Trivia

Once sued by Dolby Laboratories, the company that holds the patent on the Dolby noise reduction system. He won.

Professor of Music & Film at John Hopkins University.

Helped create the polyphonic technology that brought ringtones to the world.

An avid windsurfer; divides his time between his homes near San Francisco and England's East coast--both good windsurfing locations.

During high school Shane MacGowan of The Pogues was his classmate in English Literature.

Was given the nickname "Dolby" by friends in the late 1970s because he loved to toy with electronic music equipment. When he began his professional music career, he chose this nickname as part of his stage name.

Has three children with Kathleen Beller: Harper, Talia, and Graham.

In 1992-1993 he wrote soundtracks for several computer games including Double Switch (1993) for Sega and "Cyberia" for PC. He also worked on an early multimedia CD-Rom called The Dark Eye (1995) which was based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.

Was musical director of the TED conferences.

Father was an Oxford professor of classical archaeology and most of his siblings are teachers.

Produced records for Joni Mitchell and Prefab Sprout.

Performed with Foreigner on their album 4.

Led David Bowie's Live Aid band.

Was interviewed by writer, commentator and actor Martin Trees for a windsurfing celebrity story in the UK's Boards magazine (spring 2000).

Before going solo he performed with Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club and Siouxsie and the Banshees.