Rest In Peace Geoff Follin, co-composer of this soundtrack who died recently and suddenly of pancreatic cancer. Thank you for your amazing work Geoff, you will be sorely missed by all of us.
It still blows my mind that tim follin was able to achieve this on the original hardware. I mean, this sounds like modern fan-made chiptunes that don't have to work within the strict limitations of the NES. Seriously, you could only have 4 sounds playing at once, 1 being restricted to noise (drums, usually), and 1 having no control for tone or volume (bass, usually). It's a shame he was constantly lending his talents to games that were otherwise terrible, he was so ahead of his time
@@shinjiadventures7558In the game, the Silver Surfer takes damage way too easily. So i was joking like even brushing his teeth would make him take damage.
If you made me listen to this without me knowing anything about, I'd immediately think it was made by a modern day chiptune artist or it was a rejected track from an indie throwback game. It sounds way more complex than what I've been used to hearing from the NES So the fact that it's music from _1990_ running on native NES hardware is mind boggling. How was Tim Follin not setting the soundchip ablaze?
@@kingnull2697 I would have had I not immediately noticed the similarities to that that fucking bop of a pictionary theme Tim Follin made and I immediately knew this had to be him as well
how could this game even be played without smoke pouring out of their NES? This level of intense complexity is beyond the realm of what I thought the NES soundchip could handle.
@an idiot named Pen This game is much better than the worst shit on the NES - it even comes off as pretty good compared to junk like "Conan" and "Terminator", for example.
@@CybernikTheHedgehog I would say that the problem with the difficulty in this game is that it is rather unbalanced and unfair. Silver Surfer moves slowly and has a huge hit box, and this makes the player rather handicapped from the start. Personally I really enjoy the scrolling shooters "Space Megaforce" and "U.N. Squadron" for the SNES. Those games are fantastic, and they also allow several different difficulties, so you can choose if you want to make it easy or very hard.
@@CybernikTheHedgehog The one hit and you die bit is annoying as hell and all but requires you to play the game multiple times just to figure stuff out.
Actually it fits perfectly, it's incredible music to keep you pumped up to try and complete the incredibly difficult game, just like Megalovania, Celeste's OST, or Hotline Miami's OST.
But yeah, this soundtrack is just way better than the game itself. However it would technically also match what's going on in the game since it's a shoot 'em up.....An unfair one but still a shoot 'em up.
@@guiteshima What I said was I thought the commentor meant to say match in quality when he said “Ideally, the music should match the rest of the game.” I think phantom kitten missed what he meant to say. Then you said something pretty confusing. "I'd say match in both." Are you suggesting it matches in quality and in tone? That wouldn't make sense since right after you said it didn't match in quality. I'm just confused now.
There are tons of games that are much worse than Silver Surfer. It seems to me like most people hate on this game just because of that AVGN video, but it really isn't THAT bad. Silver Surfer is a very typical space shooter that just happens to have some annoying problems, like the overly large sprite of Silver Surfer himself, the lack of autofire and the ambiguous backgrounds, but apart from those problems it is just like any other old-school space shooter. And yes, this includes the one-hit-deaths-from-anything and the overwhelming number of enemies.
Weird that AVGN never mentioned how good this soundtrack is, he usually gives a game props for having killer music even when it's otherwise bad (And this game wasn't even bad, just infuriatingly difficult)
Maybe I'm misremembering, but I distinctly remember that being a gripe of his. Like, the music's awesome so it makes you want to play it but it's way too fuckin' hard. EDIT: Welp, turns out I was, indeed, mistaken. Yeah, he really should have said something.
If The Silver Surfer doesn't have this theme in the MCU, i would feel levels of ferocity and rage previously deemed impossible for a human being to comprehend. You'd better f*cking deliver, Disney!
hahahahahaha but seriously there's a safe zone where the scrolling stops, in the middle of the screen just above the water surface. you can stay still, put the controller down, and the fish won't touch you. the music loops perfectly without skipping an intro bar. other options: option 1: use a NSF player to generate a sound file to use in video. option 2: record twice, pause at different times, edit recording together. option 3: use a game genie code that freezes the game, activate it when level starts.
+Emperor Grief McScumbag VII technically there is no audio file to rip, its a midi file that has to be fed back into a nes somehow or a computer most likely. this huge audio file wouldn't fit on a single cartridge, you'd need hundreds.
