Comment by vinkelhake
17 hours ago
I grew up with and absolutely adore The Last Ninja series. I'm not going to comment on the size thing because it's so trite.
Instead - here's [0] Ben Daglish (on flute) performing "Wastelands" together with the Norwegian C64/Amiga tribute band FastLoaders. He unfortunately passed away in 2018, just 52 years old.
If that tickled your fancy, here's [1] a full concert with them where they perform all songs from The Last Ninja.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovFgdcapUYI [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTZ1O1LJg-k
Reyn Ouwahand who composed The Last Ninja 3 with Fastloaders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bobBcV4HcY
He also has a few nostalgia triggering covers of some Galway tracks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7niD6i4020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTSUR3RHh9M
R.I.P Ben. He was such a positive human being and encouraging you to do great things, even if you doubted yourself.
Here is a little clip of him from Bedroom to Billions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRsLOUYL3mk
The first time I ever heard The Glitch Mob I had such a clear memory of this games soundtrack come to mind that I mentioned it to my brother soon after (as it was his commodore and his copy of the game I was playing when I was young). I'm not even sure if the song I heard even sounds like the game soundtrack particularly closely, but the connection in my mind was very strong.
I know exactly how you feel - The Way Out Is In (https://youtu.be/kqFqG-h3Vgk) heavily evokes video games for me
Here's more from FastLoaders:
https://c64audio.com/pages/fastloaders