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| Name        = Jonathan Dunn
 
| Name        = Jonathan Dunn
 
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| Picture    = Jonathan Dunn.jpg
 
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| BirthPlace  = Preston, Lancashire, England
 
| Nationality = British
 
| Nationality = British
 
| Flag        = UK
 
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| Alias01     = J. Dunn
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| Aliases     = J. Dunn, Jon, Jon Dunn
 
| Website    =  
 
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'''''Jonathan Dunn''''' was a British programmer and musician who was the main sound designer at [[Ocean Software]].
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'''''Jonathan Dunn''''' is a British former musician and programmer who was the main sound designer at [[Ocean Software]].
  
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His video game music career started back in 1987 when he worked for Imagine Software which he eventually left to work for Ocean Software in 1988. He stayed after Infogrames bought Ocean in 1998 and then left in 2000. He worked at Electronic Arts after that before finally retiring from his video game music career. Jon liked to compose music on the Commodore 64 because he made the Ocean Software drivers and it is the computer he began making music on. In the 90's, Dunn liked creating his music on the SNES. The soundtrack that Jon composed that he likes best is [[Total Recall (C64)]]. He is known for his outstanding work in Platoon and Rambo 3 for the C64, Jurassic Park on the NES and Robocop for the Amstrad CPC.
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His video game music career started back in 1987 when he worked for Ocean Software. He stayed after [[Infogrames]] bought Ocean in 1998 and then left in 2000. He worked at [[Electronic Arts]] after that before finally retiring from his video game music career. Dunn liked to compose music on the Commodore 64 because he made the Ocean Software drivers and it is the computer he began making music on. In the 90s, Dunn liked creating his music on the SNES. The soundtrack that Dunn composed that he likes best is [[Total Recall (C64)]]. He is known for his outstanding work in [[Platoon (C64)]], [[Rambo III (C64)]], [[Jurassic Park (NES)]] and [[Robocop (CPC)]].
  
 
==Music Composition==
 
==Music Composition==
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===AMI===
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[[The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (AMI)]] uses the Acoustic Bass (A. Bass) sample from a Korg [[M1]]. The other instruments sound like they were waveforms made from the Commodore 64. Dunn used [[OctaMED]] like the other composers at Ocean as well as other drivers.
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===C64===
 
===C64===
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Jonathan created sound drivers on the Commodore 64 and programmed the music in assembly using [[Hex Code|hexadecimal numbers]].
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Dunn first used [[Martin Galway]]'s driver, then [[Paul Hughes]]' driver, and finally his own driver written in 6502 [[assembly]], entering his music as data statements and assembling them using the Ocean Dev System.
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===NES===
 
===NES===
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Jon had this to say about his NES music composition:
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Dunn wrote his own audio driver in 6502 [[assembly]] for the NES and named it [[Music Driver V1.0]]. He had this to say about his NES music composition:
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{{Quote
 
|"It was compiled from data statements in assembly. That way I could use labels to make it easier to come back to."}}
 
|"It was compiled from data statements in assembly. That way I could use labels to make it easier to come back to."}}
  
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While a great deal of the NES games he composed did not have credits, his name can be found in the ROM text for most of the games which all say:
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While a great deal of the NES games he composed did not have credits, his name can be found in the driver portion of the ROM data, however, this isn't a guarantee that he composed the music, as other [[Ocean]] employees used the driver as well. The text reads:
 
  MUSIC DRIVER V1.0 (C)JONATHAN DUNN & OCEAN SOFTWARE
 
  MUSIC DRIVER V1.0 (C)JONATHAN DUNN & OCEAN SOFTWARE
  
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===SNES===
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Dunn wrote his own music driver and a converter, composed the majority using [[MIDI]], converted it to data statements, and tweaked those.
  
