Bjørn Arild Lynne (born December 31, 1966) is a Norwegian

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and music

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, now living and working in

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. He was also known as a tracker music composer under the name "Dr. Awesome" in the

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in the 1980s and 1990s when he released tunes in

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format and made music for

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games. In 1995 he moved to

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and composed for

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. He recorded albums in England, including the Timura trilogy, inspired by the books of

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. In 2005 he returned to

and started a music publishing company, Lynne Publishing AS and a royalty-free music / stock music service, Shockwave-Sound. He composed soundtracks for the games

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and Seven Kingdoms, and for solo albums of fantasy and trance music. His tunes have also been used in television and film. His music is featured in the main menu screens to multiple games in the

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series, most notably the

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and

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installments.

Composition

In the later 1980s and 1990s, Lynne worked in the

using the name Dr. Awesome. As a member of "Crusaders" demo-group, he created numerous demo soundtracks and standalone tunes in

tracker format. He made music for Amiga games like "Qwak", "Brat" and some others (see discography for more info) and recorded two studio albums: "Hobbits & Spaceships" and "Montage". Later on, some of these tracks would become parts of his "Decade" and "Revive" albums. In 2014, two albums were released with old, original recordings of his music. Lynne has published occasional electronic dance/trance music under the name "Divinorum", including a collaboration with Aural Planet, called "Power Liquids". Lynne has composed music for film, including Walpurgisnacht and the

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biography Through a Lens Darkly. He has also composed or designed music for over 80 video games. The track "Soundstreamz - Instrumental", from his 2004 album ''Statement'', is provided as the default on-hold music for 3CX, a popular

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Discography

As Dr. Awesome

# ''Early Game Soundtracks'' (2014). Original video game music # ''Original Amiga Works'' (2014). Original versions of 103 tracks composed on the Amiga # ''Decade'' (1997). Published by Studio17 under Dr. Awesome. 55 minutes of music plus much demoscene

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and MP3 #'' X2'' (1996). Official soundtrack CD of the game X2.

Miscellaneous

#''Tokyo Getaway'' EP (2009) by Polygon Palace - contains a sample of ''Now What Medley'' by Lynne. #''Open Interactive / Sky Digital TV games'' (2001) Some music in the main game section. # ''Solnatt'' # ''The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon Course Video'' (2000) Music in a video about training for

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#''Virtual Van Cortlandt Park'' (2000) Music in video about this cross country race.

References

External links

* *Bjørn Lynne music at th
Shockwave Sound royalty-free music / stock music library
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lynne, Bjorn 1966 births Chiptune and tracker musicians Demosceners Electronic composers Living people New-age musicians Norwegian audio engineers Norwegian electronic musicians Norwegian video game composers People from Larvik