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6600489 No.6600489 [Reply] [Original]

Can we all just agree right now that Tim Follin is God?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwAIE2ILqX0

>> No.6600502

>>6600489
What's he up to lately?

>> No.6600525
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6600525

>>6600489
Overrated composers general?

>> No.6600526

he's ok, overrated. the prog music he ripped off is better than his renditions which are technically neat.

>> No.6600546

>>6600489
.. literally who?

>> No.6600549

>>6600489
This is now a Plok thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fixc63xMXeY

>> No.6600571

>>6600525
okay, Bach and Beethoven

>> No.6600598

>>6600571
Now that's just lazy bait.

>> No.6600604

>>6600598
It's not really bait, I just think Bach for instance gets an inordinate amount of attention compared to composers he actively studied, like telemann and handel.

>> No.6600610

>>6600604
Probably because he pretty much hit every single genre in his day. It'd be like if a single band today had hits in Rock, Metal, Jazz, Rap, Country, Classical, Electronic, etc

>> No.6600614

>>6600610
You know less about music than you'd like to think you do.

>> No.6600617
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6600617

>>6600571
le contrarian, honhonhonhon

>> No.6600618

>>6600617
>frechposting
there are germans worthy of just as much attention as those two get, you needn't leave th country even.

>> No.6600737

I think he could've been a good choice for Sonic the Hedgehog if the opportunity was there

>> No.6600743
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6600743

>>6600502
He and his bro licensed Plok OST for vinyl release to some random label which, as turned out later, is run by some protestant christian fanatics.

>> No.6600848

>>6600743
Undeniably based

>> No.6600849

>>6600743
>being christian makes you a fanatic
Find Jesus

>> No.6600862

>>6600849
Fuck jesus
get real bro

>> No.6600867
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6600867

>>6600618
hey faggot, 'the' is spelled with an 'e'.

>> No.6600879

>>6600862
>seething atheist

>> No.6600887
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6600887

>>6600862
Jesus still loves you when you're ready. Don't wait too long.

>> No.6600891

>>6600887
wow this is really something lol

>> No.6600895

>>6600887
Jewish manipulation, there is no afterlife.

Now go back to kissing black dudes feet like your commie pope.

>> No.6600901

>>6600489
Why did you post an image of Rich Evans in his youth?

>> No.6600907

>>6600895
Catholicism is Judaized paganism, so don't worry about that.

>> No.6600909

>>6600489
Tryhard whose games were carried by his music.
For someone who composes great music for actually good games, see Koji Kondo.

>> No.6600914

>>6600895
>there is no afterlife
No, you will receive justice, pedophile.

>> No.6601238

>>6600525
tim follin is one of the most underrated composers, probably because he didn't compose for good games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J0H5ah1G7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZAnUDAj94Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snd_g2IsUpo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tc2J6Z--L8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvKNOTcrpUU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls7rlhjazGo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=787ZPanmezI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV9PfEFw78I

>> No.6601258

>>6600849
did he say that? i don't see him saying that
you seem to have taken that as a personal attack, are you sure you're not a fanatic?

>> No.6601284

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU-ss4JXe2Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ4zOrv_kSc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQFaUPA3He4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b9XjxK2RJc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpT1fZXHncA

>> No.6601301

>>6600489
>dude if I have a billion instruments going off at once everyone will think it's complex lmao!
Fuck off sick of zoom zooms praising this fraud.

>> No.6601326

>>6601301
>complex things are complex
nice observation
it's not really that straightforward to have "a billion instruments" on platforms with 1-5 channels
if you don't like prog then he's probably just not for you, but if you don't think these are at least technically impressive for the platforms then you're lying to yourself

>> No.6601548

>>6600849
Fanatic detected.

>> No.6601580

>>6600914
>a christian accusing someone else of pedophilia
LOL, that's rich.
Don't forget to tip your priest at church next sunday for molesting your kid. ;)

>> No.6601606

It's easier to appreciate what they do well when you hear all the forgettable arppeggiocore that dominated C64 and euro Gameboy games.

>> No.6602185

>>6600895
The catholic church is a cult. They are not christian and are not followed by christians. No idea what you're on about black dude's feet, but there's no way I'd kiss a dude's feet regardless of their ethnicity.

>> No.6602190

>>6600502
He quit vidya music because actually getting paid was a pain in the ass.

>> No.6602312

>>6601301
Literally three synth voices, all monophonic you fucking retard.