 
==Gameography==
 
==Gameography==
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{{Template: Table Header
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{| class="wikitable" |
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! Released
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| Caption01 = Released
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! Title
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| Caption02 = Title
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! Sample
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| Caption03 = Sample
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}}
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| 1987-??-??
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| 1987/??/??
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| [[Fernando Martín Basket Master (C64)]]
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|  
 +
|-
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| 1987-??-??
 
| [[Platoon (C64)]]
 
| [[Platoon (C64)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1988/??/??
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| 1988-04-??
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| [[Target Renegade (C64)]]
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| {{Song-Box|04 - Ocean Loaders - C64 - Ocean Loader 4.ogg}}
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|-
 +
| 1988-12-??
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| [[Platoon (NES)]]
 +
| Composer
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
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| [[Ajax (C64)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
 +
| [[Ajax (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
 
| [[Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge (AMI)]]
 
| [[Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
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|-
 
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| 1988/??/??
 
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| [[RoboCop (ZXS)]]
 
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| {{Song-List|01 - RoboCop - ZXS - RoboCop.ogg}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1988/04/??
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| 1988-??-??
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| [[Target Renegade (C64)]]
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| [[Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge (AST)]]
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| {{Song-List|04 - Ocean Loaders - C64 - Ocean Loader 4.ogg}}
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|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1988/12/??
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| 1988-??-??
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| [[Platoon (NES)]]
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| [[Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge (ZXS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1988/??/??
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| 1988-??-??
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| [[Platoon (AMI)]]
 +
| Arranged by [[David Whittaker]]
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|-
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| 1988-??-??
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| [[Platoon (AST)]]
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| Arranged by [[David Whittaker]]
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
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| [[Platoon (CPC)]]
 +
| Arranged by [[David Whittaker]]
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
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| [[Platoon (ZXS)]]
 +
| Arranged by [[David Whittaker]]
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|-
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| 1988-??-??
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| [[RoboCop (C64)]]
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| {{Song-Box|01 - RoboCop - C64 - RoboCop.ogg}}
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|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
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| [[RoboCop (ZXS)]]
 +
| {{Song-Box|01 - RoboCop - ZXS - RoboCop.ogg}}
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|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
 
| [[Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja (C64)]]
 
| [[Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja (C64)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1988/??/??
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| 1988-??-??
 +
| [[Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
 
| [[Operation Wolf (C64)]]
 
| [[Operation Wolf (C64)]]
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| {{Song-List|05 - Ocean Loaders - C64 - Ocean Loader 5.ogg}}
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| {{Song-Box|05 - Ocean Loaders - C64 - Ocean Loader 5.ogg}}
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|-
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| 1988-??-??
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| [[Operation Wolf (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
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| 1988-??-??
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| [[Operation Wolf (ZXS)]]
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|
 +
|-
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| 1988-??-??
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| [[Rambo III (C64)]]
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|
 +
|-
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| 1988-??-??
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| [[Rambo III (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
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| [[Rambo III (MSX)]]
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|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
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| [[Rambo III (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
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| [[Subterranea (C64)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
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| [[Target: Renegade (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
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| [[The Vindicator! (C64)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
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| [[The Vindicator! (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
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| [[WEC Le Mans 24 (C64)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
 +
| [[WEC Le Mans 24 (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??
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| [[WEC Le Mans 24 (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-01-??
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| [[Ajax (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[Arkanoid: Revenge of DOH (C64)]]
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1989/??/??
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| 1989-??-??
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| [[Chase H.Q. (C64)]]
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| Composer?
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
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| [[Chase H.Q. (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
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| [[Chase H.Q. (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[Batman (AMI)]]
 
| [[Batman (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1989/?//??
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| 1989-??-??
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| [[Batman (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[The New Zealand Story (AMI)]]
 
| [[The New Zealand Story (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1989/?//??
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| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[The New Zealand Story (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[The New Zealand Story (C64)]]
 
| [[The New Zealand Story (C64)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1989/??/??
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| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[The New Zealand Story (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[Operation Thunderbolt (AMI)]]
 
| [[Operation Thunderbolt (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1989/??/??
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| 1989-??-??
 
| [[Rambo III (AMI)]]
 
| [[Rambo III (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1989/??/??
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| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[Rambo III (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[Red Heat (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[Red Heat (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[Red Heat (C64)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[Red Heat (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[Renegade III: The Final Chapter (C64)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[Renegade III: The Final Chapter (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[Renegade III: The Final Chapter (MSX)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[Renegade III: The Final Chapter (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[RoboCop (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[RoboCop (MSX)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[The Untouchables (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[The Untouchables (C64)]]
 
| [[The Untouchables (C64)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1990/??/??
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| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[The Untouchables (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
 +
| [[The Untouchables (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-10-??
 +
| [[Caveman Games (NES)]]
 +
| Sound Driver
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-12-??
 +
| [[RoboCop (GB)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-??-??
 
