This year in gaming has been nuts on Switch 2. First, DK Bananza was the best 3D Platformer since Galaxy. Then Silksong somehow managed to be of similar quality as Hollow Knight. And we're still getting Prime 4...!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=71RN...

Age of Imprisonment's music is the most "Hold My Beer" thing since [your_text_here]. #zelda #hyrulewarriors #ageofimprisonment

@bluesr.bsky.social Can you remind me what time signature this was in again? I was just winging it, following the bell pattern, but haven't really discovered the logic behind it :P . youtu.be/McpzceAU86g

More Silksong choir goodness, this time the meditative Bellhart! #silksong #hornet #gamemusic

For Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds, I went for a wistful and mellow take on my usual earworminess. "Resting Area" features just whistle, women's choir and harp. As this is a Western pixel art RPG with Japanese influences, it's been a cool exercise to straddle that line musically! #gamedev #indiedev

This month I broke my elbow, which put a stop to my piano playing for a while... But I can still sing! No better way to do that than to make choir arrangements of the fantastic Hollow Knight: Silksong music. youtu.be/PHKGEdDzRfo?... #hollowknight #silksong

@bluesr.bsky.social Thought you might enjoy a vocal version of Bilewater as a fellow vocally minded person! ;) youtu.be/1HTvVX_Q27o

Silksong's soundtrack reminds me of the wistful classical inspired work I used to do before I got bitten by the Zelda bug back in 2016 (!). Might be a good avenue to pick up again to complement the Zelda stylings!

Same here! Had to get some in before Silksong would devour my metroidvania time xD .

Mario Kart World's superpower is being able to turn tracks I never really cared about into complete and utter bangers. So I had to honour that by arranging their version of Wii's Rainbow Road for piano, with customary added nonsense! :D youtu.be/aja-gYq1WVk #nintendo #switch2 #mariokart

Hi #portfolioday! I'm an earwormy game music composer from the Netherlands with music in games like @noodlecatgames.com's Cloudheim and @conradicalgames.bsky.social 's Soul Stalker! Hear me break down a composition in this vid - more music in that playlist! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUd1... #gamedev

This is my periodical plug of Adventure is Nigh, one of my absolute favourite things on YouTube! Some amazing improv theatre *I mean* D&D, with great chemistry and an electrifying DM. 🤩

It's good to be back in the swing of things a little during a personally challenging time - here's one of the funnest tracks from Mario Kart World on piano! With lots of nonsense added because of course! :D youtu.be/saOH7TjGVW8 #mariokartworld #mkw #gamemusic #switch2

Once again I had the pleasure to compose for @noodlecatgames.com 's Cloudheim! Still kind of surreal to write for such an incredible game...🤩 Just like with previous trailers, I combined our signature eclectic folk instrumentation with a nice 'n bombastic trailer orchestra sound. 🤘 #gamedev

What I really appreciate about Mario Kart World's soundtrack is that they essentially treat the music like jazz standards - you get a fantastic opening statement of the theme, and after that they just let their solists rip. Amazing stuff 🥲.

id Software knows how to make a great oldschool shooter, but their change in narrative direction is puzzling. Doom 2016: awesome subversion of the relationship between player and narrative. 🤩 Doom Eternal: unrelated Warhammer fanfiction. 😅 Doom The Dark Ages: Save the princess. 😬

Continuing my Celtic & Symphonic streak with my favourite track from Tears of the Kingdom: Construct Factory AKA Mineru's Theme. LOVE IT I tried to spice up my orchestration with some TotK style texturing. Hope you like it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdil... #totk #zelda #gamemusic

Doom: The Dark Ages starts out as grimdark medieval Doom, then turns into Quake and now features the Ocarina of Time level inside of Jabu Jabu's belly. Can recommend! xD

The Oblivion remaster / visual remake is interesting, and fixes the two biggest reasons why I didn't click with it back in 2006: artstyle and gamefeel. The game has a lot more character now! Shivering Isles remains one of the best expansion packs ever made... Such a treat.

