Tim Follin
| Tim Follin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 December 1970 |
| Origin | St Helens, Merseyside, England |
| Genres | Electronic, new age, orchestral, rock, chiptune, video game music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer arranger programmer |
| Instruments | Piano/keyboard, guitar, violin |
| Years active | 1985–2006, 2015 |
| Labels | C64Audio.com (formerly High Technology Publishing) |
| Associated acts | Geoff Follin |
| Website | Dr |
Timothy John Follin (born 19 December 1970) is an English former video game music composer who has written tracks for a variety of titles and home gaming systems, including the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, Nintendo Entertainment System, Mega Drive, Super NES, Game Boy, Dreamcast and PlayStation.
Among Follin's works are the soundtracks to Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (Dreamcast), Silver Surfer (NES) and Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge (Super NES).
As a child, Follin had no significant music training. Leaving Liverpool's Sandown Music College after one year of studies, Follin's career began at the age of 15 working at Insight Studios, eventually scoring titles such as Agent X, Chronos and Bubble Bobble for 8-bit computers such as the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. Follin ended up in video games due to his older brother Mike Follin learning how to program for the ZX Spectrum and obtaining professional work at Insight, with one of Tim's first Insight works being the soundtrack to The Sentinel. Mike gave Tim a brief tutorial on creating music on the Spectrum via machine code, and Tim later wrote the music driver and soundtrack for their first professional game, Subterranean Stryker. After discovering how to create phasing sounds, Follin was able to use a 2-channel music driver to further experiment and come up with an arrangement of Stravinsky's "The Firebird", used for the game Star Firebirds. Follin graduated to 3-channel music with his third soundtrack, Vectron. In his early career, Follin was praised by game magazine reviews touting the quality of music for the games he scored.
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