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🎼 Lead Composer

📍 Spirebound Inc. · Remote
💰 $40–80/hr
⏰ Contract · Ongoing · Under 20 hours per week
🗣 English
🎯 Senior Level

Spirebound Inc. — a game development project building a strategic deck-building game with action RPG elements. We're looking for a Lead Composer to create an atmospheric and melodic dark fantasy music score inspired by Diablo II, Castlevania, and Final Fantasy Tactics.

💼: What you'll do:
• Compose dark fantasy music tailored for a strategic deck-building game with action RPG elements
• Create paired-state tracks with calm exploration and intense combat versions that transition seamlessly
• Ensure all music loops cleanly over extended 30-minute sessions without becoming repetitive or intrusive
• Develop distinct musical identities for each game zone using leitmotifs, cultural motifs, and varied instrumentation
• Incorporate chromatic tension, horns, and strings to control intensity within individual pieces
• Collaborate with the game development team to align musical themes with gameplay and narrative elements

⭐️: What we're looking for:
• Proven experience composing music specifically for video games with adaptive or layered systems
• Ability to create paired-state recordings inspired by games like Fire Emblem: Awakening and FTL
• Demonstrated skill in writing music that maintains player engagement over long gameplay sessions
• Strong understanding of looping techniques
• Familiarity with dark fantasy musical styles
• Portfolio showcasing atmospheric and melodic game music compositions

💫: Big plus if you have:
• Dark Fantasy Composition
• Adaptive Music Systems
• Looping Music
• Game Scoring
• Melodic Writing
• Atmospheric Music
• Leitmotif Development
• Chromatic Tension
• Instrumentation & Audio Production

🎁: What's in it for you:
• Competitive rate: $40–80/hr
• Flexible contract — under 20 hours per week
• Fully remote collaboration
• Work on an ambitious dark fantasy game project
• Creative freedom to shape the game's musical identity
• Long-term ongoing collaboration

📲: Tg: @voxenia