r/gamecomposers

Hey fellow composers. I'm currently working on my first paid video game job. I have a portfolio with games released on Itch.io and Steam. I did a few Game Jams and graduation projects from students. But now is the first "real" job as money is involved.

We agreed on a price per minute of finished music. This includes the whole package (composition, production, mixing, mastering and revision). Final delivery is a loop able wave file.

We finished 2x 60 seconds tracks and all worked fine. Now the client asks for 2x 30 second pieces. I assume he wants to have 2 separate pieces of music for the price of 1 minute.

I'm not sure how to approach and bill this because 2 separate pieces of music of 30 seconds are not the half amount of work as it involves all steps of creating a new project, finding ideas, doing revisions for each of the 30 seconds etc.

I could ask for the full minute price, but that feels a little unfair, as this means that there is no chance to order short cues and loops under 1 minute from me without any disadvantages.

Do you ask for a fixed price, so anything under 1 minute is still at least for example 80% of the minute price instead of 50%?

How do you handle these situations? Thanks!

I'm new to making video game style music but I have been composing pieces for about a year now. I like to make ambient, atmospheric music which can range from classical to other experimental genres. If you'd like to check out my work please DM and ill send you some of my unreleased work. I also don't expect pay as I'm trying to still build up a portfolio, all I want is credits!!

Hi there! This piece is based on a particular genre of video games! When listening, what genre/game does it remind you of? If I happen to get close or make you think of the genre I chose, then my goal is complete! (Also, when listening, imagine you just booted up the game, and this is the intro song. Hopefully it helps!). Thank you so much for listening, and I hope you enjoy!!

Hey everyone:) I hope you all are doing well! I just had a quick question. My girlfriend is getting started building her portfolio so she can start trying to sell assets and compose for games, and she’s a little confused on how to go about getting new instruments for her DAW? I got her Cubase for Christmas, and she’s been enjoying learning that, but we’re both kinda at loss of how to get more sounds.

Does anyone have any tips or recommendations?

Thank you!!