SID Music Highlights
Key tracks from the Firebird and Rainbird C64 catalogue — play them directly in the browser below.
- 01 Warhawk Rob Hubbard
- 02 Thrust (Title) Rob Hubbard
- 03 I, Ball (Loader) Rob Hubbard
- 04 Lightforce Rob Hubbard
- 05 Confuzion Rob Hubbard
SID files from the HVSC · Full catalogue at DeepSID · Listen on Lemon64
The SID Composers
Rob Hubbard
Primary SID Composer - Firebird C64
The most celebrated SID composer of the 8-bit era. Hubbard’s work for Firebird includes
Warhawk (1986) — widely voted one of the finest SID compositions ever written —
as well as Thrust, I,Ball, and Light Force.
HVSC archive: /MUSICIANS/H/Hubbard_Rob/
Martin Galway
Composer - Elite (C64 port)
Galway’s arrangement of Strauss’s Blue Danube for the Elite C64 docking sequence
is one of the most recognisable pieces of game music from the 1980s.
HVSC archive: /MUSICIANS/G/Galway_Martin/
Ben Daglish
Composer - Multiple Firebird C64 titles
Daglish’s baroque-influenced style complemented Hubbard’s more aggressive approach.
His compositions for The Sentinel and Black Lamp demonstrate melodic sophistication unusual in period game music.
HVSC archive: /MUSICIANS/D/Daglish_Ben/
Fred Gray
Composer - Multiple Firebird C64 titles
Gray composed for several Firebird budget and mid-range C64 releases, including
Gyroscope and Confuzion.
HVSC archive: /MUSICIANS/G/Gray_Fred/
Elite Longplay — Docking Sequence
Hear Martin Galway’s Blue Danube SID arrangement in context — the iconic Coriolis station docking.