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Tim Follin
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Timothy John Follin (born 1970) is a former video game music composer who has written tracks for a variety of titles and home gaming systems, including the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, NES, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, Dreamcast and PlayStation.
Follin’s early 8- and 16-bit pieces were notable for their ambitious and imaginative use of samples, or clever manipulation of limited sound hardware - particularly with his work on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, on which he managed to play up to six channels of audio from one simple, tiny, ‘clickable’ piezo electronic speaker.
Among Follin’s works include the soundtracks to Software Creations’ Commodore Amiga and Commodore 64 conversions of Ghouls ‘n Ghosts, Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (Dreamcast), Spider-Man and the X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge (Super Nintendo), and home computer ports of Bionic Commando (C64, Amiga).
Influences
Follin cited progressive rock as well as many musicians (including Quincy Jones, Jethro Tull,Led Zeppelin and John Martyn) as having had some casual or subconscious influence on his music, and has also enjoyed music by Deep Purple and Guns ‘N Roses.However, he did not feel that any specific artist or style had been a primary inspiration during his career.Follin acknowledged that in one instance he went for a more contemporary style when scoring the award-winning soundtrack to Bionic Commando, actively choosing to mimic other people’s music for fear of potentially losing his job.
Follin’s early 8- and 16-bit pieces were notable for their ambitious and imaginative use of samples, or clever manipulation of limited sound hardware - particularly with his work on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, on which he managed to play up to six channels of audio from one simple, tiny, ‘clickable’ piezo electronic speaker.
Among Follin’s works include the soundtracks to Software Creations’ Commodore Amiga and Commodore 64 conversions of Ghouls ‘n Ghosts, Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (Dreamcast), Spider-Man and the X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge (Super Nintendo), and home computer ports of Bionic Commando (C64, Amiga).
Influences
Follin cited progressive rock as well as many musicians (including Quincy Jones, Jethro Tull,Led Zeppelin and John Martyn) as having had some casual or subconscious influence on his music, and has also enjoyed music by Deep Purple and Guns ‘N Roses.However, he did not feel that any specific artist or style had been a primary inspiration during his career.Follin acknowledged that in one instance he went for a more contemporary style when scoring the award-winning soundtrack to Bionic Commando, actively choosing to mimic other people’s music for fear of potentially losing his job.
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straygod wrote:
Chronos: Tapestry of Time! Yeah, it was long time ago...
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fullmooninu wrote:
DUDE!!!
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SixShooterSam wrote:
Legenddddd
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wendell3 wrote:
Ecco DC soundtrack is amazing.
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Rovelius wrote:
Plok !!
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Allnujazzman wrote:
Nothing beats the work this dude and his brother did on Spiderman and Xmen: Arcade's Revenge.
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iantm wrote:
this guy is a total genius
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Showbizkids wrote:
Extraordinary music from a very down to Earth guy. I was lucky enough to exchange emails with him back in the day - I made sure never to delete those!
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goat80 wrote:
don't miss out on his 1-bit music! http://z80.i-demo.pl/music.html
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frquency27 wrote:
suddenly I have memories of Ghouls 'n' Ghosts on the Atari ST :D That game sucked big time on 16 Bit formats. atmospheric and catchy music though gave it some salvation. :)
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brighterorange wrote:
This guy is a freaking genius!
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wendell3 wrote:
Tim is, for me, the best C64 composer. Not only are the arrangements themselves really fresh, even 20 years on, but there's something magical about the variety of sounds he's able to pull -- Tim's use of filters in particular is simply remarkable! The Amiga and SNES stuff is also quite fucking ace. :-)
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n33k33 wrote:
http://raborak.com/saladedemais/category/video-game-music/follin-project
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furrum wrote:
I liked Tim's work with NES' Solstice so much that I even got to plug the NES to a recorder and actually tape it!
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McYaballow wrote:
Join the Ecco the Dolphin group!
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Kanji wrote:
I came here to post up some Follin praise as well (thought the shoutbox was empty), but it looks like someone beat me to it. So, I guess I'll just second Kamikazifreak's words! Follin forever~
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Kamikazifreak wrote:
From Silver Surfer to Treasure Master to Plok, Tim Follin rocks my socks.
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