Tim Follin

Tim Follin

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 piezoelectric speaker.

Among Follin's works include the soundtracks to Software Creations' Amiga, C64 and ST conversions of Ghouls'n Ghosts, Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (Dreamcast), Silver Surfer (NES), Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge (Super Nintendo), and home computer ports of Bionic Commando (C64, Amiga).