It’s never been easier for us to create incredible video game music for free. In this post, I’m going to teach you tangible strategies for making video game music at a low (or no) cost, even if you’re a complete beginner. We’ll review the essentials of: Melody Harmony Arrangement Music Theory Music Technology Everything I’m … Read more
If you feel like you write the same boring, dry, predictable progressions every time you sit down to write music, I’m gonna help you get out of that rut. Let’s explore 13 of the most interesting, practical, and (sometimes) downright spicy chord progressions from video game soundtracks. I invite you to steal these and use … Read more
What the composer of Ori and the Blind Forest and Halo Infinite taught me about making music for games.
Industry data on how much video game composers get paid How much do game composers make? According to an industry report, the average income of an employed game composer is $80,837 a year. Freelancers, on the other hand, make an average of $63,548 per year. But we need to talk about it a bit more … Read more
Jason Graves is a game audio veteran with numerous AAA titles under his belt including Dead Space and Tomb Raider (2013)
Eric Buchholz is a talented composer and orchestrator who offered a glimpse into his illustratious career as well as valuable orchestration principles.
Sydney Kjerstad is a talented pianist, arranger, entrepreneur and VGM geek with tons of arrangement and business wisdom. Listen to our conversation now.
Tom is an ASCAP winning and MTV VMA-nominated composer who’s been in the biz for a long time and has an impressive list of both TV and game credits including PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Red Steel 1 and 2, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon, Prince of Persia, Wolfenstein Youngblood, and the Halo Anniversary Edition soundtracks. In our conversation … Read more
Darren Korb is a game composer working for Supergiant Games. He’s composed the soundtracks to smash indie hits like Transistor, Bastion, Pyre, and Hades. His upbringing as a singer/songwriter and bedroom producer laid a foundation for his work in game audio. He boldly challenges the mostly-instrumental world of game audio by infusing narrative lyrics that … Read more
Daniel Koestner is a newcomer to the game audio space, but his style draws influences from some unusual places and culminates in a sound unlike anything else. He composed the soundtrack to the lovable indie game, Donut County. The playful vibe of his music sends up folk artists like Sufjan Stevens and Beirut with the … Read more