Some themes are immortal. This is one of them.

@AchtungBaby77

2 жыл бұрын

Hell YEAH!

@skrymir1

3 ай бұрын

It has even been brought back to new life

@YksiKaksi3

2 ай бұрын

It's like all demoscene tunes from that time tried to be this cool.

Absolute classic C64 tune. Love the upgraded version...I must have listened to this hundreds of times as a kid ❤

Rob Hubbard might be the most well known and revered composer for the Commodore 64. However, Matt Gray did the best C64 track ever when writing this piece of music for The Last Ninja II.

This is my youth, I am not crying.... what a tune, great work Matt

Immortal C64 MasterPiece, Thank you very much for all Matt.

I was around 7 when i heard this tune and saw the game being played by my big brother. It changed my perception to what games are and sound like.

The tune slaps and slaps HARD. Only thing missing is some footage of ninjas fighting.

Wow, my childhood has not only been restored, but improved!! Matt you've outdone yourself - this is just fabulous!✌✌✌

This video is my youtube highlights for this year

Love the SID arpeggios

Waow !!! What a throwback ! I had the game on my C64. I'm 47 now and still gamer 😎 Thanks for that timetravel !!

Not to overloaded and the remarkable sequences mixed perfect.

This may be a contentious issue but….. if we ever see last ninja on the latest and greatest platforms... Matt Gray must be commissioned to do the soundtrack and be paid handsomely.. (No pressure! LOL) Matt’s SID tunes from the c64 years have stayed with me and millions of people worldwide my entire life.. You are a very special talent Mr Gray from a very special era in computing - The Commodore 64... Here’s hoping you read this m8, but when I played the last ninja 2 all those years ago for the first time... it left an indelible mark on my psyche that continues to this day… Amazing achievement… (Matt thinks it was just beeps, pops and basic synth rhythms… nooooo, it was the fuel to the engine of many c64 games of the day which was way way way ahead of its time……) I salute you Matt Gray!!! The remixes and Reformations releases have blown everything out of the park!!!!! Choked me up some of them did too….Central park!!! OMG

Holy shit. I've been listening to TLN remixes for the last hour and finally found this bombshell. This track is by far the best '64 tune ever written.

Anyone else listens to this masterpiece everyday?

That pulse bass will always make my neck hair stand up and give me goosebumps. One of the best songs from the C64.

@titusrome2863

Жыл бұрын

NES music for Central Park Level 1 waaaay better

@MakaioMC

Жыл бұрын

@@titusrome2863 You officially have no taste of all!

Very rarely does a modern remix of an old song stay true to the original. The amount of passion can still be felt in this version, though my only complaint is that it's about 30 minutes too short. Absolutely amazing work!

@BrokenCurtain

6 ай бұрын

Matt also composed the original Last Ninja theme, that probably helped a lot.

Unreal remix and wicked visuals . Long may you reign Mr Gray !!

4:44 onwards... no matter how often I hear this makes me close my eyes and simply enjoy

Memories from my teenager years. I remember this game because of the music

Definitely a huge favourite, and on all my playlists. The kids think I'm bonkers as they dont get it.

@MattGrayC64

4 жыл бұрын

Kids? What do they know? 😀

@tarron3237

2 жыл бұрын

@@MattGrayC64 Unfortunately not enough (yet). These are the most precious jewels out of the great treasure that is C64. But it's a hidden treasure.

Yeahhh !!! Mr. Gray, you did a damn good job with this version !!! Speakers on max. volume and I feel like a kid again !!! 😜

@MattGrayC64

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

I’ve been listening to this track in various forms all my life. Probably this is the best version for our time, cleaned up and made more spacious, but with all the passion and similar instruments to the original.

One of the greatest remake of the original classic Commodore 64 game music, i have ever heard. I had that game for the Commodore 64 many years ago, now i have it for my Amiga 500. Thank you, Matt Gray! 🐈😸😺🎸📼

These Remixes are just the bomb. My childhood perfectly restored. Of all the remixers out there, and that is included Allister Brimble and Chris Huelsbeck, you are the best of them all, you capture the essence of the sid chip the exact correct way. hehe, when last years Spotify statistics arrived, the top artist i had been listening to in 2019, was Matt Gray ^^ Looking forward to Reformation 3 and Re4mation ;)

@grogsrevenge

3 жыл бұрын

Quite. What I love about Matt's style is how he stays true to the original SID sound we all love, yet makes it easier on the ears. That, and the masterful layering of additional melodies on top (19 seconds into the 2020 remake being a perfect example). I'd say the years in the music industry has been well spent, because the aforementioned points and the mastering in general is a cut above pretty much anything else I've heard.