+underscoredan Why would you slow such a well crafted piece of music down to breakdown speeds?? Personally I think you should go the opposite direction. 1.25 here I come!
Geoff Follin, what a legendary name alongside his brother Tim. I feel compelled to comment on this since he was probably a niche artist, who didn't even view himself as an artist. The story goes that they weren't even super keen on making music for the NES, but god, were they brilliant at it. I cannot imagine what it feels like to be Tim right now. Rest in Peace, Geoff, your music will be remembered.
Solstice's Title Theme and this theme were actually remixed by Prince of Darkness (Tony Dickinson) and someone from OCRemix (I forgot the remixer's name) respectively, actually. They're both great. Oh, Jonny Atma made a remix of this theme as well, and it's also great.
I love this track because it abides by two of the golden rules of video game soundtracks: 1. A video game soundtrack's coolness is often inversely related to the game's playability. 2. Anything made by the brothers Follin is bound to kick ass.
When I was a kid I wasn't very good at this game, but I really liked the music, so I hooked my nes up to my dad's stereo and cranked this song. None of my other games hit this hard, and still, none of my other games hit this hard.
heard this randomly in a video and i thought it was a boss fight for a modern-day game just to find out its the 1st song in the 1st level of the game it sounds that good.
Tim Follin just casually burying this unnaturally hard track in a game not 4% of people in this comment section have played is such an Early 90's move.
The NES sound chip had a very limited sound chip,due to having pre-set instruments. Although Konami for instance had custom sound chips,the vanilla NES chip was very limited. The SID chip (the c64 chip) was more capable and had a 4th audio channel,although it is just an exploit.
>> the regular 2a03 NES chip had 5 channels --- 2 pulse waves, one triangle wave, one noise, and one sample channel. also, you could make your own instruments - they weren't pre-set.
The NES didn't have a better sound chip than the C64 - in fact, the NES sound chip was very average for its time. Tim Follin was just that much of a genius; hell, the man could compose passable rock music and orchestras on a 1-bit beeper! Listen to his theme to Ghouls 'n Ghosts on the C64 and you'll realise what he could do with the superior sound hardware available to him with the SID.
Listen to Follin's stuff on SNES, like Plok, THAT's what happens when you give him a good sound chip. Also his work on the Dreamcast Ecco game was good too.
Rest In Peace Geoff Follin, co-composer of this soundtrack who died recently and suddenly of pancreatic cancer. Thank you for your amazing work Geoff, you will be sorely missed by all of us.
See you space cowboy...
rest in peace. dude left a fantastic selection of music behind him.
rip 😢
Rest in peace I never knew he suffered such a painful condition
my man, this is very sad :(, what a great composer and left an amazing legacy for future game composers and programmers....RIP....
"This game is so hard, it would actually be easier to go outside during a thunderstorm and try to dodge rain" - AVGN
5-yo me: are you challanging me?
It'd be easier to pick FLY SHIT out of PEPPER. While wearing BOXING GLOVES.
That 666 likes mmm
+EclipseMain
Touhou fans: You called?
Me: AVGN, why don't you say anything about music!?
I feel like I need to mention that the composer of this game was only 19 when he made this
A lot of epic music composers from the 80s were very young when they made the awesome tunes we know now. One of them being Koji f'ing Kondo.
@@Nyah420 Do you know off hand how young he was when he composed the Mario music?
IcePhysics in his mid 20s about 24-25 years since he was born in 1961.
Thanks, Mr.@@thecokeman6000 .
Bro I'm almost 20. Some people are so fucking talented.
It still blows my mind that tim follin was able to achieve this on the original hardware. I mean, this sounds like modern fan-made chiptunes that don't have to work within the strict limitations of the NES. Seriously, you could only have 4 sounds playing at once, 1 being restricted to noise (drums, usually), and 1 having no control for tone or volume (bass, usually). It's a shame he was constantly lending his talents to games that were otherwise terrible, he was so ahead of his time
technically 5 sounds with dpcm but tim never used it
Some games he worked on weren't even bad apparently. They just didn't sell well.
At least Plok was pretty good
@@thegreatgonzales6813 Plok, Solstice, Equinox- all great
Silver Surfer isn’t bad, just brutal.
I would high-five Silver Surfer for the awesome tune, but it probably kills him.
HAHAHAHAHA
+TheWingedBear This is the greatest comment I have ever read.
