Mp3 files for the fifty - track score come packed with the game, while an arrange album featuring renditions by
indie game composers SoulEye, Mattias Häggström Gerdt and Pocket Groovy is due out later this month via Bandcamp.
Anything by Danny Baranowsky, he was one of the first
indie game composers that I really looked to when that scene started to blow up.
Chris Christodoulou produced the music for both Risk of Rain and Deadbolt, and I can safely say he's one of my favorite
indie game composers now.
Not exact matches
The company's CEO, Kai Rosenkrantz, was a
composer for video
games like Risen and he went out of his way to help a tiny
indie studio do something unique and different.
It's always nice when
game composers from your childhood are still being brought onto
indie projects for new
game music.
Interviewed in this session was the co-creator, coder and
composer of the
game Alec Holowka and Adam Saltsman, an
indie game developer.
- Blaze your merciless path of devastation through an expansive non-linear
game world with 100 + stages of cortex - shattering cubic mayhem - Test your guts and reflexes against the unrelenting challenge of a design based on randomness, where no level ever plays out exactly the same way twice - Battle a host of insidious enemies that combine abilities to create chaotically unpredictable emergent challenges - Unleash hyper - destructive weaponry to achieve ever greater chain combo supremacy and elevate your score to legendary heights - Seek and destroy brutal boss enemies to unlock a series of wickedly challenging multi-boss duels - Bang your head to the hypnotic beats of a full original soundtrack by visionary techno
composer Joey Schmidt Your ultimate
indie arcade action nightmare begins now.
His credits include
games in the AAA console,
indie, social, and mobile spaces as an audio director, sound designer, and
composer.
Freelance
composers for «
Indie»
games reported 45 % of music was done under a Work for Hire agreement, while 49 % reported licensing their music to the
Indie developer.
Protect Me Knight is the first XBL
Indie Game from Ancient, a small studio managed by game soundtrack composer Yuzo Koshiro (Streets of Rage, Etrian Odyssey, Ys... and, like, a billion other gam
Game from Ancient, a small studio managed by
game soundtrack composer Yuzo Koshiro (Streets of Rage, Etrian Odyssey, Ys... and, like, a billion other gam
game soundtrack
composer Yuzo Koshiro (Streets of Rage, Etrian Odyssey, Ys... and, like, a billion other
games).
To the Moon is without a doubt one of those cases; created mostly by one person,
game designer and
composer Kan Gao, the
game is the first title to be published by Gao's
indie development team, Freebird Games.
Often times, especially in the
indie game scene,
composers are faced with the need to fulfill both roles as
composers and sound designers.
(«Underground», Assassin's Creed: Syndicate [shared w / Tripod]-RRB-; nominated —
Game Audio Network Guild Awards, «Best Audio for an
Indie Game» (The Banner Saga); winner —
Game Audio Network Guild Awards, «Best Soundtrack Album» (The Banner Saga); nominated —
Game Audio Network Guild Awards, «Best Original Instrumental» («Of Our Bones, The Hills», The Banner Saga); nominated — BSO GoldSpirit Awards, «Best Score for a Video
Game» (The Banner Saga); nominated — International Film Music Critics Association, «Best Original Score for a Video
Game» (The Banner Saga); nominated — SXSW Gaming Awards, «Excellence in Musical Score» (The Banner Saga); nominated — NAVGTR
Game Awards, «Original Dramatic Score, New IP» (The Banner Saga); nominated — Annual
Game Music Awards, «Best Score, Cinematic / orchestral» (The Banner Saga); nominated — Annual
Game Music Awards, «Artist of the Year: Outstanding Contribution, Western
Composer» (The Banner Saga, Soul Fjord); nominated — Annual
Game Music Awards, «Outstanding Achievement: Music Production» (The Banner Saga); winner
Kind of weird that this has occurred, and there are now other options available to
composers besides straight buy outs since
indie and mobile
games have become a real force.
Austin Wintory (Journey, The Banner Saga) only recently was announced as the
composer for Assassin's Creed Syndicate, but started nearly a decade ago on
indie games like flOw.
You've no doubt spotted our various teasers for the
game across the web, but with just a week until its debut at our upcoming GDC party, it's time to pull back the curtain just a bit more: introducing Tenya Wanya Teens, a co-production of Venus Patrol, Wild Rumpus, and Uvula, the husband & wife
indie team of Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi & former Namco
composer Asuka Sakai.
Should there be greater representation for video
game composers and musicians so as to prevent unfair wages, especially for newer
indie games?
Nintendo's recent Super Mario 3D World reminded many people of the sheer fun and spectacle of the platformer while the
indie game A Hat in Time seeks to rekindle the magic that I experienced in front of my N64 as a kid, with things to collect, bosses to defeat and even Grant Kirkhope, the
composer of Banjo Kazooie, making the music.
If you love the creativity put into
indie game music, you'll love this session with Heart Machine Sound Designer Akash Thakkar, and
Composer Rich Vreeland (Disasterpeace), as they talk about the sound and music behind Hyper Light Drifter.
GameSpot notes that the «Minecraft» soundtrack
composer has previously worked on the music for «ARK: Survival Evolved» and for the
indie game «Ori and the Blind Forest.»
Each featured
composer has worked on a notable project in the
indie game community while being influenced by the music of Zelda some time in their lives.
The
composer recently spoke at the Tokyo
Indie Underground at 8bit Cafe, a talk event coinciding with the Tokyo
Game Show, streaming online and independently funded through Kickstarter.
The music
composer and lead programmer of Origins of Audio holds experience in working with
indie movie makers as well as with
indie game devs.
One of the great things about working in
indie games, especially as an audio person, is that you just meet a ton of awesome singers, musicians and fellow
composers.
The 9th annual National
Indie Excellence Book Awards selected A
Composer's Guide to
Game Music (The MIT Press) as a winner in the «Performing Arts» category.
Now Dren has teamed up with Humble Bundle and dozens of
indie composers, musicians, and
game developers to put together the Humble «Music in Schools» Bundle, with all proceeds going straight to Alameda Music Project.