Yes, there are. And to help out a little, I'd like to give everyone a small excerpt of those VARIOUS tunes which are on my playlist all the time. I know, my taste is probably not your taste, but do check them out (at your own leisure - listening to them all takes about 30-45 minutes at the very most), if only to get a small sampling of what has been done in the demoscene (and if you like Danko, or Metal, or Drax, you'll like quite a few entries of the list =).
I'll jot down just one tune per composer(s), otherwise this list would become way too big. However, if you were to find a composer whose music you fancy, don't hesitate to check out the rest of their work as well! There are some real talents out there.
And of course, this is just a TINY excerpt. For more, much more choice, go to the website as mentioned in Waz's article. For optimum hearing pleasure on PC, use Sidplay 2, but you already knew that so I don't know why I'm mentioning it here.
'ere we go (omitting ...path...\C64Music\VARIOUS\ of course) then:
\A-F\AMJ\Needledrop.sid (slow, developing tune. delightfully different)
\A-F\Astovel\Analog.sid (trancey style, could be a cybertech bosstune)
\A-F\Blues_Muz\Waterproof.sid (lovely, lovely coop tune)
\A-F\Blues_Muz\Gallefoss_Glenn\Hickup.sid (k, I had to choose _something_
. Do check out Sidastic.sid too)
\A-F\Ed\I_Miss_You.sid (Ed's coop with Djinn is something quite special)
\G-L\Jeff\Hard_Track.sid (this is Jeff's current favorite. can't really disagree. rock'ard)
\G-L\Tim_Kleinert\Toyballs.sid (still a cool gametune - slight ethnic influences near the end)
\M-R\Mindflow\Wooloop.sid (Skiz at his best. Very simple, very short, very hard to resist)
\M-R\Mitch_and_Dane\Liptonman.sid (My favorite, although they've got SO MUCH to choose from)
\M-R\MSK\Land_of_Illusion.sid (a classic by Morten Sigurd Kristensen)
\M-R\Noise\Space_Trip.sid (as the name says - spacey)
\M-R\Orcan\Tschernobyls_Tears.sid (the composer is underrated imo)
\M-R\Praiser\Movie_World_part_3.sid (this guy makes some real nice trance/effects thingies)
\M-R\PRI\Azzdjazz.sid (no list without PRI. Azzdjazz is so typically him)
\M-R\PVCF\KJU_intro.sid (PVCF was quite the rave in the day, hence the mention here)
\S-Z\Sage\Afterlife.sid (Sage has a very distinct, recognizable style. hear one, hear all)
\S-Z\Schutten_Martijn\Legend_Intro.sid (Martijn made some impressive stuff. This is one of those)
\S-Z\Scortia\Equinox.sid (Scortia made NOTHING BUT impressive stuff. a MUST!)
\S-Z\Shogoon\Altered_States_Tune_1.sid (Shogoon has some catchy tunes in there)
\S-Z\TBB\O_N_O.sid (the king of c64 trance loops. Panimo, Total_Epygt, Dancesque...)
\S-Z\The_Syndrom\Vision_of_You.sid (fantastic tune, part of a library of more amazing tunes)
\S-Z\Wacek\Snake_Disco.sid (His other tunes are eVIl mostly. and catchy, too!)
\S-Z\Wizard\Inner_Logic.sid (I can't get this tune out my head! brilliance by Piotr Kuciapski)
\S-Z\Zardax\Retroactive.sid (long, nice, so typically Zardax)
Phew =p. Hope you'll have something out of this - I'm off to bed now.
Later,
Vincent
aka Vip/Role/Wow/Padua/64ever/ViruZ
PS: Might I recommend the following overseen ones from the main directory as well?
\C64Music\Danko_Tomas\Elementary.sid (Also a lot of great stuff in there, Planetary, Diffractions ...)
\C64Music\JCH\Shes_Just_a_Maniac.sid (Chimerang, Su-Sweet, ... yeah)
\C64Music\Drax\Why_Me.sid (underrepresented, I'd say. Y_U, Weirdow, Advanced, Pulse, Priapos, ...)
\C64Music\Metal\Trip_2_Jupiter.sid (underrepped, too. Tournesol, Morpheus, Geologic, 5 Mugs of Coffee, Trip 2 x...)