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[Draugoth]

If you grew up gaming in the '80s and early '90s, then the names Tim and Geoff Follin will no doubt be familiar to you.

The siblings crafted some of the finest video game soundtracks of the era, making relatively humble audio hardware perform some seriously catchy and engaging tunes. Their credits include The New Zealand Story (NES), Terminator 2 (NES), Spot: The Video Game (Game Boy), Solstice II (NES), Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (SNES), Plok (SNES) and Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball (SNES).

In a message posted on Facebook by his brother Tim, it was revealed that Geoff succumbed to pancreatic cancer earlier this week – he was only diagnosed on the 7th of May.

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[64bitmodels]

If you grew up gaming in the '80s and early '90s, then the names Tim and Geoff Follin will no doubt be familiar to you.

The siblings crafted some of the finest video game soundtracks of the era, making relatively humble audio hardware perform some seriously catchy and engaging tunes. Their credits include The New Zealand Story (NES), Terminator 2 (NES), Spot: The Video Game (Game Boy), Solstice II (NES), Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (SNES), Plok (SNES) and Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball (SNES).

In a message posted on Facebook by his brother Tim, it was revealed that Geoff succumbed to pancreatic cancer earlier this week – he was only diagnosed on the 7th of May.

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RIP to the goat of gaming music back then. no questions no exceptions.

 

[Northeastmonk]

I played a lot of Spider-Man and the X-Men growing up. Plus a lot of KGJ at a friend’s house. Memorable tunes of my childhood. RIP

 

[Topher]

Rest in Peace

 

[diffusionx]

 

[Dacvak]

Damn, that’s a big loss for VGM. Geoff and Tim are absolute legends. My sincerest condolences to Geoff’s family.

 

[lmimmfn]

Sad, but would be good if your topic included he was a Nintendo guy, I never played his games or know/appreciate him from Adam

 

[Alex Anderson]

RIP.

That Griffey music immediately started playing in my head.

58 years old.

 

[chlorate]

Akrillic in Plok! is one of the most underappreciated tracks of the 16-bit era, a masterful and innovative progressive rock song

May the memory of Geoff be a blessing

 

[Sleepwalker]

Rest in piece, thanks for the awesome music.

 

[Gaiff]

Oooout!

Oh, come on!

*breaks bat*

 

[calistan]

Damn, that absolutely sucks. The Follin brothers, Rob Hubbard, Ben Daglish (also gone too soon) - brilliant musicians but also programmers, creating the tools to get those primitive soundchips to do their bidding.

 

[rkofan87]

58 dam rip

 

[EverydayBeast]

It’s a reminder that life is precious and that game composers fly under the radar.

RIP.