@bojcio

2 жыл бұрын

So R3formation and Re4mation then? :)

I suddenly had something else on my mind. I mean. If you think about it. I remember i read one of those C64 magazines and there were pictures of the upcoming game Last Ninja 2, and it looked so good, i mean, it just looked exactly like we all expected it would. But of course, in the magazine, we could not hear the music for the game. And me and my friends knew that Ben Daglish and Anthony Lees would not return. Felt like a bummer at the time you know, the legendary soundtrack they made for the first game, which today stands as one of the greatest soundtracks ever made for any game in any genre in any format on any console or machine. It's quite the feat. Then imagine being the guy that is going to follow up on that soundtrack. Seriously. And then Matt comes out with a bang and he delivers some tunes that are even better than several of the tunes from the first game. phenomenal achievement. Matt, i remember the day last ninja 2 came out, and man, i think i never really thought about it before now what you were up against. How did you even achieve it? If it had been me, i think the pressure would have killed me ^^

@MattGrayC64

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that. The answer is a combination of not really thinking about it, other than trying to raise my own game and a touch of youthful confidence from inexperience. If I’d been older & more experienced I’d have probably played safe.

@FabledGentleman

4 жыл бұрын

@@MattGrayC64 How old were you when you composed that soundtrack? I know a lot of the top composers on c64 was really young, Jeroen Tel for example was like 15 or something when he made some of those legendary tracks.

@MattGrayC64

4 жыл бұрын

I was 17.

@FabledGentleman

4 жыл бұрын

@@MattGrayC64 hehe :D That is amazing you know, though times have changed, and the gaming industry is of course a behemoth now compared to back then, but still, The Last Ninja was a big deal. And to let someone of that age take the helm to follow up on such a huge hit, is quite something if you think about it. I'm just really amazed you actually were able to do it. It was an impossible task, for real. I just don't know if anyone else could have done it, don't even think Daglish himself could have. I talked to Ben two years before he died, we had a little chat about the old days, he told me about the process he went through making those tracks. Was no trackers back then, so making music for the system wasn't exactly "easy". I myself started making music on the Amiga in 1991, using soundtracker. One of the things i did at some point was to try and remix c64 tunes, try and make them sound more "modern". Sample each channel separately and mix them together. This is one of the reasons why I'm "stuck" with the past, and why i listen to these tunes so often, they were my entire childhood so to speak. Well lots of people of course listen to music the grew up with, i just happened to be in my teens at the exact right time for c64 and the amiga to blossom. When i discovered remix.kwed.org in 2001-2002 and when instant remedy released his first remix album, it was like a revelation :D I have heard thousands of amiga and c64 remixes. But as i have mentioned before, you are the best one. And i will continue to buy every single remix album you make. Oh, and btw. You are very welcome to remix Marcus Schneider's Strike Force Introtune, one of the most badass c64 tunes ever made. Short but insanely good. ;)

@MattGrayC64

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it want easy to make for the 64. You had to write your own code and programming the tracks byte by byte was tedious. But because many were not able to do both the music and coding, it was probably easier to get the chance.

New bucket list item: Jog through central park while shadow boxing and bumping this legendary track.

Matt is my favoritest C64 Music Composer all the time. Equal, Tusker, Last Ninja 2, Deliverance......................... almost the Best. Rock it on Matt. Yo are my Hero.

As a kid of the c64 era, it makes my heart explode while listening to this at +1000db. I define this at the soundtrack of my life. Thank you for this piece of art! ❤️

Oh my goodness...bloody superb..sent shivers up my spine and brought tears to my eyes..I love it man :)

This is the one i liked best in Last Ninja on C64, because i were a metalheal back then...actually still is. ;) I met Matt Gray two times in recent time too. :)

Well...incredible remake. Words can't describe how awesome this is :)

that´s how I always wanted to hear this tune ! Such a hymn !

This and Ghouls 'N Ghosts on the Commodore 64 are probably some of the finest soundtracks that the SID has to offer

@tarron3237

2 жыл бұрын

I would add some more, like LN1, Commando, Gianna Sisters, Outrun, and a few I definitely forgot. But yeah, they're among the best of the best.

