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.
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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.