Back in Time 4: Sidventure / Back in Time 4: Sidventure / Back in Time 4: Sidventure

01 Arranged by Chris Abbott, Alisdair J. Pickering. Orchestrated by Alisdair J. Pickering, Robin Tate. Composed by Richard Joseph, Martin Galway
02 Arranged by Paul Norman, Chris Abbott & Alisdair J. Pickering. Orchestrated by Alisdair J. Pickering. Composed by Paul Norman
03 Arranged by Gari Biasillo with Chris Abbott & Alisdair J. Pickering. Orchestrated by Alisdair J. Pickering. Composed by Fred Gray
04 Arranged by Rob Hubbard. Orchestrated by Rob Hubbard and Robin Tait. Composed by Rob Hubbard
05 Arranged by Gari Biasillo . Orchestrated by Alisdair J. Pickering. Composed by Rob Hubbard
06 Arranged by Rob Hubbard, Chris Abbott and Alistair "Boz" Bowness. Orchestrated by Rob Hubbard & Robin Tait. Composed by Rob Hubbard
07 Arranged by Chris Abbott & Manganoid. Orchestrated by Chris Abbott. Composed by Fred Gray
08 Arranged by Gari Biasillo. Orchestrated by Alisdair J. Pickering. Composed by Rob Hubbard
09 Arranged by Ben Daglish, Chris Abbott & Alistair "Boz" Bowness. Orchestrated by Alisdair J. Pickering & Robin Tait. Composed by Ben Daglish
10 Arranged by Peter Connelly & Chris Abbott. Orchestrated by Alisdair J. Pickering and Robin Tait. Composed by Paul Norman
11 Arranged by Rob Hubbard. Orchestrated by Rob Hubbard, Alisdair J. Pickering & Robin Tait. Composed by Rob Hubbard
12 Arranged by Chris Abbott, Orchestrated by Alisdair J. Pickering & Robin Tait. Composed by Ben Daglish, Anthony Lees
13 Arranged and Orchestrated by Julian Breeze. Composed by Rob Hubbard, Julian Breeze
14 Arranged by Chris Abbott with Jogeir Liljedahl & Marcel Donné. Orchestrated by Chris Abbott. Composed by Martin Galway, John Mills-Cockell

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.