While a small number of video game composers go on to achieve great fame thanks to their work in the industry, there are countless others who receive little to no attention at all . One of those often forgotten great video game composers is Tim Follin. A talented individual who’s career has been often hindered by the poor quality of the games he composed music for, so such that despite his considerable talent as a composer, his work is regularly overlooked in favor of other, more well known composers who simply had the good fortune to work on high profile releases.
Regardless of the overall quality of the games Follin worked on, he always gave it his all and made some of the most memorable tracks in video game history.
Tim Follin is unmistakably one of the absolute greats in the world of video game composition. And this is why This STAGE of the Retro VGM Revival Hour is dedicated to the great works of Composer TIM FOLLIN.
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Full track listing:
===========Game – Composer – Title – Company========
1.) Sky Shark – Tim Follin – “Title Screen ( Stage 2) & Stage 4 Theme”- September 1989 – Software Creations /Taito Corporation – NES
2.) Target: Renegade – Tim Follin – “Cutscene: Ready To Rumble!” – March 1990 – Software Creations /Taito Corporation – NES
3.) Ghouls ‘n Ghosts – Tim Follin – “Main Theme (c64 & Amiga versions)” – 1989 – Software Creations & U.S Gold/Capcom – Commodore AMIGA & Commodore 64
4.)Pictionary: The Game of Video Quick Draw – Tim Follin – “Mini-Game (Theme 2)” – July 1990 – Software Creations/LJN – NES
5.) Silver Surfer – Tim & Geoff Follin – “Title Screen & World Theme 1”- November 1990 – Software Creations/Arcadia Systems – NES
6.) Agent X II: The Mad Prof’s Back – Tim Follin – “Flying Section“ – 1987 – Software Creations/ Mastertronic – Commodore 64
7.) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – Tim & Geoff Follin – “Brunwald Castle (Rescuing Dad) & Tank (Rescuing Marcus)” – March 1991 – Software Creations /Taito Corporation – NES
8.) Renegade – Tim Follin – “Title Screen” – 1986 – Technos Japan/Tatito – Atari ST
9.) Plok – Tim & Geoff Follin – “Main Theme” – September 1993 – Software Creations/Tradewest – SNES
10.) Gauntlet III: The Final Quest – Tim & Geoff Follin – “Title Theme” – 1991 – Tengen/U.S.Gold – Commodore 64
11.) Kiwi Kraze (The NewZealand Story) – Tim & Geoff Follin – “Level Theme”- March 1991 – Software Creations /Taito Corporation – NES
12.) Time Trax – Tim Follin – “Title Screen (Game Credits Theme)” – Cancelled – Malibu Games – Sega Genesis/MegaDrive
13.) Equinox (Solstice 2) – Tim & Geoff Follin – “Atlena“ – November 12, 1993 – Software Creations/Sony ImageSoft – SNES
14.) Starsky & Hutch – Richard Jacques & Tim Follin – “Pursuit 3” – June 20, 2003 – Mind’s Eye Productions & Supersonic Software/Empire Interactive – PS2, Microsoft Xbox & Gamecube
15.) Bionic Commando – Tim Follin – “Big Fortress (Round 2 Theme) & The Tower of Demon (Round 4 Theme)” – 1988 – Software Creations / Capcom – Commodore AMIGA
16.) WWF War Zone – Tim Follin – “Track 01“ – June 1998 – Probe Entertainment/Acclaim – Game Boy
17.) Super Off Road – Tim Follin – “Title Demo” – 1989 – Leland Corporation & RARE/Virgin Games – SNES
18.) Ultraverse Prime – Tim Follin – “Unknown & Act 5-3 (The Final Fight)“- 1994 – Malibu Interactive/Sony Imagesoft- SegaCD
19.) Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade’s Revenge – Tim & Geoff Follin – “Gambit” – November 1992 – Software Creations/LJN – SNES