New Cloudheim trailer, this time focusing on it's immaculate cosy vibes and announcing the beta! 🥳 This trailer's bespoke music is in our trademark cosy-mode Cloudheim style, with relaxed yet melodic vibes. ☺️ #gamemusic #gamedev #indiedev

REVALI'S THEME and COLGERA - orchestral versions - are now available on streaming! 🦜: open.spotify.com/album/3VFgoO... 🕷️: open.spotify.com/album/7nXdM8... #zelda #switch2 #botw #totk

Orchestration is SO MUCH FUN!* *if the computer cooperates.

Metroid Prime 4 HYPE! It's looking so great, and just as important: sounding great. Not sure if the original sound team is back, but the main theme shown so far definitely brings to mind Kenji Yamamoto's distinct Metroid sound. So I made a piano arrangement! 🤩 youtu.be/Souj3-ajAr8 #switch2

Continuing my series of energetic orchestral arrangements, here's Mipha's Theme! Throwing our favourite fish lady a party. It's available now for watching through Patreon! #zelda #botw #mipha #gamemusic

More Celtic Zelda is on the way! HYRULE HIGHLANDS IV is now in production and focuses on a big 'n fancy Symphonic Folk sound, inspired by the work I did on @noodlecatgames.com's upcoming RPG CLOUDHEIM's trailer & game music. Have some Ravioli! 🦜🏹 youtu.be/YVV4SqQOsMU #zelda #gamemusic #nintendo

Combat takes center stage in #Cloudheim! ⚔️✨ Get an early look at some key features in our brand new trailer! youtu.be/WYf070uR9UI #FutureGamesShow

With the end of the Switch era nearing I've been revisiting the GOAT Breath of the Wild. STILL LOVE IT. To celebrate, I've been doing orchestral arrangements! Today: Revali's Theme 🦜🏹. youtu.be/YVV4SqQOsMU #zelda #switch #botw

Have been cutting my teeth on orchestra stuff more lately, and decided to bite down on Colgera! It's big and orchestral, with plenty of folky/celtic accents. youtu.be/CM79cd_PtYQ #zelda #tearsofthekingdom #gamemusic

Time sure flies when you're making a game! Check out our first dev blog, covering some FAQs, a bit of history, and a teaser of what's next. 👇 #Cloudheim #DevBlog #Steam

Have been cutting my teeth on orchestra stuff more lately, and decided to bite down on Colgera! It's big and orchestral, with plenty of folky/celtic accents. youtu.be/CM79cd_PtYQ #zelda #tearsofthekingdom #gamemusic

Get a feel for the amount of layering & mixing going on in my compositions! For the Cloudheim trailer, I combined a full symphony orchestra with live instrumentation and *lots* of earcandy. 🤤 Full video: youtu.be/tUd1rDkDkJI #indiegame #gamedev #composition #indiedev

Get a feel for the amount of layering & mixing going on in my compositions! For the Cloudheim trailer, I combined a full symphony orchestra with live instrumentation and *lots* of earcandy. 🤤 Full video: youtu.be/tUd1rDkDkJI #indiegame #gamedev #composition #indiedev

The music I've been writing for @noodlecatgames.com ' Cloudheim is some of the best I've ever made...! Get a taste for the game and it's music, and see what my composing process is like in this fancy video: youtu.be/tUd1rDkDkJI #gamedev #indiedev #gamemusic #composer

In this video I'll show you how, with the guidance of the lovely folks at Noodle Cat, I concepted and composed the energetic and eclectic trailer music for their upcoming game Cloudheim! 🎻🪗🪘

I'm excited to share that I've had the pleasure & privilege to write the music for Cloudheim! Writing for a game like this has been a dream of mine, and working on a project as ambitious as Cloudheim has been very exciting. Looking forward to sharing more in the future!

