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The latest edition of the successful Amiga Immortal CD series is now available. Immortal 4 contains 2 full CDs of amazing brand new studio produced arranged music of well known Amiga game titles, often by the original composers of the classics. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to contribute directly this time due to other commitments, but nevertheless included is a cool new rendition of “The Desert Rocks” from Turrican 2, arranged by Daniel White. On a side note: The double CD was mastered by Pauler Acoustics, which was the same studio that finalized most of my CDs. The amount of detail and love that was put into this production is awesome and unprecedented – it’s really a must have for Amiga music lovers!

From the Producers Website:

After being in the making for more than 4 years, the 4th volume in the “Immortal” series is finally here! This massive double CD set has a playing time of 157+ minutes and can now be ordered from the MAZ Sound Tools online shop. You will also find preview clips for all of the 35 tracks on their website. The new album features arranged music from these games:

Atomino, Benefactor, Big Run, Cannon Fodder, Capital Punishment, Dangerous Streets, F17 Challenge, Fascination, Final Fight, First Samurai, Flashback, Flink, Fury of the Furries, Future Wars, Gauntlet 3: The Final Quest, Jaguar XJ220, LED Storm, Leisure Suit Larry, Lemmings, Liberation: Captive 2, Paradroid 90, Puggsy, T-Zero, Tales from Heaven, TFX, Turrican 2, Ultimate Body Blows, Walker, Wing Commander, Wolfchild, Zarathrusta, Zeewolf, Zeewolf 2: Wild Justice

Es gibt ein neues Interview zusammen mit den Jungs von ‘Sound of Games’ und mir im ICO Online Radio. Die Aufzeichnung kann man im folgenden Archiv anhören:

http://www.ico-radio.de/archives/614

I am back from the Gamescom, but still in Germany visiting Family and will be back in the US on Thursday. I will post more details about our shows then. But it was absolutely great and I hope to do more shows again soon. Stay tuned. Some fans already posted videos on Youtube, just search for “Sound of Games”. – Chris

Don Kotowski from the well known game music site “Square Enix Music Online” has reviewed my Number Nine Album and gave it 10 out of 10… I couldn’t be more happy, specially this came kind of out of the blue!

From the review: “While I can’t say that I’m extremely familiar with the music of Chris Hülsbeck, I went out of my way to get this album due to the preview featured on his website. Having first been truly introduced to his music through the marvelously arranged Symphonic Shades album, I felt it was part of my duty to explore more artists to get an original album of music that featured a different side than what I had heard. I am extremely glad that I did. This album features some exquisitely produced electronic music that manages to incorporate a variety of moods and cultures. Although I didn’t mention every track on the album, they are all very much worth the listen.”

If you like to read the full review, follow this link.

I now moved my personal blog from blogspot to huelsbeck.com including all previous posts and comments. I hope that I will get some followers and comments here soon.

Chris

The E3 Show was once again a big flashy show of the latest and greatest in Gaming. Biggest surprise was probably the Nintendo 3DS handheld, which boasts a gorgeous 3d screen that can be viewed without 3d glasses. My favorite booth though was the one for the upcoming Tron Game.

As of yesterday, ZombieSmash! is the number one paid app in the US and a lot of other countries! Congratulations to the Gamedoctors and big thanks to all the fans who made it possible! This success will ensure further development and free updates (with new music too) for the game and pave the way for more projects of this kind in the future. I am also very happy to be part of this team.

Chris

I am proud to announce that ZombieSmash! has been released for iPhone/iPod Touch in the Appstore! Also, there are numerous reviews showing up all over the web, including this one on a site called appadvice, which praises the music and sound: “The included soundtrack is deluxe to say the least which mixes a horror theme with a little action to get you in the mood to do the zombie smash. Then there are the various zombie groans, and of course the bone cracking of each smashed zombie that sounds oh so painful.” Rating 5/5

They are almost here… ZombieSmash! for the iPhone/iPod Touch will be released soon. There are previews on various game news sites and a trailer video on youtube featuring a new music track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1eF0awSI_s

Armin was a veteran of the games industry and my collegue and friend back in the day at Rainbow Arts, the first serious game developer in Germany. We worked on several titles together and one of them was the very well known Giana Sisters game. We became friends during that time and he was always a fun guy to hang around (he also loved the Pet Shop Boys, despite being more of a 70s Rock Dude). After Rainbow Arts we lost contact for many years and I just reconnected a few years back with a bunch of phone calls. We had planned to get together and I also invited him to my concert, but unfortunately he couldn’t make it, so I never shook hands with him again since Rainbow Arts. Armin was only 46 years old and leaves a family with children and a 40+ members company behind. My thoughts are with them and his friends. From the coverage on the internet you can see what an impact he had on the industry and the fans. He will be sorely missed…

http://www.google.com/search?q=armin gessert