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