I have somewhat mixed feelings about this. Brimble has never been my favorite Amiga composer, and listening to the CD I can once again see why: He can create some really nice music, but not very consistently (as in, I can never know in advance whether I will like a particular tune; compare it with e.g. Tim Wright) and when he does hit a note with me, it usually is "very nice indeed", not "awesome, I love this" (no "wow" as in, e.g. Turrican 2 title).
On Amiga Works, I like the Superfrog tracks very much (though I do prefer the Immortal 1's version of the title tune) and some others are nice, but I am mostly indifferent to the Alien Breed tracks and I dislike Spellbound Dizzy (seems to miss a lot of notes I remember from my Spectrum version...).
Still, I am not sorry at all that I chipped in. There's not enough Amiga music remixes around, and while this one may not be on par with Immortal 2 or 3, it certainly beats a lot of the amateur stuff over at AmigaRemix.
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