| [[Battle Command (AMI)]]
 
| [[Battle Command (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1990/??/??
+
| 1990-??-??
 +
| [[Burnin' Rubber (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-??-??
 +
| [[Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Action Game (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-??-??
 +
| [[Lost Patrol (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-??-??
 +
| [[Lost Patrol (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-??-??
 +
| [[Operation Thunderbolt (C64)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-??-??
 +
| [[Operation Thunderbolt (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-??-??
 +
| [[Puzznic (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-??-??
 +
| [[Puzznic (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-??-??
 +
| [[Puzznic (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-??-??
 +
| [[RoboCop (GB)]] (ロボコップ)
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-??-??
 
| [[Wild Wheels (AMI)]]
 
| [[Wild Wheels (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1991/??/??
+
| 1991-01-??
−
| [[The Addams Family (ZX)]]
+
| [[The Untouchables (NES)]]
 +
| Music Driver
 +
|-
 +
| 1991-04-02
 +
| [[RoboCop 2 (NES)]] (ロボコップ２)
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1991-10-??
 +
| [[Darkman (NES)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1991/??/??
+
| 1991-12-??
−
| [[Bart vs. the Space Mutants (AMI)]]
+
| [[Hudson Hawk (GB)]]
 +
| Music Driver
 +
|-
 +
| 1991-12-27
 +
| [[Hudson Hawk (NES)]]
 +
| Music Driver
 +
|-
 +
| 1991-??-??
 +
| [[The Addams Family (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1991-??-??
 +
| [[The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (AMI)]]
 
| Audio Engineering
 
| Audio Engineering
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1991/??/??
+
| 1991-??-??
−
| [[Bart vs. the Space Mutants (AST)]]
+
| [[The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (AST)]]
 
| Audio Engineering
 
| Audio Engineering
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1991/??/??
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| 1991-??-??
−
| [[Bart vs. the Space Mutants (C64)]]
+
| [[The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (C64)]]
 
| Audio Production
 
| Audio Production
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1991/??/??
+
| 1991-??-??
−
| [[Bart vs. the Space Mutants (DOS)]]
+
| [[The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (DOS)]]
−
| Audio Engineering
+
| {{Song-Box|101 - Bart vs. the Space Mutants - DOS - Title Screen.ogg}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1991/??/??
+
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Bart vs. the Space Mutants (ZXS)]]
 
| [[Bart vs. the Space Mutants (ZXS)]]
 
| Audio
 
| Audio
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1991/??/??
+
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Darkman (AMI)]]
 
| [[Darkman (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1991/??/??
+
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Darkman (C64)]]
 
| [[Darkman (C64)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1991/??/??
+
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Darkman (CPC)]]
 
| [[Darkman (CPC)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1991/??/??
+
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Hook (AMI)]]
 
| [[Hook (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1991/??/??
+
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands II (NES)]]
 
| [[Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands II (NES)]]
 
| Music Driver
 
| Music Driver
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1991/??/??
+
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Rainbow Islands: Bubble Bobble 2 (NES)]]
 
| [[Rainbow Islands: Bubble Bobble 2 (NES)]]
 +
| Composer?/Music Driver
 +
|-
 +
| 1991-??-??
 +
| [[Red Heat (ZXS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1991/01/??
+
| 1991-??-??
−
| [[The Untouchables (NES)]]
+
| [[Terminator 2: Judgement Day (C64)]]
−
| Music Driver
+
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1991/04/02
+
| 1991-??-??
−
| [[RoboCop 2 (NES)]]
+
| [[Total Recall (C64)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1991/10/??
+
| 1991-??-??
−
| [[Darkman (NES)]]
+
| [[Total Recall (ZXS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1991/12/??
+
| 1992-??-??
−
| [[Hudson Hawk (GB)]]
 
−
| Music Driver
 
−
|-
 
−
| 1991/12/27
 
−
| [[Hudson Hawk (NES)]]
 
