SID & Amiga MOD

Music

Hewson's composers — Jeroen Tel, Steve Turner, Ben Daglish, Mark Gray — produced some of the most celebrated SID scores of the C64 era.

Curated Tracks

Uridium

Main Theme — C64 SID

Steve Turner

Paradroid

In-Game Theme — C64 SID

Andrew Braybrook

Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine

Title / In-Game — C64 SID

Jeroen Tel

Cybernoid II: The Revenge

Title / In-Game — C64 SID

Jeroen Tel

Exolon

Main Theme — C64 SID

Steve Jones / Martin Walker

Nebulus

Title / Tower Theme — C64 SID

John Phillips

Zynaps

Main Theme — C64 SID

Steve Turner

Firelord

Title Theme — C64 SID

Ben Daglish

Eliminator

Main Theme — C64 SID

Jeroen Tel

Deliverance: Stormlord II

Main Theme — C64 SID

Mark Gray

SID Player

Play Hewson SID files using the High Voltage SID Collection. SID files are available from hvsc.c64.org. Use a SID player browser extension or download HVSC and play locally with SIDPlay.

Uridium — Steve Turner

C64 SID — 1986 — HVSC: /MUSICIANS/T/Turner_Steve/Uridium.sid

SID file available via the High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC). Download and play with your preferred SID player.

Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine — Jeroen Tel

C64 SID — 1988 — HVSC: /MUSICIANS/T/Tel_Jeroen/Cybernoid.sid

One of the most celebrated SID scores in C64 history. Available via HVSC.

Cybernoid II: The Revenge — Jeroen Tel

C64 SID — 1988 — HVSC: /MUSICIANS/T/Tel_Jeroen/Cybernoid_2.sid

Widely considered one of the finest SID compositions ever written. Later performed by the Commodore 64 orchestra (see video below).

Firelord — Ben Daglish

C64 SID — 1986 — HVSC: /MUSICIANS/D/Daglish_Ben/Firelord.sid

Celtic-inflected score matching the fantasy atmosphere. Available via HVSC.

Eliminator — Jeroen Tel

C64 SID — 1988 — HVSC: /MUSICIANS/T/Tel_Jeroen/Eliminator.sid

Driving race-track tension from Tel. Available via HVSC.

Live Performance

Commodore 64 Orchestra Performs Cybernoid II by Jeroen Tel

SID Community

Hewson's composers are well-represented in the SID remix community at remix64.com. Jeroen Tel's Cybernoid scores have generated numerous orchestral and electronic reinterpretations. The HVSC SID collection is the authoritative archive for all C64 SID music from the Hewson catalogue.

Sources

  1. HVSC — High Voltage SID Collection: hvsc.c64.org
  2. Remix64 SID remix community: remix64.com
  3. MobyGames composer credits: mobygames.com