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[Craig Stern]

Are you making a commercial game? You're going to need professional-sounding music for it! Luckily for you, I'm offering my services as a composer here at reasonable rates. Have a look at what I have to offer below!

• Music: Exclusives
• Music: Non-Exclusive Licenses
• Sound Effects: Non-Exclusive Licenses

Music: Exclusives

Need original music that appears exclusively in your game? I can write you exclusive, memorable tracks at an affordable price.

Examples of my recent work scoring games (all tracks loop seamlessly):

The Great Forest	Telepath RPG: Servants of God
Harvesting	Harvester
Tactician's Duel	Telepath Tactics
In a Lonely Wood	Under the Garden

Music: Non-Exclusive Licenses

On a tight budget? You can obtain a non-exclusive commercial license to use any of the tracks below. I charge $100 per track*, but I'm open to negotiating cheaper rates in exchange for prominent attribution in your game. Just send me an email and we can work it out.

*there is a bulk discount: for each track you order beyond the first, take 10% off the total price, to a maximum of 50% off for six tracks.

Battle with the Destroyer	(battle music)
Exploring the Depths	(dungeon exploration music)
Funky, Funky Spy	(funky stealth music)
Lullaby	(simple, sweetly sad music)
Mystery Caves	(beautiful, mysterious music)
RoboGuts	(high-tech level music) -- NEW!
Rush Rush Rush!	(high-energy escape music)
The Sorcerer's Tower	(Castlevania-style level music)
Underground Grav Rail	(dark futuristic music)	(non-looping version also available)
We Are In Serious Trouble	(boss music)

Sound Effects: Non-Exclusive Licenses

Obtain a non-exclusive commercial license to use any of these sound clips for a mere $50 each!

Bell Arpeggio - Happy

Bell Arpeggio - Mysterious

Level Up / Item Get Noise

Level Completed Fanfare

GUI - Okay Selection

GUI - Bad Selection

Well, that about covers it. Just shoot me a PM if you're interested in collaborating / purchasing tracks.

[Slash - Santiago Zapata]

This is interesting, I will keep it in mind for future projects (Specially Contract work)

I used your music in my assemblee entry, good work!

[Craig Stern]

Cool, thanks! Feel free to send me an email when you've got something on the horizon.

[Craig Stern]

I've just added a new track to the non-exclusive tracks list: Mystery Caves. Go ahead and give it a listen. I think it evokes a peaceful mood rather like that in

. It would work well for a scene where the main character descends into a cave of fairies.

This track uses harp, violin ensemble, glockenspiel, and bassoon.

[Craig Stern]

New non-exclusive track added: Rush Rush Rush! This song is kind of a strange hybrid of a spooky chiptune and high energy ska, but I think it gets across the urgency of being pursued quite effectively. (Plus, the chorus is pretty awesome.) Check it out!

[Craig Stern]

Newly added: Battle with the Destroyer! This track fuses driving rock and soaring orchestra into a tight little nugget of awesome. Check it out.

[Craig Stern]

I've added an affordable new way to license multiple non-exclusive tracks: The Package Deal! Order multiple tracks, and you'll get a discount that increases with every additional track.

Here's how it works:

1 track - full price
2 tracks - 10% off each track
3 tracks - 20% off each track
etc.

up to a maximum of 50% off 6 tracks or more. I don't know how long I'll be doing this deal, so anyone interested in licensing tracks for their game should PM me ASAP.

[Craig Stern]

I've updated the exclusives section with examples of my work spanning multiple games. The newest track to join the examples list is Wizard's Duel--I hope you enjoy it.

[Craig Stern]

New track! Underground Grav Rail is an electronic track with a Blade Runner feel and an unusual rhythm.

A non-looping version of this track is also available.

[Craig Stern]

New track: RoboGuts! It's pretty much exactly like it sounds.

[Craig Stern]

In celebration of Farmergnome's win in the A Game By Its Cover compo, I figured I'd highlight one of the tracks I wrote for the game: In a Lonely Wood. It's moody instrumental hip hop with a harpsichord, and I happen to think it sounds pretty dope.

[Craig Stern]

Valentine's Day special, today through Tuesday:

all non-exclusive tracks are 50% off!
all sound effects are 60% off!

This is a highly time-limited offer. If you've been on the fence about licensing a track, now is the time to do it!

[Craig Stern]

So! I was going back and listening to some of the tracks I had posted in this thread, and I was a little dissatisfied with Battle with the Destroyer. It had a solid base, but I didn't do enough with it. So I've gone ahead and reworked it. It's now longer, denser, and just plain better. Check it out.