This section will contain all of the listings for video game music composers. As video games have become more and more advanced, there has been an increasing need for video game music on the level of film music. This presents another valuable opportunity for composers to make money. Beyond the fact that more work can be found in this area, gams also present the music composer with more opportunities to experiments and more varied situations to compose music for. All types of music producers should think about becoming game composers to try it out. Use the submission page to get listed here if you wish to focus on becoming a video game composer.
Name: Oghie San
Email: tazfield@gmail.com
Website: http://wordpress.oghiesan.com
Location: Indonesia
Category: Video Game Composers
Styles of Music Composed: Bali, Sundanese Ethnic, Alternative Pop & Rock, Groovy Sounds, Dramatical & Fantasy Theme
Composing Background or Education: Gladiresik Music Lab.
Musical Equipment and Instruments: Cubase, Nuendo, Propellerhead Reason, Toontrack EZ Drum, Wavelab, Guitar Acoustic & Electric
Name: Allen Chambers
Email: allen01_chambers01@hotmail.com
Website: http://
Location: London, UK
Category: Video Game Composers
Styles of Music Composed: Ambient, RnB, Metal, Rock/Pop.
Composing Background or Education: Bmus Composition and Performance, 10+ years playing live at many venues including HMV Forum London. Written many song arrangements for different artists in different styles.
Musical Equipment and Instruments: Cubase, several guitars, many vst instruments and effects units/pedals and amps.
Name: Rhiannon Lawson
Email: rhi.lawson@gmail.com
Website: http://
Location: Sydney, Australia
Category: Video Game Composers
Styles of Music Composed: Sounds like “The Legend of Zelda”, “Final Fantasy”.
Composing Background or Education: Bachelor of Music: Composition & Music Production – Australian Institute of Music. Composed for small ensembles, songwriting.
Musical Equipment and Instruments: Music recording and editing software. Plays: Irish Tin Whistle, Bodhrán, Clà irseach, Piano.
Name: David Smith
Email: quantum.shield.52@gmail.com
Website: http://www.wix.com/quantumshield52/tvaddishvgm
Location: Orlando, Florida
Category: Video Game Composers
Styles of Music Composed: Game Style
Composing Background or Education: As a lifetime pianist, music theory is my second language. Since age eleven, I have performed in six competitions for the sake of exposure to a classical environment. However, with a passion for creating musical environments in video games, I have picked up scoring music for five years as opposed to just performing.
Name: Jacob Lake
Email: jlake95@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.youtube.com/user/ClankytheGorn?feature=mhee
Location: Victoria, BC
Category: Video Game Composers
Styles of Music Composed: Orchestral, Ambient, Ethnic, Other
Composing Background or Education: The only thing I have had experience with so far is in making the soundtrack for a game called project kyrill. I have had a few people on youtube ask me if I could compose for their games as well.
Name: Oleg Vorontsov
Email: helgiii2007(at)gmail.com
Website: http://oleg-vorontsov.com
Location: Russia, Saint-Petersburg
Category: Video Game Composers
Styles of Music Composed: live music (classic, rock, metal, jazz, easy, rnb), electronic (dnb, breakbit…), well I can do any, but that’s what i do best
Composing Background or Education: I’m doing records and compose music for about 10 years already I am a self taught musician
Name: Michael Chrostek
Email: michaelchrostek@googlemail.com
Website: http://soundcloud.com/michaelchrostek
Location: Germany
Category: Video Game Composers
Styles of Music Composed: Trailer, Drama, Comedy, Ethnic
Composing Background or Education: Composing music since 12 years, Guitarist and Songwriter in several Bands. Since 3 years composing music for Trailers aswell as award winning videogame projects.
Musical Equipment and Instruments: Plays Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano. Owns a wide Range of Virtual Instruments.
Name: Alex Mueller
Email: dasmusik@yahoo.com
Website: http://
Location: Wisconsin
Category: Video Game Composers
Styles of Music Composed: Orchestral, Wind Band, Choral, Ethnic
Composing Background or Education: Music Major/Business Minor Extensive experience composing for local school orchestras; have an orchestra piece being premiered by a professional orchestra Improvise accompaniment for film students’ silent film project
Name: Dmitriy Silantev
Email: mr.sound.adm@gmail.com
Website: http://www.myspace.com/miss-bandsound
Location: Russian Federation
Category: Video Game Composers
Styles of Music Composed: Modern Classic, ost
Composing Background or Education: Saratov State University, Faculty of Arts and Art Education, Department of Theory and methods of music education.
Name: Hessel van Hoorn
Email: hesselvhoorn@gmail.com
Website: http://www.hesselvanhoorn.com
Location: the Netherlands
Category: Video Game Composers
Styles of Music Composed: Orchestral / Electronic / Ambient / Industrial
Composing Background or Education: Bachelor of Music with Honours. Specialized in game music. Did several indie games and also a bigger adventure game. Further more I work on some commercials and short films. Was nominated for Sound Track Cologne 2009 for the music from “The Factory”