Tim Follin's C64 Music - part 1/4
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- One of the most illustrious and well-known composers for the old computers, Tim Follin has always been able to make the best use of the hardware available in imagainitive to create his own unique sounds. This is a sampling of his work on the Commodore 64.
Tracks:
[0:01] Gauntlet III-1
[2:16] Bionic Commando-6 (Stage 2)
[3:44] Ghouls n Ghosts-8
[6:20] Ghouls n Ghosts-11
[9:21] Gauntlet III-2
Composer: Tim Follin
Bionic Commando music originally composed by by Fujita Harumi
This guy was not just a good musician, but a technical genius. He knew how to make every soundchip on existence sound like an angel singing.
we all were amazed from the musical abilities the Amiga had. But the Amiga was amazed by the musical abilities this genius had.
Tim is a technical wizard - he's quickly becoming one of my favourite SID composers.
Hubbard was the pioneer. He let us hear the SID chip's potential. Follin unlocked that potential and more. Only Galway and possibly Jereon Tel stand up to him. His music was stunning, magical, and way beyond what shoud've been possible. Love Ghouls 'n' Ghosts 8 (Level 2) - so brilliant - as is every track in the game.
Ghouls n Ghosts is best of the best. Can't stop listening to it!
Dislike bots are the fucking worst.
Huh?
@@matthewrease2376 back when the dislike counter on videos were a thing people would mass-dislike it, a lot of videos had lots of dislikes back when they did
@@verbatimc3 ohhh. I read it like "dislike. Bots are the worst" as if this video was uploaded like a bot lol.
my god...... 15 seconds in and i am already blown away. best c64 soundtracks ever. truly stands aout from the stereotypical c64 stuff. love.
That's it! I'm definitely buying a C64!
You are about a couple of decades late.
Ahmed Rohaimah whatever you like your never late
Where do I find a C64 ?
JUK3BOY
More like: Bore: Ragnarok
@@RoddyDev emulate it
Pure genius, earcandy.
And to think that all of this was accomplished with only three voices.
dunno how i only just heard of this guy, thanks for putting these amazing vids together
Tim Follin and a whole lot of other artists, eg Rob Hubbard done the SID chip a whole lot of justice and pushed the boundaries of what can be achieved with a (then) simple music chip. They were all masters then and 30+ years later, we are all still clapping in awe of their work. Does that not demonstrate their ability and hold over us over all this time as master craftmen of all time so far? I think it does, without a doubt. If only their creativity was strong on todays efforts.
at 3:06, is that the Force theme from Star Wars?
I just noticed it listening to the Speccy version, figured it see if it was in any others versions.
Yep. Tim Follin ;)
@@gmeeer9165 wait u serious
@@gmeeer9165 It's a compositional technique called "quotation", which is basically quoting or referencing someone else's work (typically in the form of the main melodic line) in a respectful, yet fun and playful manner. It's like a nod to the original composer of the quotation.
Everyone knows the theme here. I doubt that Follin is the kind of person to blatantly steal from other composers and label their work as his own, especially John Williams.
@@gmeeer9165 I don't get it, why do you watch multiple videos about Tim Follin's music yet you want to express how much you hate it?
awesome, thanks for the upload.
absolutely love Tim Follin's stuff, spent many happy hours in my childhood playing ghouls and ghosts mainly to listen to the music.
Looks like 100 people went through the four of these videos and thumbed them all down. Possibly a bot, not actual people.
master control program :D ?
+Émilie-Renée Beaumont It's probably Geoff Follin, and his 99 other accounts. He was good, but he wasn't his brother's level of good.
Plot twist: The downvotes come from Tim Follin himself
Probably. He did state he wasnt fond of his old work
Fun fact: Ghouls & Ghosts music was originally composed by a female. Her name was Mari Yamaguchi. She also composed music for Mega Man 5
Tim Follin was (and I am sure still is) a rare combo of a polymath genius.
He takes you to another world. Incredible.
