Jonathan Dunn was Ocean Software’s principal film licence composer between 1987 and 1993, scoring RoboCop, Batman: The Movie, Ghostbusters II, and more than a dozen other titles across the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Nintendo Game Boy. His RoboCop beeper theme for the ZX Spectrum is considered one of the finest 1-bit audio compositions ever written for the platform.
Manchester · 1987–1993 · Ocean Software Composer
Jonathan Dunn
The composer who scored RoboCop, Batman: The Movie,
and a decade of Ocean Software’s film licence soundtrack adaptations.
15+
SID compositions
1988
C64 debut
3
platforms
Manchester’s 8-Bit Composer
Hear the SID Chip
The player bar at the bottom of this page plays authentic SID files via jsSID - a Web Audio API emulator of the Commodore 64’s SID chip. The full catalogue of Jonathan Dunn’s C64 compositions is available, each with individually selectable subtunes.
Keyboard shortcuts: Space = Play/Pause · ←/→ = Previous/Next track · , / . = Previous/Next subtune
Open the SID CatalogueThe Flagship Composition
Jonathan Dunn’s RoboCop theme for the C64 and ZX Spectrum is considered among the finest game music of the 8-bit era. The C64 SID version exploits the chip’s three oscillators to deliver a propulsive, cinematic score faithful to Basil Poledouris’ film soundtrack.
Explore the full deep-dive on the Flagship page, or jump straight to RoboCop in the SID catalogue.
Film Scores for Eight Platforms
RoboCop (1988), Batman: The Movie (1989), and Ghostbusters II (1990) are the centrepieces of Dunn’s career - three Ocean Software film licences that cover the full range of his technique across ZX Spectrum beeper, Commodore 64 SID chip, and Nintendo Game Boy hardware. Each score required a different compositional approach: RoboCop’s industrial march, Batman’s gothic atmospheric palette, and Ghostbusters II’s challenge of making one of the most recognisable pop hooks in cinema work on 8-bit hardware.
Beyond the three flagship titles, Dunn’s catalogue spans more than fifteen compositions - from Arkanoid: Revenge of DoH and Platoon in 1988 through to Jurassic Park in 1993. The full interactive catalogue, with SID playback for all C64 compositions, is on the music page.