Artist Feature #2: Tim Follin

Tim Follin: The best chiptune the worst luck. For proof, consider this: he hates chiptunes, but is most famous for his work on chiptunes. DOWNLOAD THIS MIX: #!St030b7A!JB32qxOM_PTU61Ed76yViT2tMFvk0bdJI3Ntek8UdFg ---- TRACKLIST: [intro] 0:00 Title (Solstice, NES) [1 bits] 0:50 Title (Subterranean Stryker, ZX 48K) 1:11 Title (Vectron, ZX 48K) 1:35 Title (Agent X, ZX 48K) [8 bits] 3:15 Black Lamp (Black Lamp, ZX 128K) 4:11 Title Screen (. Storm, ZX 128K) 5:33 Title Screen (Renegade, Atari ST) 6:32 Title Screen (Solar Invasion, ZX 128K) [contemporary?] 7:26 Level 1 (Bionic Commando, ZX 128K) 7:45 Level 1 (Bionic Commando, C64) 9:08 Title Screen (Ghouls ’n’ Ghosts, C64) 10:16 Title Screen (Gauntlet III, C64) 10:51 Title Screen (LED Storm, C64) 11:41 Stage 3 (Sky Shark, C64) 12:03 Stage 3 (Sky Shark, NES) [the NES goes hard] 13:09 Parking Garage (Target: Renegade, NES) 13:54 Title Screen (Pictionary, NES) 14:35 BGM1 (Silver Surfer, NES) 15:18 Coronado: Ship Battle (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Taito), NES) 15:47 Microchip (Treasure Master, NES) [AMIGAAAA] 16:45 Infiltration (Bionic Commando, Amiga) 17:22 Title (LED Storm, Amiga) 18:21 Title (Ghouls ’n Ghosts, Amiga) 18:58 Music 2 (Puzznic, Amiga) 19:44 The Final Quest (Gauntlet III, Amiga) 20:15 Title Demo (Super Off Road, SNES) [prog-out] 20:54 Gambit (Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade’s Revenge, SNES) 23:02 Akrillic (Plok!, SNES) [chill-out] 23:36 Quagmire (Equinox, SNES) 26:22 Game Over (Ecco: Defender of the Future, Dreamcast) [groove-out] 27:03 Mission Briefing (Time Trax, Genesis / unreleased) 29:09 The Alley (Ultraverse Prime, Sega CD) 30:28 Track 4 (Starsky & Hutch, Gamecube) 31:39 Seventies #9 (Ford Racing 2, Xbox. NOTE: this is attributed and actually “Play Dirty“ by Bjorn Lynne.) 32:31 Enemy Attack 1 (Future Tactics: The Uprising, Gamecube) [endings] 34:13 tftrack2 (Ford Racing 3, PS2) 35:49 Egypt 3 (Lemmings, PSP) 37:12 Music Loop 3 (Contradiction: Spot the Liar!, iOS) ---- CITATIONS... ...are too long for this description box. check them out here: ---- ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE: ZX Spectrum Agent X: Atari ST Renegade: Amiga Bionic Commando: amiga ghouls n ghosts: amiga puzznic: amiga gauntlet iii: dreamcast ecco: gamecube starsky hutch: ps2 ford racing 2: xbox future tactics: ps2 ford racing 3: psp lemmings: pc contradiction: ----- SELECTED WORKS: Tim has far too many soundtracks to list here, but I think a few of them are worth looking in to. Bionic Commando, C64: LED Storm, C64: LED Storm, Amiga: Ghouls ’n’ Ghosts, C64: Ghouls ’n’ Ghosts, Amiga: Solstice, NES: Silver Surfer, NES: Treasure Master, NES: Plok!, SNES: (remember that song that Miyamoto thought was fake? check it out!) Time Trax, Genesis: Starsky & Hutch, PS2: Future Tactics, Gamecube/PS2/Xbox: ---- NOTES: a few typos: 6m44s weilding → wielding 7m38s lengend → legend 27m08s inreleased → unreleased (thanks sergio cornaga!) 31m39s this song is actually “Play Dirty“ by Bjorn Lynne. credits were unclear so I mixed that up. sorry about that! thanks to everyone that pointed this out! ---- Tim Follin can be found at: ---- GST♥’s tumblr: Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon!