british home computers were all so bad at games that they had to make up for it by composing music that was as fun to listen to as nintendo and genesis games were to actually play, sometimes on machines with no actual sound hardware. when these men later got hired to compose for platforms that had things like tone generators it was like taking the training weights off. martin galway is legally barred from touching a pipe organ due to the widespread devastation that would result. whole cities on fire
hilariously, tim folin would later STOP making video game music because it was too normal; once sound chips could just do Normal Music it wasn't nearly as interesting or compelling
now he is trying to lead a revival of weird FMV games and it's going... interestingly! Contradiction: Spot the Liar and At Dead Of Night were both him
