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[Paid] [Music artist] Seeking for a Composer for a fantasy/sci-fi side-scroller

A topic by ScaredyLamb created Jun 03, 2021 Views: 476 Replies: 8

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Hi All!

I'm currently working on a fantasy/sci-fi side-scroller game that combines Chinese language learning with gaming, featuring a hero that fights through several worlds to get to his beloved who has been kidnapped by the main antagonist.

Right now, I'm looking for a music composer who would like to compose a theme and some loops for the game.

Ideally, I'm looking for something happy, dynamic, and melodic like this one:

Below is a screenshot from my game's early prototype (1st level). It's a work in progress that I have started a few weeks ago so there isn't much gameplay to it yet.

I'm a solo developer with a limited budget but if you are interested I'm definitely open to discussion.

My discord: c-hero#2858

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Lirio3 years ago(+1)

Hello! I'm a professional music composer and producer. I would like to know what is the scope of the game and how much music is needed for this? I'm interested in working on this project.

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ScaredyLamb3 years ago (1 edit)

Hi Lirio

thanks for your comment and sorry for my late reply.

Currently, I'm working on the game design document and doing some prototyping here and there as I go in order to get down the game vision.

What I envision is a game with a simple but engaging story theme in the style of Super Mario (the hero going to save his beloved) across several worlds and each world with a certain number of levels. At the end of each world, the hero will fight a boss and then the main antagonist at the end of the last world. The main feature of the game will focus on learning a language (in this case Chinese - but without overdoing it as I want the players to enjoy a good balance between game and learning) and the more the player learns, the better the hero's XP will get.

Finally, the game environment will incorporate fantasy/sci-fi elements both in the tilemap and the enemies looking.

I'd like to give the game a jolly atmosphere with some melodies that could stick in the player's mind, a bit like that song I shared in my post.

At the moment I'm looking for a theme song that could represent the game and later on some loopable melodies for each level or world.

If you would like to share the music you composed before I would love to give it a listen.

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Lirio3 years ago

Hello! here's my website: https://liriomusic.com/index.php/portfolio/

please contact me at my discord: justamusician#8415

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Iestyns Music3 years ago(+1)

Hi, I am a professional music composer and I write music for film, TV and games.

I don't usually reply to posts but your game concept sounds quite interesting.

You can hear some of my music on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/iestyn-marcus-haberfield

If you like what you hear then feel free to contact me on Discord: Iestyn#9278

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ScaredyLamb3 years ago

Hi Lestyn!

I'm happy that my game idea caught your interest. I'm going to listen to your portfolio right now.

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VeryTallSnail3 years ago

Hi, I'm a game and concert composer, and it sounds like I would be a good fit for this project. You can find my work on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bryan-pallotta/sets/soundtrack-electronic

Let me know what you think! My Discord is VeryTallSnail#7351

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Matt Kase Game Audio3 years ago

Hey, I'd love to compose for you game to build my portfolio! Don't have any extremely upbeat samples like the one you posted for reference, but I can 100% make something like that and would love to collaborate with you to nail the vision. Here's an example of some work:

Contact me at MKScoresChi@gmail.com with any questions, thanks!

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nodBard3 years ago

Hello c-hero!

I just sent you a friend request on Discord if you're interested in discussing this. In the meantime, feel free to check out my Spotify tracks. I think this recent cover matches the tone you are looking for:

https://open.spotify.com/track/68mDaFYi6eTZHL2fKU2GVK?si=f68f9c63a40247ce

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