When composing for @conradicalgames.bsky.social 's Bullet Heaven SOUL STALKER, he asked me to write a track inspired by an official Fire Emblem arrange album. So this track starts out nice 'n folky, and gets a rock bite halfway through! 🤘 Currently looking for projects! 🤓 #gamedev #indiedev

That Xbox Developer Direct format is really nice. Relaxed, informative, and good to hear the creatives talk. Also, with how the rumours are, it's essentially a Nintendo Switch 2 Partner Direct xD .

When composing for @conradicalgames.bsky.social 's Bullet Heaven SOUL STALKER, he asked me to write a track inspired by an official Fire Emblem arrange album. So this track starts out nice 'n folky, and gets a rock bite halfway through! 🤘 Currently looking for projects! 🤓 #gamedev #indiedev

Just finished Metroid Prime Remastered for the 4th time since it's release, and it really is a miracle of a game. Like BotW, Mario Galaxy, Morrowind, Skyward Sword, Heroes 3 etc. it's got *spades* of that undefinable X-factor that makes it endlessly inspiring. My favourite release of 2023! <3

Saying goodbye to 2024, a strange year of highs and lows, with an energetic version of the Market Square from Zelda: Ocarina of Time! 🥳 I released FIVE albums this year - 1 Celtic Zelda, 2 Piano Zelda and 2 albums of original work. And MUCH more to come! 🤓 youtu.be/tjwqDSNNgk4 #zelda #nintendo

My Spotify wrapped! 1). Weird funky jazz; 2). The game music GOAT; 3). Progressive/death metal. I'm a normal boy!

Reposting this because the Algorithm(tm) on YouTube(tm) seems to not like recommending this video very much. It's fun! It's bouncy! Check it out my fellow Zelda nerds! :D #zelda #switch #nintendo #echoesofwisdom

More Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom fun - Hyrule Castle Town! This time I went full renaissance fair with mandolin, octave mandolin, DADGD guitar, low whistle, high whistle, accordion and darbuka. 🎻🤩 Oh yeah and it's also a piano arrangement 😅. youtu.be/AkVBolXMtV8 #zelda #nintendo #switch

WILD COUNTRY has finally been released, and it's been my pleasure to write some sweet nostalgic folky tunes for it! 🎻🎸🪈🪗 I actually learned to play the mandolin writing these tracks! 🤓 You can check out the Wild Country Original Soundtrack here: youtu.be/BnD1qExvVdI 🤩

My first two - very different! - full game soundtracks have released. Have a listen! 🥳 SOUL STALKER by @conradicalgames.bsky.social has catchy, old-school game music inspired by Zelda & Fire Emblem. 🤩 GUILD SAGA's OST is mellow and wistful, invoking Chrono Cross & '90s CRPGs.🥲 #gamedev #indiedev

Few things make me feel as seen as my YouTube viewers requesting me to play my original work on-stream. 🤩 www.youtube.com/live/3U49EUm...

Proud to have two soundtracks released last month! :D Both the '90s RPG inspired *Guild Saga* and the arcadey bullet heaven *Soul Stalker* are out, and their soundtracks as well. Earworms and wistful dreaminess abound! Available everywhere - incl Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/48uYm... #gamedev

Back on the Zelda Piano Train! Feels good <3 . Also, check out my fledgling clarinet skills and a swanky new octave mandolin! :D youtu.be/BZOnEhAhAR0 #zelda #echoesofwisdom #nintendo

Proud to have two soundtracks released last month! :D Both the '90s RPG inspired *Guild Saga* and the arcadey bullet heaven *Soul Stalker* are out, and their soundtracks as well. Earworms and wistful dreaminess abound! Available everywhere - incl Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/48uYm... #gamedev

The search for great strings libraries continues... So far, Spitfire has been underwhelming. Scratchy sound, wonky transitions, buggy plugin. Cinematic Studio has amazing programming but sounds a bit synthy. And then the lesser-known Afflatus comes around and it's a DREAM 🤩.