'Just a game' song composer speaks out

In 1988 the song "Just a game" was composed by Christof Bachmeier for a charity project for starving children in Ethiopia. It was published only on vinyl and sold at the concert night of the charity event. Now, 36 years later, a community was searching for the song, which has never been distributed nor digitalized. Somebody found a snippet somewhere and made the first step in searching for a lost song. A trail of rumours and speculations about the origin of "Just a game" started to course through the internet. At last the community found the composer of the song through years of detours and contacted him. Christof dug out the original mastertape and digitalized it. Here it is - for the very first time in original form: JUST A GAME. Enjoy.

[FileNotFound]

We didn't just beat the game, we got the best ending.

[JAG_Just_a_game]

Hey everyone. I just want to let you know, im so grateful about your coments. I see so many good people.

[chantingmammal]

Thanks Christof for making this beautiful song!

R.I.P Gabor72 (1972-2024)

[kopiko]

Everyone. We win.

Thank you, Christof 🫡

[ringkunmori]

I wish the lostwave community was larger. Not so we'd have an easier time finding music, but I want to see artists getting overwhelmed by the fact an entire city's worth of people suddenly show up to to form a flash fanbase. It's a really good feeling seeing an obscure artist finally getting the spotlight for a long forgotten track.

[LastPrismAlex]

We really got the best possible ending for this story, my favorite part of lostwave in general is being able to finally uncover the faces of the artists and seeing them finally getting all the praise they deserve, it's hard to believe that a song this good and made for such a lovely reason could've been lost forever if it wasn't for Gabor

Thank you, Christof <3

[thiaguin]

I didn't expect the Mario Lehner recording at the beginning, that is spectacular.
You didn't make only a song Christof, you made a masterpiece, this will go on forever as one of the best lost songs that have been found! (My favorite lostwave since I joined the community)
I knew the moment I heard from the first time that this song would be an amazing one, and it was better than anything I could have expected.
Thank you for everything Christof!


Rip Gabor 🕊️🧡🎲

[rojocatto]

Thank you so much, Christof! So nice to hear a higher quality version of the song, and it's more amazing to see that recording session with Mario Lehner at the beginning! I'm so happy this case was solved! May both Gabor and Mario rest in peace

[sudokuacrobatics]

That ending though...

It's almost like he's going to say "Finally! Only now are they listening to this song..."

[Zeus-kd]

You can really see the passion Mario Lehner was putting into his vocals. I know we can hear it, but seeing the footage shows it so much. This song is a thing of pure beauty. Thank you for this Christof. I hope one day you may decide to release the footage of the session, that would be incredible to see, if not then no worries.

Rest In Peace Mario Lehner and Gabor. 🧡

[TuxerTuxar]

It's honestly really cool to know the backstory to a song that nobody has heard of in 35 years, Thanks for sharing this, Christof, and Rest in Peace to Gabor, the man that started this entire search

[therryem]

This is so incredibly beautiful!!! We love you Christof!

[Tabs]

Still cannot believe this song was found 🙏🙏 it makes me so happy now that we have the full version

[ELEcomments]

God bless you Christof for this amazing song!

[MOUNTAIN-]

I hope to see this on Spotify and maybe some records. Really freaking awesome.

[Creatiusic]

And Now We Know, We Won The Game
We Didn't Need The Rules To Play
Maybe It Was Happy, Maybe It Was Sad
But We Choosed The Right Way To Play!

[TheDiamondCore]

Thank you for this amazing song, Christof

[DukLoverEKT]

This song is incredible. Thank you so much for putting it on streaming services. People rarely do that which sucks. Absolute banger of a song though🔥🔥🔥

[Stormbeakuser]

Cannot believe Christof HADITONVINYL only and it was never on streaming and it took one EMAIL to confirm he’s the artist

[cfothough]

Thank you for making such a fantastic song!