Amazing
Oh man, what a great comment lmfao
WHAT?! I can't high five someone?!
This is the song that plays when Silver Surfer successfully brushes his teeth without taking damage
underrated
impossible
He can't brush his teeth ?
@@shinjiadventures7558In the game, the Silver Surfer takes damage way too easily. So i was joking like even brushing his teeth would make him take damage.
@@shinjiadventures7558 He is so fragile.. like an mosquito..
This is almost SNES quality level music. The composer had truly mastered the NES Sound chip.
To be fair, it's almost-SNES quality until you hear what this very guy can do with the SNES sound chip.
@@zkirbster Plok's soundtrack *chef's kiss
FM Synth kinda blows nes outta the water, but some snes soundmakers still refused to upgrade.
@@bensmith6518 the SNES is sample based not fm synth. The Genesis is what has fm.
@@camulodunon dude... no.
If you made me listen to this without me knowing anything about, I'd immediately think it was made by a modern day chiptune artist or it was a rejected track from an indie throwback game. It sounds way more complex than what I've been used to hearing from the NES
So the fact that it's music from _1990_ running on native NES hardware is mind boggling. How was Tim Follin not setting the soundchip ablaze?
I thought it was from a Shovel Knight game or expansion
@@kingnull2697 I thought it was from TMNT first one
@@kingnull2697 I would have had I not immediately noticed the similarities to that that fucking bop of a pictionary theme Tim Follin made and I immediately knew this had to be him as well
I thought it was from just shapes and beats.
Oh, it definitely went aflame, with hot beats.
He's like "Here! Catch this bitchin' tune!"
Lmao! I think this is the best Fucking comment xD
***** "woaaah, gee thanks mr."
*plays soundtrack*
>mind blown into the stratosphere
+Hayden Belsham
"Woah gee thanks Mister! Hey Mister Surfer, take this pot!"
*Silver Surfer dies*
I might die from touching it tho...
BITchin :P
I clicked this link in morbid curiosity and I was blown away by how good it is.
Check out Jonny Atma. He did a cover of this. You'll love it.
+harrimat100 Jonny Atma's stuff is absolutely incredible honestly
pretty much sums me up, ya.
Incredible song for an incredible shit game. However, I loved the '90s Silver Surfer cartoon -- Too bad it was cancelled.
Right??? It's weird how good it is.
how could this game even be played without smoke pouring out of their NES? This level of intense complexity is beyond the realm of what I thought the NES soundchip could handle.
@an idiot named Pen
This game is much better than the worst shit on the NES - it even comes off as pretty good compared to junk like "Conan" and "Terminator", for example.
@@Peter_1986 The real issue is the difficulty, really.
@@CybernikTheHedgehog
I would say that the problem with the difficulty in this game is that it is rather unbalanced and unfair.
Silver Surfer moves slowly and has a huge hit box, and this makes the player rather handicapped from the start.
Personally I really enjoy the scrolling shooters "Space Megaforce" and "U.N. Squadron" for the SNES.
Those games are fantastic, and they also allow several different difficulties, so you can choose if you want to make it easy or very hard.
@@CybernikTheHedgehog The one hit and you die bit is annoying as hell and all but requires you to play the game multiple times just to figure stuff out.
tim somehow made pictionary seem like the most badass family game of all time
The composer should have worked for *CAPCOM!* MegaMan would've kicked ass with this theme!
Megaman already kicks ass, other licences would've benefit though
I always felt that Mega Man games had the best music of them all.
I heard that David Wise was actually inspired by Tim's work.
David composed the music for the DKC games.
Silver Man’s theme
The Follin Bros. have worked for capcom. X-MEN Mutant Apocalypese...
“Ideally, the music should match the rest of the game”
Tim and Geoff Follin: “No.”
Actually it fits perfectly, it's incredible music to keep you pumped up to try and complete the incredibly difficult game, just like Megalovania, Celeste's OST, or Hotline Miami's OST.
@@phantomkitten73 Match as in have the same amount of quality, not match with what's happening.
@@11th_defender51 I'd say match as in *both*
But yeah, this soundtrack is just way better than the game itself. However it would technically also match what's going on in the game since it's a shoot 'em up.....An unfair one but still a shoot 'em up.
@@guiteshima What I said was I thought the commentor meant to say match in quality when he said “Ideally, the music should match the rest of the game.” I think phantom kitten missed what he meant to say. Then you said something pretty confusing. "I'd say match in both." Are you suggesting it matches in quality and in tone? That wouldn't make sense since right after you said it didn't match in quality. I'm just confused now.
