Geoff Follin

Geoffrey M. Follin

Born c. 1966 Birth Place Unknown Nationality English   Aliases Geoff, GMF

Geoff Follin is an English former video game musician. He is the brother of Mike Follin and the famous Tim Follin. He and Tim worked at Software Creations. Geoff could play several instruments, read MIDI software and even read sheet music.

Geoff has had a musical upbringing from his family; his mother and grandmother played the piano, and he also sang in the church choir. He later started getting trumpet, piano, and guitar lessons. He attended the University of Nottingham for Environmental Biology, as he liked nature. After graduating, Geoff was working a job on a potato field, and when his brother Tim asked him about working for Software Creations with him, he accepted. As a composer, his influences include Yes, Genesis, Rush, Vangelis, and various folk music. His favorite console that he worked on was the SNES because of the instrument samples they were able to use, and his least favorite being the Game Boy.

Though Geoff appreciates his fans' support over the years, he personally does not remember his music fondly, and said that he is very unlikely to work on anymore video games. He also feels that he worked quicker than his brother Tim, writing songs quicker, while his brother focused on the quality of the music. Geoff quit the video game industry because he had lost interest.

Even though Geoff wrote music for several video games, he does not consider himself to be a gamer, or someone who plays video games.

Geoff currently works as a teacher.

Music Development

For the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, NES, SNES, and various other consoles, Geoff had to write the music in pure assembly.

All of these drivers were written by Stephen Ruddy, though the Software Creations SNES driver was also written by Mike Webb.

Gameography

Released	Title	Sample	Notes
19??-??-??	Sly Spy: Secret Agent (AST)
1988-??-??	Aigina's Prophecy (C64)
1988-??-??	Chester Field (C64)
1988-??-??	Psycho Pigs UXB (C64)
1989-??-??	Sly Spy: Secret Agent (C64)
1990-??-??	Baby Blues (C64)
1990-??-??	Cosmic Storm (C64)
1990-??-??	Goosebusters (C64)
1990-??-??	Puzznic (C64)
1990-??-??	Sly Spy: Secret Agent (AMI)
1990-??-??	Sly Spy: Secret Agent (CPC)
1990-??-??	Sly Spy: Secret Agent (ZXS)
1991-??-??	Gauntlet III: The Final Quest (AMI)
1991-??-??	Gauntlet III: The Final Quest (AST)
1991-??-??	Gauntlet III: The Final Quest (C64)
1991-??-??	Gauntlet III: The Final Quest (CPC)
1991-??-??	Gauntlet III: The Final Quest (ZXS)
1991-??-??	Ghosttown (C64)
1991-??-??	Gunslinger (C64)
1991-03-??	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Taito (NES)
1991-03-??	Kiwi Kraze (NES) (New Zealand Story)
1991-09-??	Altered Space: A 3-D Alien Adventure (GB) (アルタード スペース)
1991-09-??	Spot: The Video Game (GB) (スポット)
1991-10-??	Wolverine (NES)
1991-11-??	Silver Surfer (NES)
1991-12-??	Super Off Road (SNES) (スーパー オフ ロード)
1991-12-??	Treasure Master (NES)		Some music.
1991-12-??	Tom & Jerry: The Ultimate Game of Cat and Mouse! (NES) (トムとジェリー)
1992-02-??	Terminator 2: Judgement Day (NES) (ターミネーター2：ジャッジメントデイ)
1992-11-??	Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (SNES)		Most songs, including Wolverine's Theme.
1992-11-??	The Incredible Crash Dummies (GB)
1993-??-??	The Incredible Crash Dummies (SMS)
1993-09-??	Plok (SNES)
1993-09-??	Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (SNES)		With Tim Follin.
1993-09-23	The Incredible Crash Dummies (NES)
1993-11-12	Equinox (SNES)
1994-03-??	Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball (SNES)		Sound driver design and instrument samples with Tim Follin.
1994-06-12	Ultraverse Prime / Microcosm (SCD)
1995-08-??	Batman Forever (SNES)
Unreleased	Firearm (SNES)
Unreleased	Solar Jetman (C64)
Unreleased	Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (NES)

Links

• youtube.com/channel/UCR_lFrzhmS3_MBUoe2YPNCg - YouTube.
• twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqgrpq - Interview.
• vgarc.org/re-published/an-interview-with-geoff-follin/ - Interview.
• w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/6416.html - Atwiki.jp (Japanese).