Aah the memories.. i was 10 years and played this with 2 friends and ate chips and soda a hot summer in late 80's 😎

If i close my Eyes then i feel me back in time as the young boy in the past :)

This is a great song! It could work really well in a modern game even. There are too many forgettable ambient tracks used in games today. This song has a sci-fi noir kind of feel to it and it's just addicting to listen to. Very inspiring.

Love it ! Listen to Reformation every day on spotify

Love this so much

EPIC remix of an EPIC track! Thanks a lot Matt!

The words to describe this masterpiece eludes me!

Wow this is nearest original Back to old oldskool Classic

Well done Matt, this remake gives me the creeps!

still hum this daily or nearly every other day...ninja 2 one of my greatest childhood memories

Thank you Matt! Genious.

Just such good tunes - a daily listen for me when I used to drive a car ( pre lockdown ) having purchased this and all the other LN2 / Reformation albums - if you like Matt's music then buy his LN2 and Reformations albums, they are truly wonderful. Cant wait for Reformation 3 album this year !

@MattGrayC64

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Tekky 🙏🏻

Would have been 10 when LN2 was released. Can't think of really any other songs from the 80s that have aged as gracefully as this. I mean if this had of appeared in Bladerunner 2049 it would have still sounded right for the time.

@MattGrayC64

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much.

This is amazing. I've got goosebumps

Matt Gray we are with you ;)

A masterpiece. Can't describe the feeling to listen to an absolute fantastic developed version of one of my favourite songs.This is art.

as I told before...simply wonderful, and also the video

The first minute of that song .... Love it.

Absolute genius 👌 voted as the Number One album of all time ❤️

The very best, remake as well as the original ❤️

I love this song !

I got more interested into C64 music because of Matt. Thank you good sir, my favourite tunes from you are the Dominator Loader theme and Dominator "Tune 2"

legendary track, played these games on Commodore 64 back in the eighties

This is fantastic! I loved the original on the C64 years ago and this reminds me of how good it was.

this theme is such a banger, but the journey that brought me here is a weird one. i found out about it because i went to search for the central park loader theme, which appeared as a midi in okuplok's slaughter map, which is huge doom map with something over 23000 enemies in it. which i found about by just perusing the doom part of youtube.

Really really good! And thank you again for shaking my hand and signing my breadbox in Hull a year ago!

@MattGrayC64

3 жыл бұрын

No problem 🙂

Great 👌

Amazing.

@MattGrayC64

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

So good on headphones , especially the intro , good video too ! Last Ninja Forever

This is f**king incredible!

Wow, stunning is all I can say.

OMG, this is absolutely stunning!!

so beautiful

EPIC

this means a lot to me, ty so much great job, everything well tuned

çocukluğumun müziklerinden, yaş 50, hala zevkle dinliyorum, bu sürüm çok güzel olmuş, sağol varol matt gray...

Absolutely fantastic Matt !

Epic Masterpiece!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Matt, where you was all this years? I don't forgot ya Masterpieces like Last Ninja 2, Tusker. All the System 3 Titles. What a great Musican.

@MattGrayC64

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers 🙂

Absolutely gorgeous!

woww this is an awesome remake 👌🏻

Nice one matt

best remake I heard , its amazing 😍

Just genius, thank you.

Yesssss !!!!

Lovely!

Legendary music track.

Amazing!

This going on my tripping playlist, absolutely awesome visuals with the music! And what an amazingly deep fucking tune!

such a masterpiece!

huge fan

Love it! This was the time when you saw two or three people in the "credits" list for a game. Graphics, sound and programming. Common to have same programmer as GFX artist. But I bet the sound makers needed to be skilled in assembler as well, given some JSR fixed addresses and limited memory... :-) Who can make a game today to fit within 64 KB on a Windows machine?

Perfection 🐥❤🌺🥰😍😘

Legendary

Holy sh.... you're the ORIGINAL composer??!

epic

Goosebumps!

Love it!

Perfect!

only the master can recreate the world from the scratch....

One of thw great songs of Matt Gray! It has such a nice eb and fl. The 8 bit original is a bit harsh on the ears in modern times, so its such a treat to have a remake by the master himself. I know a lot of remakes, but this one captures the soul of the original. Love it!

OMG that was awesome

Sehr geil

Fantastic!

Fuckin awesome 👍😎

Delicious!