>> No.6602352

>>6601326
>>6602312
Get a life you fucking dorks. It's an NES game WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT SOME RANDOM VOICE?! Wooow such impressive so good. Fuck off zoom zoom and take your gay fidget spinner with you.
>>>/v/

>> No.6602372

>>6602352
>stop enjoying thing
no

>> No.6602374

>>6602372
>dude just let me enjoy meth it's not harming anyone!
>dude just let me enjoy cocaine it's not harming anyone!
>dude just let me masturbate to children at the playground it's not harming anyone!
>dude just let me binge drink every evening it's not harming anyone!
>dude just let me smoke a pack of cigs everyday it's not harming anyone!
>dude just let me litter it's not harming anyone!
Fuck off.

>> No.6602389

>>6602374
You are directly harming Lord Jesus with your faggotry.

>> No.6602408

>>6602374
imagine being harmed by a post on an inuit cross-breeding forum

>> No.6602592

>>6602352
The music in the OP is on a C64 SID chip

>>6602374
>Comparing video game music to harmful vices

Fucking hell, you absolute psychotard

>> No.6602598

>>6602185
Christianity is also a cult.

>> No.6602605

>>6600614
I know more than you. That's clear to both of us.

>> No.6602615

Is the OP supposed to be a joke or something? This is the worst music I ever heard, it's like something out of an AVGN episode.

>> No.6602662

>>6602615
i see what you did there

>> No.6602686
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6602686

>>6602615
like silver surfer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djoh1TgN3RM

>> No.6602793

>>6602598
So is Judaism

>> No.6602797
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6602797

>>6602185
>mfw people raised by protestants and their buddies post cringe on anonymous imageboards

>> No.6602839

>>6602185
...the hell? Lutheranism & Protestantism are cults and sects. The are also the most subverted branches of Christianity. You just have to take a look at the US to see this.

t. German Catholic

>> No.6603520

>>6600489
Absolutely overrated by weebs.

>> No.6603708
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6603708

Pic related in undeniably based and chippilled.

https://youtu.be/4EcgruWlXnQ

https://youtu.be/5n9_t7vLKjE

>> No.6604132

>>6602839
>my particular brand of fairy tales is better than yours
ok then

>> No.6604596

>>6603708
i have great respect for rob hubbard for being among the first to actually bother making real music for video games, something that hadn't really been done before him
but i don't think many of his tracks have aged all that well

>> No.6604625

>>6602686
Did James create the Soiface? It's the same face except it has a ting of horror to it.

>> No.6605301

>>6604596
>aged

>>6602839
>dumbass americams ruining everything they touch are proof
Cmon now

>>6601606
>huurr arpeggios
Like clockwork

>> No.6605304

>>6605301
arpeggios can get tedious when they’re done to death like that.

>> No.6605325

>>6600489
Jeroen Tel is better.

>> No.6605589

>>6602686
TUNE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi7l8ZIrG8s

>> No.6606389

>>6600489
I prefer matt furniss
>>6601238
>silver surfer
hard but good
>solstice
good
>plok
really good
>time trax
alright
>treasure master
alright
>pictonary
good
>agent x
good
>chronos
good

>> No.6606463

>>6601238
Yea seriously whats up with that? Shoulda tried his hand at working for konami or something. Maybe the issue is having to work on western NES games were mostly kinda crap.

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6606470

>>6604132

>> No.6606486

>>6603708
Most of that John Madden Football soundtrack is actually based on the library music (by Bruton Music) that was used during the broadcasts of the games (promos/replays and so on).
I think he did a decent job recreating those.

>> No.6606601

>>6606486
When it comes to Bruton Music, Alan Hawkshaw's my dude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atfq-9MXDr8

>> No.6606605
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6606605

>>6606601
good taste

>> No.6607167

>>6605325
Yes, please

https://youtu.be/qG82RMyS07Y

>> No.6607170

>>6606486
Oh, cool, I didn't know this. Was the same done for the other games? Live, FIFA, NHL...

>> No.6607328

>>6605301
what phrase would you use for when something that sounded acceptable at the time sounds bad now?

>> No.6607470 [DELETED] 

>>6600525
>because he didn't compose for good games
>lists the usual songs
>he knows this little about tim follin
>not ONE C64 SID tune
dunning kruger, everyone. you have no idea about the very person you're posting about.

>> No.6607478

>>6601238
>because he didn't compose for good games
>lists the usual songs
>he knows this little about tim follin
>not ONE C64 SID tune
dunning kruger, everyone. you have no idea about the very person you're posting about.

>> No.6607481

>>6605325
way better. follin, like rob hubbard, are so overrated. maniacs of noise made everyone look like amateurs.

>> No.6607557

>>6607328
It doesn't work like that, something was good then as is now or it was bad then and now

>> No.6607570

>>6600525
tommy.
fucking.
tallarico.

fuck that guy.

>> No.6607612

>>6607478
i followed up with a couple c64 tracks
>>6601284
also i've only discovered him recently, sue me