Game isn't that bad, it's just hard as shit.
The music is fucking insane though.
Excellent picture, my friend. RIP Chuck!
\m/
the music goes hard..... just like the game
Exactly, it's not bad it's just way harder than it needs to be.
Came here from a link by Berd, stayed for the absolute jam. Why is this so GOOD?!
same bro
Same
Like a lot of people I thought this was some modern chiptune, not an actual piece of NES music. Absolute legend, the composer.
same
The reason is the Follin brothers.
*I CAN'T TOUCH THAT RED POT?*
You watched this video the day before the hq rip was released... Are you a psychic?
+HEHEHE I AM A SUPAHSTAR TEAM SKULL LEADER Protip: you can see what's going to be uploaded next by looking at the playlists
Fuck Google+ Yep. Watch AVGN.
Snoop PINGAS
The red pot's that synthetic shit, don't wanna even get close to it. Gotta go green and natural baby.
The game sucked because the cartridge couldn't handle the OST
No, it was due to bad programming.
@@leoleonvids Pretty sure that comment was supposed to be a joke.
Oh.
I get it.
Thats where all the budget went... Isn't it...?
Rest in peace, Geoff Follin.
Thanks for this awesome music Geoff Follin. RIP
RIP Geoff 🫡
How can such a terrible game have such awesome music?!?
How can such a awesome music have a such terrible game?
There are tons of games that are much worse than Silver Surfer.
It seems to me like most people hate on this game just because of that AVGN video, but it really isn't THAT bad.
Silver Surfer is a very typical space shooter that just happens to have some annoying problems, like the overly large sprite of Silver Surfer himself, the lack of autofire and the ambiguous backgrounds, but apart from those problems it is just like any other old-school space shooter.
And yes, this includes the one-hit-deaths-from-anything and the overwhelming number of enemies.
Action 52 (Cheetahmen, at least)
This ^
It's not a terrible game. AVGN is just really shit at shmups.
Weird that AVGN never mentioned how good this soundtrack is, he usually gives a game props for having killer music even when it's otherwise bad (And this game wasn't even bad, just infuriatingly difficult)
It's even weirder because I've seen him in another video with the vinyl soundtrack that was released.
Probably just an oversight while he was making the episode
AVGN episode with the LJN Crash Test Dummies. He shows the LP in his collection.
Dude was probably so fucking pissed
Maybe I'm misremembering, but I distinctly remember that being a gripe of his. Like, the music's awesome so it makes you want to play it but it's way too fuckin' hard.
EDIT: Welp, turns out I was, indeed, mistaken. Yeah, he really should have said something.
Rip Geoff Follin
Fuck Cancer.
I came here in remembrance of the composer Geoff Follin. Rest in peace brother, we'll see you in paradise. :)
Only the worthy
@@GoatsatanRex Yep! 👊🏻😎
This sounds more like a boss theme rather than lvl 1 music.
Sounds like the secret final boss theme rather than lvl 1 music.
It would actually fit for a 1st lvl music if the gameplay was more intense with faster scrolling and more powerful hero
More like the theme for the final Special Stage or something. Theme II is better as a boss theme.
@@DerSamid tbh the silver surfer is pretty powerful. But yea, a better game.
That's Tim Follin for ya.
If they make a Silver Surfer movie, they better include a reimagined version of this song.
Oh dang that'd be amazing
I'm sorry to disappoint, but they did. And they didn't
Or if Silver Surfer ever gets into a Marvel VS Capcom game they should also remix this
They put the iconic Moon theme from DuckTales for the NES in the reboot of the show, so there’s a precedent for it
Truly is criminal that no one heard past 10 seconds of this song during actual gameplay
RIP Geoff, may you continue composing music in the clouds above us :'(
This is definitely one of the best songs ever composed on the NES
RIP Geoff Follin.
Now the game makes sense: the devs had to divert all of the POWER COSMIC from the Surfer to the soundtrack, leaving the Surfer dead with one hit.
This composer went so damn hard for some of pretty obscure games, it's almost tragic he's not more well known. At least I'm sure he had a blast
Plok.... :,(
Ecco the Dolphin Dreamcast :'(
You mean the prog epic that was the Solstice title screen music?
