Really cool to see Rosewater win Best Audio, Best Programming, Best Visuals and Best Game(!!) at the 2025 AGS Awards!
Big shoutout to @clarkaboud.bsky.social @brookeferdmusic.bsky.social Noah Kellman, Isaac Pรฉrez Riera, and Zac Zinger who played on the soundtrack and to the gameโs amazing cast ๐ค
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cheers thanks for listening!
AiliA is out! ๐ช
So grateful to Jingyu Sui, Andy Lin, Isaac Pรฉrez Riera and Zac Zinger for their incredible musicianship on display in this soundtrack.
AiliA is available on Steam and you can find the soundtrack on your usual suspects + Bandcamp! Links in bio ๐ช
Celebrating Thanksgiving the English way ๐บ๐ธ๐ซก
Very excited to be part of a panel at AdventureX with @jdwasabi.bsky.social, @thomasregin.bsky.social and @paulzmmermann.bsky.social moderated by Seoirse Dunbar! Weโll be talking game audio for adventure games, happening today 4:15pm if youโre around #AdvX25
Super excited to share that @clarkaboud.bsky.social and I are writing music for Wishfarers ๐ซ Easy to be inspired by what @squiddershins.bsky.social is making and what a perfect game for us to join forces on! Lots more synths/8-bit + guitar on the way
Had such a great time chatting with Josh! Covered so many fun topics that we got to really dig into, keep an eye out for part 2
New haul of Jeff comics! He always has the best expressions ๐๐ฑ๐ฌ
If you're a fan of adventure games Rosewater should def be on your list! Had the pleasure writing my own take on a Western soundtrack and the world-building here is some of the finest out there
all good thanks for sharing it!!
hi would love to hear how the show went! any chance you have a link to it?
oh youโve gotta check it out! even just to hear all his voice acting, itโs soooo good
this is me today
really taken by the response to my Jeff music, appreciate all the wholesome comments!
Very easy to be inspired when something hits you somewhere deep :]
We'll get everyone bit by the Jeff bug soon enough! Excited to read his next adventures ๐ฆ
Because of the 3 min limit here I can't have the whole video in one go, so check out the entire thing on YT (bonus cat pics there!)
youtu.be/xR_WzRqYPsg?...
I hear so much potential with his main theme and unique C major + F# major harmony so this is just one example of what could be done with it!
And in case you didn't catch my main theme for Jeff ๐ฆโฌ๏ธ
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With Jeff being surprised to see the cat I had his "walking" theme interrupted by the cat's theme. And with the appearance of the kittens I gave each one a little gesture on solo strings ๐๐๐
Finally it ends with Jeff's main theme over cat theme's harmony and an "It's Jeff!" slide down on brass
I tried to really bring out some moments like giving the cat their own theme when they appear and digging into Jeff's MRRRRRR!!!!
But I also took some creative liberties like giving Jeff a little tummy rumble in the beginning
As part of writing an original theme song for Jeff the Land Shark, I also wrote some music for my favorite Jeff comic:
Jeff the Magnanimous!
(music ideas w/ comic panels below)
thanks! :]
Hi, sure thing feel free to share it with your audience! very nice of you to think of including it and appreciate the kind words :]
Thank you! Seeing so many people call him that is actually what inspired the lyrics, nobody messes with our bestest boy
I almost spit out my food when I saw your name โ thank YOU Kelly!! Nothing has got me quite into comics like Jeff has and thatโs a testament to you, Daniele and Gurihiru. Theyโre so lovely and wholesome. Glad you liked the music, really means so much for you to say that
hey thanks so much!! it started off as a little idea and then it just snowballed into getting all the live musicians haha was good fun
It's a dream of mine to write some official music for Jeff so just putting this out into the world :] Thanks for listening!
So many people involved to make this happen and I'm grateful to each and every one of them. Shelby Harvey on lead vocals, the FAME'S orchestra, my friend Angel Mannion for organizing the choir
Check out the vid on YouTube for a complete list of credits: youtu.be/xR_WzRqYPsg
I wrote a theme song for Jeff the Land Shark ๐ฆ
This is what happens when a musician plays a bit too much Jeff in Marvel Rivals
Across the Frontier was one of my favorite pieces to write for Rosewater by @grundislav.games, here notated out!
Kept most of the parts pretty simple to let everything breathe + play off each other, and Zac Zinger absolutely ran with it to make that shakuhachi part sound SO smooth.
Absolute dream to get to record with the FAMES orchestra! Little sneak peek of something I've been working on, coming soon... ๐ฆ
Always a blessing to have live musicians on my music. Def won't get old with players like these! Shoutout to the singers:
Jasper Sussman, Lauren Carter, Katie Hickey, Julia Cordani, Sarah-Nicole Carter, Evangelina Woo, Rich Dawes, Sam Buse, John Yokoyama, Martin Green, Paul Young Jr., Michael Sokol