−
| Music Driver
 
−
|-
 
−
| 1992/??/??
 
 
| [[The Addams Family (C64)]]
 
| [[The Addams Family (C64)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1992/??/??
+
| 1992-??-??
 
| [[The Addams Family (CPC)]]
 
| [[The Addams Family (CPC)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1992/??/??
+
| 1992-??-??
 
| [[The Addams Family (SMS)]]
 
| [[The Addams Family (SMS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1992/??/??
+
| 1992-??-??
 
| [[The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (SNES)]]
 
| [[The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (SNES)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1992/??/??
+
| 1992-??-??
−
| [[The Addams Family (C64)]]
+
| [[Hook (GB)]] (フック)
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
| 1992/??/??
 
−
| [[The Addams Family (CPC)]]
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
| 1992/??/??
 
−
| [[The Addams Family (SMS)]]
 
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1992/??/??
+
| 1992-??-??
 
| [[The Legend of Prince Valiant (NES)]]
 
| [[The Legend of Prince Valiant (NES)]]
−
|  
+
| Sound Driver
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1992/??/??
+
| 1992-??-??
 
| [[Push-Over (AMI)]]
 
| [[Push-Over (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1992/01/??
+
| 1992-01-??
 
| [[The Addams Family (NES)]]
 
| [[The Addams Family (NES)]]
−
|  
+
| Original Music/Music Driver
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1992/03/??
+
| 1992-03-??
 
| [[The Addams Family (SNES)]]
 
| [[The Addams Family (SNES)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1992/04/??
+
| 1992-04-??
 
| [[Hook (NES)]]
 
| [[Hook (NES)]]
 +
| Music Driver
 +
|-
 +
| 1992-06-17
 +
| [[The Addams Family (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1992/06/17
+
| 1992-09-??
−
| [[The Addams Family (AMI)]]
+
| [[RoboCop 3 (SNES)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1992/12/??
+
| 1992-12-??
 
| [[Darkman (GB)]]
 
| [[Darkman (GB)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1993/06/??
+
| 1992-12-??
 +
| [[Lemmings (NES)]]
 +
| Music Driver
 +
|-
 +
| 1993-06-??
 
| [[Cool World (NES)]]
 
| [[Cool World (NES)]]
 +
| Music Driver
 +
|-
 +
| 1993-06-??
 +
| [[Jurassic Park (NES)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1993/11/??
+
| 1993-08-??
 +
| [[Jurassic Park (GB)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1993-11-??
 
| [[Jurassic Park (SNES)]]
 
| [[Jurassic Park (SNES)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1994/??/??
+
| 1994-??-??
 
| [[The Addams Family (GEN)]]
 
| [[The Addams Family (GEN)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1994/??/??
+
| 1994-??-??
 
| [[The Shadow (SNES)]]
 
| [[The Shadow (SNES)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1995/02/??
+
| 1995-??-??
 +
| [[Waterworld (GB)]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1995-02-??
 
| [[Desert Strike (GB)]]
 
| [[Desert Strike (GB)]]
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1995/02/??
+
| 1995-02-??
 
| [[The Flintstones (SNES)]]
 
| [[The Flintstones (SNES)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1995/02/??
+
| 1995-02-??
 
| [[Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf (GB)]]
 
| [[Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf (GB)]]
 
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| 1995/12/??
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| 1995-12-??
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| [[Waterworld (GB)]]
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| [[Waterworld (VB)]]
 
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| 2000-12-16
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| [[Dragon Tales: Dragon Wings (GBC)]]
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==Picture Gallery==
 
==Picture Gallery==
 
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File:Jonathan Dunn.jpg|Facebook Profile Picture
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File:Jonathan_Dunn_-_3.jpg|Unknown source.
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File:Jonathan Dunn - 2.PNG|Addams Family Staff Photo
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File:Jonathan Dunn - 4.jpg|Unknown source.
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File:Jonathan Dunn.jpg|Facebook profile picture.
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File:Jonathan Dunn - 2.PNG|Addams Family staff photo.
 
