Back in Time 5: Escape from SIDs Castle / Back in Time 5: Escape from SIDs Castle / Back in Time 5: Escape from SIDs Castle

01 Arranged by Chris Abbott & Alisdair J. Pickering, Orchestrated by Alisdair J. Pickering & Robit Tait. Composed by Martin Galway, Jonathan Dunn
02 Arranged by Allister Brimble & Chris Abbott, Orchestrated by Alisdair J. Pickering & Robit Tait. Composed by Martin Galway
03 Arranged by Chris Abbott & Ben Daglish, Orchestrated by Alisdair J. Pickering. Composed by Antony Crowther, Ben Daglish
04 Arranged and Orchestrated by Rob Hubbard. Composed by Rob Hubbard
05 Arranged by Glyn R Brown, Orchestrated by Alisdair J. Pickering and Robin Tait. Composed by Ben Daglish
06 Arranged by Rob Hubbard, Orchestrated by Rob Hubbard, Alisdair J. Pickering & Robin Tait. Composed by Rob Hubbard
07 Arranged by Rob Hubbard and Chris Abbott, Orchestrated by Rob Hubbard & Robin Tait. Composed by Rob Hubbard
08 Arranged and Orchestrated by Greg Eaton. Composed by Chris Huelsbeck.
09 Arranged by Chris Abbott & Ben Daglish, Orchestrated by Alisdair J. Pickering & Robin Tait. Composed by Ben Daglish
10 Arranged by Mark Cooksey & Alisdair J. Pickering, Orchestrated by Alisdair J. Pickering. Composed by Mark Cooksey
11 Arranged by Mark Cooksey & Alisdair J. Pickering, Orchestrated by Alisdair J. Pickering. Composed by Mark Cooksey
12 Arranged by Glyn R. Brown, Orchestrated by Chris Abbott. Composed by Martin Galway
13 Arranged by Chris Abbott, Orchestrated by Alisdair J. Pickering. Composed by Richard Joseph
14 Arranged and Orchestrated by Chris Abbott. Composed by Rob Hubbard
15 Arranged and Orchestrated by Chris Abbott. Composed by Rob Hubbard

I planned Back in Time 4, 5 and 6 two decades ago to take over from where Back in Time 3 left off. It was always planned that they’d be largely symphonic, but it took a while (and many twists and turns) for reality to catch up.

This series of CDs contains computer-based performances of arrangements from the 8-Bit Symphony project. I used mostly VSTs from Orchestral Tools with additional libraries from Spitfire Audio, 8Dio, Impact Soundworks and Embertone. These were all integrated into Sibelius, and the scores were then marked up for realism (this is where the art comes in!). After that, they were output into Cubase where they were timing-corrected, enhanced with light reverb, mixed, and then rendered. The CD was co-produced by Kenneth “Slaygon” Mutka who worked closely on this project since its inception, and without whom it wouldn’t exist. Many of the production ideas are his.