I remember being maybe 7 years old hearing this on my dad's old Mac computer. I got so into the song that as a teen I managed to find the song files from the game on the Mac and just played it on a loop constantly, or even rearranged the 7 parts it had the song split into to make different rearrangements. Good memories.

Ryan Nellis Mashups - Viva La Night (Green Day vs  Maroon 5)

Tetris Max and Bricklayer were Tetris clones for Mac and PC back in the early 90s. I wrote this song that was used in the game. I am so grateful for the emails I have received from people over the years and all the positive things they have had to say. 

If you want to read the history of the game, I suggest going here: https://www.bigmessowires.com/2015/12/11/the-story-of-tetris-max/

Tetris Max / Bricklayer -- (Original version)

I think it's fun to sometimes get out of my comfort zone and create something completely different. I would normally not upload this on my public Soundcloud, but I'm just too curious about your reactions not to! 

I had lots of fun creating this "movie soundtrack" type of song, and I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do.

On the 18th of December, I'll be back with a more upbeat tune. So if this is not really your cup of tea, do not worry my dear, do not worry...!

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Dreams

I took some time away to write a short collection of piano and string pieces named 'Of Sleep and Time'. This is the opening piece.

Of Sleep and Time is available for free download at https://levipatel.bandcamp.com/

I have recently released an alternate version 'As she passes (nocturne)', included on my album A Shifting Lightness https://levipatel.bandcamp.com/album/a-shifting-lightness

Of Sleep and Time

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As she passes

Take On My Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - A - Ha Vs. Green Day (Mashup)

Mixing:
Madonna - The Power Of Goodbye
Blu Cantrell - Hit Em Up Style
Destiny's Child feat. Wyclef Jean - No, No, No

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Madonna vs. Blu Cantrell - The Power Of Style (LUP Mashup)

Slusnik Luna vs. Lowland - Last Train To Trancentral (Dallas Superstars Remix)

“T-Maxx” is back!!! Re-recorded in 2020, your favorite soundtrack from Tetris Max (Mac) and Bricklayer (Windows) makes another appearance.

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfx2kr566gY

Please see additional links at the bottom of description, and please do SUBSCRIBE and choose to get notifications on YouTube -- I'm actively recording music on a more regular basis!


HISTORY:
I originally wrote parts of this song some time around 1986 or 1987 on a Roland Juno 60. I had a crappy, drums-less 4-track recording of it, and the song had no name. I thought that was the end of that song.

Then in either late 1992 or early 1993, I downloaded a new shareware Tetris clone on my Mac, called Tetris Max, programmed by Steve Chamberlin. This game had me hooked, but I found it odd that the game has music samples from a band called Jesus Jones (one of my favorite bands at the time). I reached out to Steve and offered to send some songs on a cassette and if he wanted, he could feel free to use any of it in his game. I wasn’t looking to make any money, I just wanted people to hear my music. My only request was that if Steve used one of my songs, that I get a name and email address credit in the game.

He agreed to listen to some songs — some I already had recorded, but I also re-recorded that original, unnamed song on the newer equipment I had at the time (Roland D-70, Roland D-10, Roland R8M, Yamaha TX16W and a Mac running Performer software). I mailed a cassette to Steve, and he happened to choose that song among the four or five that I included. At that point, I named the song “T-Maxx”.

The game enjoyed some success, and I was surprised to get several hundred emails over the years from people telling me that they liked the song. It warms my heart when every once in a while someone new reaches out to me at that old email address to tell me how they remember the song, or loaded up the game in an emulator and heard it for the first time. Some people have even done remixes and their own versions of the song, including a very excellent dubstep version.

Hard to believe, I originally wrote this song over thirty years ago. I hope you all still enjoy it, and I hope you like this new version. Maybe I’ll re-record it again in another thirty years!

LINKS:
- Video for this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfx2kr566gY
- The Story of Tetris Max: https://shorturl.at/hjsKV
- The ORIGINAL version of T-Maxx song: https://shorturl.at/nGRVZ
- Other music videos of mine: https://shorturl.at/pGY09
- Other songs of mine on Soundcloud: https://shorturl.at/aktJ9
- My original site (stopped updating this in 2003): https://shorturl.at/lsvB0

T-Maxx - (2020 remake) (Bricklayer) (Tetris Max)

Lobsterdust - G6 Kids (Far East Movement vs. MGMT mashup)

Lobsterdust- Bring Your Own Luck (System of a Down vs DaftPunk)

I was addicted to the Macintosh version of Tetris, TetrisMAX, in the 90s. This was the main music from it, which I've remixed.

The composer of this piece is Peter Robert Wagner. The man is a genius, to say the least

Tetris Max / Bricklayer -- (Original version)

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