He described his C64 work as nonsense he wasn't particularly happy with. Tim also isn't a big fan of his video game work, with the exception of Ghouls 'n Ghosts.
He said that if he were to do game music again, that he'd try to make the music more fitting to the game he worked on. Tim often didn't pay attention to the games he did music for, and as a result, many of the soundtracks were unfitting to the game itself (Pictionary being a prime example). While 3 games were made by the company, only Ultraverse Prime / Microcosm got released, with Time Trax and Firearm getting cancelled.Īfter Malibu's bankruptcy, Tim spent the rest of his career as a freelancer. However, this only lasted 18 months due to the company filing for bankruptcy. The Follins then joined Malibu Interactive. During Software Creations' SNES and Genesis development, the Follins would usually compose the music to the SNES versions while Tony Williams converted their compositions to the Genesis.Ĭiting a declining work environment, the brothers and 2 other employees left Software Creations in 1994. Tim and Geoff composed the music to a vast majority of their video games, including all of their NES titles. It was while working at this company where Geoff came along. Tim and Mike were then hired at Software Creations by co-founder Richard Kay. 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. He attended the Liverpool Sandown Music College, but dropped out after a year of studies. Tim did not have prior music training before starting his music career. Some of his best known works include Ghouls 'N Ghosts, Plok, and Silver Surfer. Tim is one of the most popular video game musicians. He is the younger brother of Geoff Follin, another popular video game musician, and Mike Follin.
Tim Follin is an English composer and sound designer.