E3 2021 news: Dreamscaper releases on August 12 and more

Happy E3 2021! I have a few pieces of news though it was a relatively quiet one due to many of my current projects being announcements for later this year or next. But some great news came out of E3 this week!

First, Dreamscaper is done! I’m so excited. During the E3 showcase on Monday it was announced that Dreamscaper comes to Nintendo Switch, Steam, and Epic Games Store on August 12. You can wishlist it right now on the Nintendo eShop! And you can watch the brand new announce trailer above.

Next, Snacko, an adorable game about farming and cats and relaxing, was also announced for Nintendo Switch this week! It launches in 2022 and my work continues on it. if you’re still in a trailer watching mood here’s a new one for it as well.

Finally, River City Girls is getting a PS5 release very soon! YAY!

I have some more very cool news coming up but it’ll be late summer before I can say more. Thanks for reading!

Dreamscaper: Prologue is out and it's a smash hit!

I’m proud to share that Dreamscaper: Prologue is out and that the reception has been fantastic. Dreamscaper is a beautiful, dreamy action game from Afterburner Studios, and I’ve been writing music for it over the past year or so. This prologue gives players an opportunity to play the first 4-6 hours of the game as a sort of preview of our full release later this year.

The reception has been overwhelming! We hit the front page of Steam and topped several of the charts from the first day! And as of now, just three days later we’re nearing 500 “Very Positive” reviews on Steam alone. Tens of thousands continue to play and the feedback has been overwhelming and very, very encouraging.

And the things said about my soundtrack so far have made my heart soar. I’m so happy.

I’d love nothing more than for you to check it out yourself! Oh, and the best part? It’ll cost you absolutely nothing.

Sparklite Original Game Soundtrack Digital Booklet

Certain versions of the Sparklite Original Game Soundtrack came with a booklet that includes a forward with the composer (that’s me haha), track commentary, an interview, and liner notes. I wanted to make that available to everyone including digital listeners and streamers so I’m sharing it here on my webpage.

Please click here to view or download the Sparkle Original Game Soundtrack booklet in PDF format.

I hope you’re enjoying the game and soundtrack!

Go Go Power Rangers!

I’m happy to announce that I composed the music for the upcoming Puzzle & Dragons (one of the highest grossing mobile games of all time!) collaboration with Power Rangers! It was an honor to contribute to two massively popular franchises! Thank you to both Gung Ho and Hasbro. More details soon! I’ll tell you when you can…go go download it.

Dreamscaper composing process...and a super hot Kickstarter!

We’re only into day two of Dreamscaper’s Kickstarter and it’s 75% funded! I’ve been working on this for a year now so seeing the support and feedback this past couple of days has been amazing. I’ve dreamed of a soundtrack I could dump my heart into and this is definitely it. A demo has been released alongside the Kickstarter and it’s a very meaty one with two levels, bosses, tons of powerups and options, and lots of my music.

Speaking of: The latest update on the Kickstarter today is a deep dive into my musical process for the Dreamscaper soundtrack. It took us some time but we came up with a musical soundscape that rides a wavy line between dream and nightmare. In the feature I get into some of the musical approaches I took to get this kind of sound. Plenty of audio examples are included. I’d love it if you’d give it a read.

Mid-summer update

It’s hot, isn’t it? I wouldn’t know because I never go outside.

Hardcore Gamer interviewed me on my upcoming soundtrack for Sparklite. In it I kinda spill the beans on how the score is...well, it's definitely not a modern style score. You can see what I mean by that here.

And last week at San Diego Comic-Con I sat down with Shacknews to talk shop.

Finally, Helvetii, a beautiful hand-drawn 2D action game I’ve been working on for a couple of years just hit Kickstarter yesterday with an excellent start. I hope we can get this one going because I had the pleasure of working with Emi Evans (Nier series) on it. You can check it out and hear samples of my soundtrack here.

Sparklite gets physical, gets a Signature Edition, includes my soundtrack!

Ah the soundtrack art is so cute!

I’m very happy to share that Sparklite, a beautiful roguelike adventure game by Red Blue Games, is getting a physical release this October on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. I’ve been having a blast writing a GameCube-style score for it this past year. And that score comes with the newly announced Sparklite Signature Edition. A copy of the game, a signature sleeve and box, a Nano Block figure, a numbered certificate, and a copy of my soundtrack will be included. Preorders go live this Friday at Signature Edition Games.

As for details on the soundtrack release, stay tuned!

Theme Songs galore!

It just occurred to me how many theme songs I’ve written for various organizations and purposes. I thought I’d lay them out here to both share and for me to take tally and keep track of them.

For Nintendo, I had the pleasure of writing three theme songs. I composed the Nintendo Minute theme and jingle, the Nintendo Power podcast opening theme, and the Nintendo eShop The Download theme, which has become wildly popular on its own for some reason. All were an absolute honor and I still can’t get over how many millions of people hear these songs every month.

For game storefront and indie game publisher Humble Bundle I had the honor of composing their official jingle and boot logo. This song and its accompanying logo video can be found in the introduction of all the games they release! It was most recently used in the intro of the wonderful game Wandersong.

And I’ve done a lot of official theme songs for Podcasts out there. Here are some of my favorites:

• The What’s Good Games theme is probably my most popular one.

• And the new Animators vs Games animated intro was a blast to score.

• And I’ve done other themes for What’s Good Games’ shows, like the scary Lights Off! show.

• I had so much fun creating the Magical Boys themes.

• The RPGamer podcast RPGcast features my work as the theme song.

And more are coming. Some very exciting ones, too! For now, enjoy this playlist of my best theme songs and I’ll update this post and the playlist as more are released.