Olof Gustafsson is a Swedish video game composer and sound designer who was one of the founders of Digital Illusions, later known as DICE. He composed the music for Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies and Pinball Illusions.
Career
Demoscene and DICE
Gustafsson began making computer music in the Amiga demoscene under the name Blaizer and was a member of the Swedish demo group The Silents in the late 1980s. He and several other members of The Silents later moved into commercial game development, creating Pinball Dreams and founding Digital Illusions in May 1992. Pinball Dreams was released for the Amiga in 1992, with music by Gustafsson. He continued as composer on Pinball Fantasies, released later that year, and Pinball Illusions in 1995.
During the 1990s and early 2000s, Gustafsson continued to work in music and audio at Digital Illusions. In a 2004 interview, he described his role at DICE as a sound engineer responsible for music and sound effects. His later work included additional sound for Battlefield 1942 and serving as audio lead, composer and gameplay designer on Midtown Madness 3.
Later career
Gustafsson left DICE in 2005 and co-founded EPOS Game Studios later that year. EPOS developed Crash Commando for the PlayStation 3, for which he created the original concept, music and sound effects.
In 2024, Gustafsson worked on the sound package for Pinball Brothers' ABBA pinball machine. He composed and performed additional music for the company's Predator machine, released in 2025.
Selected video game music
The following is a selection of Gustafsson's video game music credits.
Year Title Role 1992 Pinball Dreams Music and sound effects 1992 Pinball Fantasies Music and sound effects 1994 Benefactor Music 1995 Pinball Illusions Music and sound effects 1996 True Pinball Music and sound effects 1998 Motorhead Music and sound 2000 Michelin Rally Masters: Race of Champions Music and sound effects 2002 Shrek: Extra Large Music and sound effects 2003 Midtown Madness 3 Composer 2008 Crash Commando Music and sound effects 2015 Guns Up! Music and sound effects 2019 Ultracore Music and sound effects
Selected discography
Year Album Contribution 2000 Merregnon Soundtrack Volume 1 "Burning Lascest" and "Meeting for the Hunt" – composer 2004 Merregnon Soundtrack Volume 2 "Answers Unearthed" and "Grand Finale" – composer 2006 Immortal 3 Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies – composer and arranger 2011 Immortal 4 Benefactor – composer and arranger 2020 Amiga Power: The Album With Attitude Pinball Fantasies: Party Land – composer and arranger
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