track project-x. Every system has memorable music
during it's lifespan, but the Amiga will be Legendary and
this compilation is testament to this fact." -
Mo Mulla, England
"This CD is a masterpiece!
As soon as you listen it,a magical huge feeling invade you!!!!The
Amiga life comeback in your mind and a tear run down your
face!!!It's simply Fantastic!!!!!!"
- Richie, France
"I like this disc so much.
It remembers my old times as an AMIGA freak. The studio
versions of some very famous songs like Project X or Turrican
are well arranged. A must have for any AMIGA player who
wants great music even greater."
- Urko Alberdi, Spain
"Immortal is certainly
an impressive feat in itself, since it represents the first
successful attempt at a compilation of Amiga game music
remade with studio equipment, on CD (something the C64 folk
had managed to accomplish a few years earlier). However,
instead of simply selecting the best of the best classic
anthems from the golden years of the Amiga, Ruben chose
to contribute a large part of the disc to presenting the
talent of modern day Amiga composers (some of the tracks
were even written for games that never got released in the
turbulence that is the post-Commodore Amiga games market).
Whilst I don't want to underestimate the skills of the likes
of Darryl Sloan and Jochen Heizmann, I just can't help thinking
that they can't really compete with names like Jochen Hippel,
Jonathan Dunn, the Follin brothers, Jason Page or the Maniacs
of Noise. And that's just some of the artists that weren't
present on this disc at all. Also, was the remake of the
ENTIRE Shadow of the Beast soundtrack absolutely necessary?
Sure that's a classic score, but to be frank not all of
the tunes work that well on their own, without the game
"on the background".
Now, I don't want to sound like
I didn't like Immortal, because I really do. There are some
great tracks on the CD. Particularly the ones by Baz Leitch
(Harlequin and Utopia) really stood out for me. There was
just so much brilliant music written for Amiga games in
the machine's heyday, only a fraction of which made it onto
this disc. I can only hope that the Immortal 2 project bears
fruit, and more of those unforgettable Amiga anthems get
"immortalized" (pun intended) for future generations."
- Teemu I. Yliselä, Finland
There is only one thing I can
say: Please, more of this fantastic kind of Amiga Games
music!!! To enjoy the old tunes is a feeling which never
comes back in this style. If you lived in these days you
know what I mean. ;-) - Oliver
Coordes, Germany
What can I say! This
kind of music is absolutely special, and what is even more
amazing about it, is that this music is world wide know
from all kinds of people. I believes that the Amiga era
that once was, showed us the great and wonderful thing about
being able to use your fantasy and put it to reality by
the assistance of Amiga and at the same time having fun
doing it! - Immortal reminds you how it once was, and probably
how it should be! - André
Rasmusson, Sweden
A must have for Amiga fans
of course. The tracks from Barry Leitch are definitely the
best :) Some are not so well known but it makes a varied
compilation. Could have been better maybe but essential
anyway. - Mahendra Tallur, France
While not the most widely known
machine Stateside, those who knew the Amiga loved it with
a passion. Having grown up with fond memories of such a
machine(I recieved my first Amiga 500 on my 7th birthday!),
this disc provides for me the tools with which I might return
to the time when "Beast"s roamed the plains, and
"Hero's Quest"ed. -
Killian Goetowski, USA
The Shadow of the Beast tracks are
excellent and are probably the ones that Amiga fans can
relate most to from this CD. The CD is worth buying just
because of these, believe me. I'm glad the production has
kept original feel and power to these songs. The "Dafel:
Bloodline" track is exceptionally nice. There are a
couple of other highlights on the album as well. The other
tracks are alright, but I'm not sure to which extend people
can relate to them, and some of them have got a quite "typical"
synthesizer feel and sound. However, the overall sound quality
and production is good, and the music brings back a lot
of nice memories... (Not that it matters a lot, but of nostalgic
reasons I want to point out that the Beast screenshots provided
on the CD are taken from an emulator/converted version of
the game, and not the original that had much nicer graphics
and resolution.) - Siggy Galaen,
Norway
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