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==Links==
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* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/jonathan-dunn/credits/developerId,31702/ mobygames.com/developer/jonathan-dunn/credits/developerId,31702/] - MobyGames.
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[[Category:Sound Programmers]]
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* [http://www.atlantis-prophecy.org/recollection/?load=interviews&id_interview=92 atlantis-prophecy.org/recollection/?load=interviews&id_interview=92] - Interview.
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Jonathan Dunn
Jonathan Dunn.jpg
Born
Birth Place Preston, Lancashire, England
Nationality British   UK.svg
Aliases J. Dunn, Jon, Jon Dunn

Jonathan Dunn is a British former musician and programmer who was the main sound designer at Ocean Software.

His video game music career started back in 1987 when he worked for Ocean Software. He stayed after Infogrames bought Ocean in 1998 and then left in 2000. He worked at Electronic Arts after that before finally retiring from his video game music career. Dunn liked to compose music on the Commodore 64 because he made the Ocean Software drivers and it is the computer he began making music on. In the 90s, Dunn liked creating his music on the SNES. The soundtrack that Dunn composed that he likes best is Total Recall (C64). He is known for his outstanding work in Platoon (C64), Rambo III (C64), Jurassic Park (NES) and Robocop (CPC).

Music Composition

AMI

The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (AMI) uses the Acoustic Bass (A. Bass) sample from a Korg M1. The other instruments sound like they were waveforms made from the Commodore 64. Dunn used OctaMED like the other composers at Ocean as well as other drivers.

C64

Dunn first used Martin Galway's driver, then Paul Hughes' driver, and finally his own driver written in 6502 assembly, entering his music as data statements and assembling them using the Ocean Dev System.

NES

Dunn wrote his own audio driver in 6502 assembly for the NES and named it Music Driver V1.0. He had this to say about his NES music composition:

“
"It was compiled from data statements in assembly. That way I could use labels to make it easier to come back to."
„

While a great deal of the NES games he composed did not have credits, his name can be found in the driver portion of the ROM data, however, this isn't a guarantee that he composed the music, as other Ocean employees used the driver as well. The text reads: 

MUSIC DRIVER V1.0 (C)JONATHAN DUNN & OCEAN SOFTWARE

SNES

Dunn wrote his own music driver and a converter, composed the majority using MIDI, converted it to data statements, and tweaked those.

