Bjørn Lynne

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Bjørn Lynne
Bjørn Lynne in 2006
Background information
Birth name	Bjørn Arild Lynne
Also known as	Dr Awesome [sic] Divinorum
Born	(1966-12-31) December 31, 1966 (age 57)
Origin	Stavern, Norway
Genres	New-age, progressive rock, fantasy rock, symphonic rock, electronic, space rock, electronica, funk, techno, Celtic, dance
Occupation(s)	Sound engineer, composer, music publisher
Instrument(s)	Keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, programming
Years active	1988–present

Bjørn Arild Lynne (born December 31, 1966) is a Norwegian sound engineer and music composer, now living and working in Stavern, Norway. He was also known as a tracker music composer under the name "Dr. Awesome" in the demoscene in the 1980s and 1990s when he released tunes in MOD format and made music for Amiga games.

In 1995 he moved to England and composed for Team17. He recorded albums in England, including the Timura trilogy, inspired by the books of Allan Cole. In 2005 he returned to Norway 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 Worms 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 Five Nights at Freddy’s series, most notably the first and second installments.^{[citation needed]}

In the later 1980s and 1990s, Lynne worked in the demoscene using the name Dr. Awesome. As a member of "Crusaders" demo-group, he created numerous demo soundtracks and standalone tunes in Amiga 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 C. S. Lewis biography Through a Lens Darkly.^[1] He has also composed or designed music for over 80 video games.^[2]

1. Early Game Soundtracks (2014). Original video game music
2. Original Amiga Works (2014). Original versions of 103 tracks composed on the Amiga
3. Decade (1997). Published by Studio17 under Dr. Awesome. 55 minutes of music plus much demoscene MIDI, MOD and MP3
4. X2 (1996). Official soundtrack CD of the game X2.

1. Tokyo Getaway EP (2009) by Polygon Palace - contains a sample of Now What Medley by Lynne.^[8]
2. Open Interactive / Sky Digital TV games (2001) Some music in the main game section.
3. Solnatt^[9]
4. The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon Course Video (2000) Music in a video about training for Chicago Marathon
5. Virtual Van Cortlandt Park (2000) Music in video about this cross country race.

• Official website
• Bjørn Lynne music at the Shockwave Sound royalty-free music / stock music library
• Bjørn Lynne at IMDb