🎼 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