RIP Geoff. Surf forever!
rest in peace, Geoff
かっこよすぎて聴いてるだけで全身銀色になりそう。
If The Silver Surfer doesn't have this theme in the MCU, i would feel levels of ferocity and rage previously deemed impossible for a human being to comprehend. You'd better f*cking deliver, Disney!
They already fucked up before by not giving Mysterio his PS1 Spiderman theme so I'm sure they'll disappoint again with Silver Surfer...
How did someone record this without banging into a wall?
Ragefeast95 The player is a God with an average apm that shares similar digits comparable to the weight of Saturn.
hahahahahaha
but seriously there's a safe zone where the scrolling stops, in the middle of the screen just above the water surface. you can stay still, put the controller down, and the fish won't touch you. the music loops perfectly without skipping an intro bar.
other options:
option 1: use a NSF player to generate a sound file to use in video.
option 2: record twice, pause at different times, edit recording together.
option 3: use a game genie code that freezes the game, activate it when level starts.
+Ragefeast95 You can download the nsf files from the internets and convert the files using Audacity.
+Ragefeast95 Recorder was found weeping on all fours ontop of a surfboard later
+Emperor Grief McScumbag VII technically there is no audio file to rip, its a midi file that has to be fed back into a nes somehow or a computer most likely. this huge audio file wouldn't fit on a single cartridge, you'd need hundreds.
this is a banger
too right
It's a big bop
Ikr
certified hood classic
RIP Geoff. Legend.
Rest in peace Geoff Follin :(
If I had to make a Top 20 of the best chiptune of all time, it'll probably goes on the list.
make that top 5
Make it number 1.
This at 0.5 speed is just one long unreal breakdown.
+underscoredan Why would you slow such a well crafted piece of music down to breakdown speeds?? Personally I think you should go the opposite direction. 1.25 here I come!
walkin into da club
I was listening it on 1.5 thinking it was kinda neat, but 1.25 made me experience things I never though possible.
0.75 sounds like groove metal. Instantly thought of Pantera.
Sounds like I'm listening to Prodigy
Geoff Follin, what a legendary name alongside his brother Tim. I feel compelled to comment on this since he was probably a niche artist, who didn't even view himself as an artist. The story goes that they weren't even super keen on making music for the NES, but god, were they brilliant at it. I cannot imagine what it feels like to be Tim right now. Rest in Peace, Geoff, your music will be remembered.
Behold, the ultimate lifeform.
Reminds me of Sonic 2
Oh hey funny TH-cam man
Sonic 3 confirmed?
how is a rebeltaxi comment under 100 likes
Wait so that's why I use it for my podcast.... 'Cause I'm a Furry
Hi pizza man
The ultimate life form
RIP Geoff Follin
the ultimate lifeform
Hey now, the music wasn't the ONLY good thing about the game. That title screen is the shit.
lmao this game isn't even bad, just really hard
@@jojivlogs_4255 AVGN said it's only bad because it's cruel.
So is stage 2
He looks so stupid !
@@jojivlogs_4255 It's hard, but it's the somewhat unfair type of hard....Which is why this game can be frustrating to play.
I'm the one who sent this in to Ludwig chat, such a fucking banger.
Yes it is!
Fr
Dang !
Takes me back to the early 2010s NES nostalgia surge.
It’ll come back around in a few years
*****
True, while this game may be extremely hard, its got a really good soundtrack.
It wasn't just hard it was *ass*
@Ice Tea No, it was just hard.
RIP Geoff, thanks for the tunes.
If the silver surfer returns to marvel films/TV this should be his theme
Or if Silver Surfer ever gets into a Marvel VS Capcom game .
This must be his theme remixed
Rest in peace Geoff
The ultimate life form ! BERD !
Thank you berd
Tim Follins....where ever you are man, just know that we come to these things for YOU. Doesn't matter if the game was shite--you left a legacy mate.
Amen
There really needs to be a metal band playing Follin's music. I mean this is basically NES math metal.
Solstice's Title Theme and this theme were actually remixed by Prince of Darkness (Tony Dickinson) and someone from OCRemix (I forgot the remixer's name) respectively, actually. They're both great.
Oh, Jonny Atma made a remix of this theme as well, and it's also great.
1000%
The first one of the Follin brothers' music I remember was Sky Shark. It doesn't go quite as hard, but still some solid music.
Check out GaMetals cover. It is sick.
