With the Atari ST finally getting honored with a tribute album and lots of new C64 remix CDs and DVDs on the agenda, I hope Amiga fans will be pleased to hear that a new chapter in the "Immortal" series is in the works as well. I don't want to give away too much at this point, but here is some more information that was recently published in issue 09/03 of German printmag Amiga Plus: "Immortal 3" will feature artists like Ray Norrish ("Killing Game Show"), Jason Page ("Fire & Ice") or Matthew Simmonds ("Leander"), whose works have never been released on CD before. However, the 'usual suspects' like Chris Huelsbeck, Allister Brimble or Barry Leitch will appear on the album as well, of course. Release is tentatively scheduled for winter 2004.
"Immortal" and "Immortal 2" are both available from C64 Audio. The official homepage of the project is located at http://www.amiga-immortal.com.
Announcement: Immortal 3
In his latest newsletter, Bjorn Lynne grants a sneak peak at his work for the upcoming "Immortal 3" album: "while on the subject of old-school remixes, I have myself done a remix of my very first paid music job. That was the Amiga game 'Brat' for which I made the music back in 1989 or so. This week I have made a new remix of that music, which will be included on the upcoming 'Amiga Immortal 3' CD which is planned for release in 2004". There's also a 38 second mp3 preview for free download - if you want to give it a shot, head over to http://www.lynnemusic.com and subscribe to Bjorn's newsletter...
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OK, here are some news concerning the latest chapter in the "Immortal" CD series: while I'm still hoping for a winter 2004 release, it looks like the album could be delayed until 2005... these composers can be lazy at times, y'know! 
A French magazine called "Amiga Power" will publish an interview with Ruben Monteiro, creator of the first "Immortal" album, and myself in the near future - I revealed some games from the tracklist for this article, including "Agony" by Tim Wright and "Fire & Ice" by Jason Page (who will also contribute a track from the Amiga sequel to a popular C64 shooter).
A French magazine called "Amiga Power" will publish an interview with Ruben Monteiro, creator of the first "Immortal" album, and myself in the near future - I revealed some games from the tracklist for this article, including "Agony" by Tim Wright and "Fire & Ice" by Jason Page (who will also contribute a track from the Amiga sequel to a popular C64 shooter).
Hmmm... I wonder if there are any prog rock fans in this forum? I went to see legendary rock band "Yes" in concert on Thursday. This was the third time I went to one of their concerts and I can't wait for the next one - folks, if you ever get a chance to see this band live, go for it! Speaking of prog rock: game music composers Nugel Bros. have uploaded a preview of their contribution to the upcoming "Immortal 3" album! The music was originally written by Matt Simmonds for the shooter "Cardiaxx" from Electronic Zoo (later re-released by Team 17), a horrible "Uridium" clone for the Amiga - however, the game featured an outstanding hard rock soundtrack and the Nugels did a fantastic job arranging it for CD... so, head over to the music section on their page and give it a listen 
http://www.nugelbrosmusic.de/
http://www.nugelbrosmusic.de/
The track sounds promising...this is also a nice quote on the site.
In addition to the “Cardiaxx-Remix†we are commissioned to contribute another song to the “Immortal 3â€Â-CD. We will remix the titletrack from the legendary game “Ghouls ´n Ghostsâ€Â, which was originally composed by Tim Follin (“Ecco, the Dolphinâ€Â, “Starsky and Hutchâ€Â).
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Posted that in another thread in the "remix suggestions" area already, but I thought I'd just put it here as well, since this has become the more or less official "Immortal 3" news thread... so, here are two more entries revealed from the tracklist: "Blood Money" (arranged by Ray Norrish himself) and "Gods" will be featured on the upcoming album. Working with the original samples from the Nation 12 master wasn't really an option, so we ended up recording completely new vocals for our version of the tune - it's gonna be interesting to see if fans of the original track will like it or hate it!