Ah this made my inner child scream and laugh. Tim you`ve done a great job. Somehow C64 could not compete with other platforms graphics but it kicked arses in terms of music. I remember Saint dragon game with its fantastic music on c64. It didn`t sound that good on other computers. That is my opinion.
Thx again Tom, thx DarkgreenOrange for this compilation :)
I really like Tim´s unique way of sounds and composing. Great genius!!!
Great visualization, great music! Definitely subbing.
this is amazing but why is there over a 1/7 of the ratings dislikes thy must not like awesome music
Why the dislikes? i dont get it?
TROLLS
It's a bot
people with different opinions
Ok, so Rob Hubbard was the original SID chip master but Tim Follin took things to a whole new level and is seriously underrated when it comes to chip tunes.
Some of the sounds he coaxes out of the SID are just incredible.
I for one loved the visualization. Makes me think of classic old isometric games, and I think they really managed to convey the wonderful dynamics of the music, especially the first track - that kind of dynamics in the sound were not possible on most other computer sound hardware at the time.
Personally I would have preferred if you had used the first mission song from Bionic Commando though, the SID stuff in the middle of that song is beyond awesome.
First found out about Tim Follin today, wish I'd found out earlier, that's pretty amazing stuff right there!
He came in quite late to the C64 when Hubbard, Galway, Whittaker and all the others were already legends since 1983/1984 and Follin didn't really get in on the action until 1987 when he was hired by Software Creations, the dawn of 8-bit computing. He moved on to make console music after a handful of C64-games.
3:26 OOOOOooooohhh, yeah.
i heard tim follin's ghost'n'ghouls tune 8 on my c64 and i was really impressed by the complexity of the tune.
What is this visualizer?
Goldwave
Can't stop listening to this !
The Treasure Master in that Gauntlet III is so damn clear!
Tim just wrote amazing songs and gave zero concern about its setting, he is reported as not being super into music in video games...we argued that music should be subliminal in a good arrangement.
Damn shame he was a frickin' wizard at coaxing amazing sounds out of stodgy audio chips...
Have to say, Follin's AY ghouls n ghosts beats to SID version here
I have some sort of irrational hate for the C64, but even I can admit that Tim Follin made some great music.
Wow the gauntlet III song is fucking amazing
Is that a Star Wars homage at 3: 06? AWESOME.
Does anyone know if this is played on the original hardware? It sounds extremely clean, and I was wondering if it's simply been EQ'ed very well, or if there's something else going on. Either way, I love it!
I don't know, but whenever I plug my C64 directly into my line-in, it sounds pretty darn clean...
This sound seems the original one to me, no EQ. Follin was a master to alternate clean and rough sound styles on C64.
he's friggin' genious º¬º respect.
I've been a fan of Tims work for many years now. Although not completely related you must check out his work on the PLOK sountrack for SNES. mind blowing work and has alot of influence from his ghouls n ghosts work from c64 and amiga in it! Trust me you wont be sorry!
Very true.. Anyone who is an older 30s something gamer is a welcome member and from the "the" age of gaming or can I call it "originality"?. It was all new, it was funky, it was mind blowing, it was "woah" really stuff and it made your get 6 paper rounds to feed your addiction. None of us veterans have forgotten our roots and we're still here. Now, we're in the golden age of cloning, but thats the problem. No more type adventures, no more thought planning from manic miner, no more originality.:(
6:20 to 7:33 would be the NASTIEST track for a rap song.
I have just discovered this and I must know - are you still here, DarkgreenOrange? Do you still make content, or have you long since retired?
I love his flute noise.
I want to show everyone the arp progression around 1:15 and yell "DO YOU REALIZE HOW AMAZING THIS IS???"
I like the visualization DarkgreenOrange chose for the C64 music he uploaded better than the visualization for the one you didn't.
Is there a program for windows which you can create this type of music with? Im not talking about using any kind of synth keyboard or fruity loops etc.. An actual program that works on the foundations the c64 did? Id love to sample some of these types of sounds but Im pretty useless with all that at the moment!