I love this track because it abides by two of the golden rules of video game soundtracks:
1. A video game soundtrack's coolness is often inversely related to the game's playability.
2. Anything made by the brothers Follin is bound to kick ass.
Berd brought me here. Ty berd.
the funny bird has summoned us
I don't know how Berd found this song but this has no right to _slap_ as hard as it does.
I'm pretty sure if this soundtrack was any more killer, Silver Surfer would die instantly.
This comment got me dead like silver surfer
When I was a kid I wasn't very good at this game, but I really liked the music, so I hooked my nes up to my dad's stereo and cranked this song. None of my other games hit this hard, and still, none of my other games hit this hard.
Wow that OST is INSANELY GOOD
Thanks Berd.
Berd sent me here...
Berd is the ultimate lifeform
The ultimate lifeform - BERD
"Hey, Silver Surfer!" 😃
"What?" 🤨
*"THINK FAST!"* 😁
(throws football at him, dies instantly)
"....." 😳
RIP Geoff Folin
berd troops are coming run!!!
Rest in peace, Geoff. Sending condolences to Tim and his family.
heard this randomly in a video and i thought it was a boss fight for a modern-day game just to find out its the 1st song in the 1st level of the game it sounds that good.
This kickass music, it's too strong!!! IT'S BLOWING ME AWAY!!!
superyoshibros99 its so epic that even and chuck norris approved it and gave it the grade infinite out of ten
Someone should make a bird themed animation with this song
Too bad that’ll never happen
Aww man this was the perfect music for a themed animation!
Came from Berd, stayed for this absolute banger
From berd, but knew about this before
ultimate berd form
This might just be the best classic VG song out there. Nothing dazzles my ears more than the arpeggio doubling at 1:10. So rad!
Man, it's hard to believe the NES was capable of such epic music!! This guy was awesome.
Still is!
Ultimate Lifeform.
stfu nobody cares
@@weirdmansamuraioflegend1238 you should love yourself now😊
This song is so well composed. Such a shame that the difficulty of the game couldn't have been balanced out properly.
I absolutely agree, I mean it ain't a bad game by any means at all, just needlessly hard
Thanks berd
Thank you Fact Fiend
OLD SPICE ODOR BLOCKER IS SO POWERFUL IT'S GOT *DOUBLE SUN POWEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR!!!*
+Joshua Madoc hi god
K I C K
EXPLOSIIIIION
*BEARGLOVE, BEARGLOVE! BEARGLOVE, BEARGLOVE! BEARGLOVE, BEARGLOVE!*
He really was the ultimate lifeform
It's absolutely mindboggling that the NES could handle a song like this. This song along has the composer in my VG composer hall of fame.
Who else was immediately recommend this after they watched the fact fiend episode on it?
No I went to pictionary from Karl and then this was recommended
Me
I don't even know what that is.
I was
Me
The Team: "Alright. Don't make the music too epic."
The Composer: makes this banger
One of the hardest NES songs
Karl, you’ve done it again
"It's just a game about an alien that surfs through space, nothing too crazy."
Tim and Geoff Follin:
Tim Follin just casually burying this unnaturally hard track in a game not 4% of people in this comment section have played is such an Early 90's move.
This proves that the NES had the best game music
The ultimate life form!!
Truly the ultimate lifeform
cant believe this is a nes tune - guess it really did have a better sound chip than the c64
The NES sound chip had a very limited sound chip,due to having pre-set instruments. Although Konami for instance had custom sound chips,the vanilla NES chip was very limited.
The SID chip (the c64 chip) was more capable and had a 4th audio channel,although it is just an exploit.
>> the regular 2a03 NES chip had 5 channels --- 2 pulse waves, one triangle wave, one noise, and one sample channel. also, you could make your own instruments - they weren't pre-set.
The NES didn't have a better sound chip than the C64 - in fact, the NES sound chip was very average for its time. Tim Follin was just that much of a genius; hell, the man could compose passable rock music and orchestras on a 1-bit beeper! Listen to his theme to Ghouls 'n Ghosts on the C64 and you'll realise what he could do with the superior sound hardware available to him with the SID.
Listen to Follin's stuff on SNES, like Plok, THAT's what happens when you give him a good sound chip. Also his work on the Dreamcast Ecco game was good too.
Not too fast, TI SN76489 for the win.
I don't care if it was in a subpar videogame, this will always be Silver Surfer's theme in my eyes.