Sam is passionate about games and has worked on several indie games as both a composer and sound designer. With his background as a jazz musician, he has found parallels between live improvisation and writing music for games, and over the years has developed a unique way of composing for games, using the softwares Wwise and FMOD to create ever-evolving soundtracks which vary each time they are played. Always within the same sonic world that Sam has built but with subtle differences, making the music feel at once both familiar and new. He has been influenced and inspired by other game composers using these techniques to great effect such as Joe Acheson (Creaks), Noboru Motuh (Tetris Effect) and Todd Baker (Alto’s Odyssey, Dreams).
Below are a selection of games Sam has worked on:
Pest Whisperer
Dev. Casey Lodge
‘Pest Whisperer follows Peasy as they return home after failing to get their humane pest control service off the ground. After arriving back in their home town they quickly end up helping the residents with their own pest problems.’
2nd place - The Big Indie Pitch
Showcased at EGX 2021
Barely There
‘There are four dead bodies in the woods. You have to dispose of them. Explore your surroundings and find out about the deaths of these unfortunate hikers, who killed them, and why.’
Official Selection - Independent Games Festival 2021
Dev. Sophie Artemigi & Astradur Larusson
Lughnasadh
‘Lughnasadh is a non-violent action RPG based on a mixture of Gaelic and Yoruba mythology.' Join Lugh as they set off to fulfil a sacred duty upon which the fate of Hy-Brasil rests.’
Dev. Paul Mariotti
RoboSk8r
‘An amateur robotics engineer shows his friend a cool robot he made. Legs were too difficult to make so he taped some rollerskates to the bottom of it, watch Roboskater as it goes on its first test run through the skate park!’
Dev. Sophie Artemigi