Gameography

Released Title Sample
1987-??-?? Fernando Martín Basket Master (C64)
1987-??-?? Platoon (C64)
1988-04-?? Target Renegade (C64)
1988-12-?? Platoon (NES) Composer
1988-??-?? Ajax (C64)
1988-??-?? Ajax (ZXS)
1988-??-?? Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge (AMI)
1988-??-?? Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge (AST)
1988-??-?? Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge (ZXS)
1988-??-?? Platoon (AMI) Arranged by David Whittaker
1988-??-?? Platoon (AST) Arranged by David Whittaker
1988-??-?? Platoon (CPC) Arranged by David Whittaker
1988-??-?? Platoon (ZXS) Arranged by David Whittaker
1988-??-?? RoboCop (C64)
1988-??-?? RoboCop (ZXS)
1988-??-?? Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja (C64)
1988-??-?? Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja (CPC)
1988-??-?? Operation Wolf (C64)
1988-??-?? Operation Wolf (CPC)
1988-??-?? Operation Wolf (ZXS)
1988-??-?? Rambo III (C64)
1988-??-?? Rambo III (CPC)
1988-??-?? Rambo III (MSX)
1988-??-?? Rambo III (ZXS)
1988-??-?? Subterranea (C64)
1988-??-?? Target: Renegade (ZXS)
1988-??-?? The Vindicator! (C64)
1988-??-?? The Vindicator! (ZXS)
1988-??-?? WEC Le Mans 24 (C64)
1988-??-?? WEC Le Mans 24 (CPC)
1988-??-?? WEC Le Mans 24 (ZXS)
1989-01-?? Ajax (CPC)
1989-??-?? Arkanoid: Revenge of DOH (C64)
1989-??-?? Chase H.Q. (C64) Composer?
1989-??-?? Chase H.Q. (CPC)
1989-??-?? Chase H.Q. (ZXS)
1989-??-?? Batman (AMI)
1989-??-?? Batman (AST)
1989-??-?? The New Zealand Story (AMI)
1989-??-?? The New Zealand Story (AST)
1989-??-?? The New Zealand Story (C64)
1989-??-?? The New Zealand Story (ZXS)
1989-??-?? Operation Thunderbolt (AMI)
1989-??-?? Rambo III (AMI)
1989-??-?? Rambo III (AST)
1989-??-?? Red Heat (AMI)
1989-??-?? Red Heat (AST)
1989-??-?? Red Heat (C64)
1989-??-?? Red Heat (CPC)
1989-??-?? Renegade III: The Final Chapter (C64)
1989-??-?? Renegade III: The Final Chapter (CPC)
1989-??-?? Renegade III: The Final Chapter (MSX)
1989-??-?? Renegade III: The Final Chapter (ZXS)
1989-??-?? RoboCop (CPC)
1989-??-?? RoboCop (MSX)
1989-??-?? The Untouchables (AMI)
1989-??-?? The Untouchables (C64)
1989-??-?? The Untouchables (CPC)
1989-??-?? The Untouchables (ZXS)
1990-10-?? Caveman Games (NES) Sound Driver
1990-12-?? RoboCop (GB)
1990-??-?? Battle Command (AMI)
1990-??-?? Burnin' Rubber (CPC)
1990-??-?? Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Action Game (AMI)
1990-??-?? Lost Patrol (AMI)
1990-??-?? Lost Patrol (AST)
1990-??-?? Operation Thunderbolt (C64)
1990-??-?? Operation Thunderbolt (AST)
1990-??-?? Puzznic (AST)
1990-??-?? Puzznic (CPC)
1990-??-?? Puzznic (ZXS)
1990-??-?? RoboCop (GB) (ロボコップ)
1990-??-?? Wild Wheels (AMI)
1991-01-?? The Untouchables (NES) Music Driver
1991-04-02 RoboCop 2 (NES) (ロボコップ２)
1991-10-?? Darkman (NES)
1991-12-?? Hudson Hawk (GB) Music Driver
1991-12-27 Hudson Hawk (NES) Music Driver
1991-??-?? The Addams Family (ZXS)
1991-??-?? The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (AMI) Audio Engineering
1991-??-?? The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (AST) Audio Engineering
1991-??-?? The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (C64) Audio Production
1991-??-?? The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (DOS)
1991-??-?? Bart vs. the Space Mutants (ZXS) Audio
1991-??-?? Darkman (AMI)
1991-??-?? Darkman (C64)
1991-??-?? Darkman (CPC)
1991-??-?? Hook (AMI)
1991-??-?? Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands II (NES) Music Driver
1991-??-?? Rainbow Islands: Bubble Bobble 2 (NES) Composer?/Music Driver
1991-??-?? Red Heat (ZXS)
1991-??-?? Terminator 2: Judgement Day (C64)
1991-??-?? Total Recall (C64)
1991-??-?? Total Recall (ZXS)
1992-??-?? The Addams Family (C64)
1992-??-?? The Addams Family (CPC)
1992-??-?? The Addams Family (SMS)
1992-??-?? The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (SNES)
1992-??-?? Hook (GB) (フック)
1992-??-?? The Legend of Prince Valiant (NES) Sound Driver
1992-??-?? Push-Over (AMI)
1992-01-?? The Addams Family (NES) Original Music/Music Driver
1992-03-?? The Addams Family (SNES)
1992-04-?? Hook (NES) Music Driver
1992-06-17 The Addams Family (AMI)
1992-09-?? RoboCop 3 (SNES)
1992-12-?? Darkman (GB)
1992-12-?? Lemmings (NES) Music Driver
1993-06-?? Cool World (NES) Music Driver
1993-06-?? Jurassic Park (NES)
1993-08-?? Jurassic Park (GB)
1993-11-?? Jurassic Park (SNES)
1994-??-?? The Addams Family (GEN)
1994-??-?? The Shadow (SNES)
1995-??-?? Waterworld (GB)
1995-02-?? Desert Strike (GB)
1995-02-?? The Flintstones (SNES)
1995-02-?? Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf (GB)
1995-12-?? Waterworld (VB)
2000-12-16 Dragon Tales: Dragon Wings (GBC)

Picture Gallery

  • Unknown source.

  • Unknown source.

  • Facebook profile picture.

  • Addams Family staff photo.

Links

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