I thought this reminds me of Plok's music and sure enough Tim Follin!
Tim Follin made Plok's soundtrack.
0:20 Sorta getting a Mort Garson vibe right here.
I'm a big Rob Hubbard fan, but I have to say Tim Follin is one of the best SID composers, its weird he doesn't mentioned as much as Hubbard, Galway, and Jeroen Tel ...
awesome, star wars at 3:06
i counted the domino stones there were 1.589.393 of them in this video !
For peopple who were kids in the Tim Follin and Rob Hubbard decade were witness to some of the most spectacular music ever produced from on SID chip. Not like these days. They pushed the boundaries with what was available and make spectacular results. These days it's just reallly lazy and very sloppy coding. Bring back the 80's coders, they knew how to capture and remain as top of the league of their audience. Not only that, but how to make a gamer think with their atmospherics. Awesome :)
@TheSquishMovies
there are several possibilities. the easiest would be via an emulator. you could also try a tool called "goattracker" if you're into tracking (if you're not, its a pain in the ass). the most comfortable way would be buying a "hardsid" card for your pc where you can put up to four SID's(soundprcessor of the c64)on it and use them via vst in a soundprogram of your choice.
close but wrong. there are 1.589.473 of them
imagine what this guy could do with an orchestra....
Wow.
Allo!
best
The Audio Visualizer used looks identical to the one that comes with GoldWave
No ... your talking about the SNES version she didnt composed any C64 related Ghouls & Ghosts song.
How did he get those cool vibratos on the lead synths?
What program is it that makes these visualisations?
I wonder how does it sounds if we import the raw data of the .sid file into Audacity.
Probably like quiet garbage and noise.
I found a C64 randomly in my basment with a modem... I wish I had a caset player
noice, but you can get them pretty cheap
There are defenitly a lot of great music still I was just saying they fail at making old style music
and also the only reason C64 music seems original is because it has a completly different music chip than the others
The dislikes was probably from the kids that thinks this is garbage and ear-rape.
where can we download this chip tune and a sid player please - does anyone have an mp3 player that accepts the raw chiptune data?
Roger Jowett Check out the High Voltage SID Collection. It has both an archive of over 46.000 C64 chiptunes and a links to software you can use to play them.
www.hvsc.de/
Roger Jowett Did you check the website? That is exactly what it is. Also they are SID players not mp3 players.
I find it so strange he doesn't like any of his c64 work too fondly besides Ghouls n Ghosts
@TheUnbound ya lol its the force theme.
I agree. Don't get me wrong, there is a stack of music about for all sorts. But in my opinion, these days it feels to samey or sloppy. I loved it back on the c64, they really did push it to produce some awesome effects which I imagine even commodore themselves were probably suprised by. If anything, I wish they'd stop developing pc hardware for a bit and see what limits you really could push out of your pc, just like the c64. But you know that will never happen! Ah well eh! :)
I said originally... meaning the arcade version...
what was that tune at the very end? :O
+VHS Headlines
No, the really short one after that.
+AozoraOrigami It's the last song.
(random thought) Dark green orange, that's the color of my avatar.
what is that viewer?
Really dog the video effects there. That is killer
247 likes 0 dislikes, the way it´s meant to be
don't forget about Adam Gilmore
GnG sounds like a cross between Plaid and Richie Blackmore, tres bon.
Follin's a dude.
yeah it doesnt even work people try to make retro music now...it sounds like they just made it sound 8 bit just so they didnt have to work hard
Still not right, it was Tamayo Kawamoto
ティムフォリン、愛してる。
such old comments
Tim follin is my dad i am jamie follin. By the way the channel is his
*seems legit*
herp derp let's screencap a shitty visualization
I'm a male and I find this horribly offensive
Technically, this guy is amazing. BUT the tunes are like being at a digital renaissance fair. Kind of gimmicky and nothing memorable.
Technically, your comment is supposed to mean something. But it's kinda like an opinion. Pretty personal and nothing memorable.
What is that visualizer?