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Sunday, February 21st, 2010New Album for Royalty Free Library

A new royalty free sound effects album has been added to the Spencer Sternberg Royalty Free Library. ‘Oriental Fireworks‘ Disc Two follows on from Disc One giving a more ‘in your face’ set of single shot samples and cityscape ambiances. It contains 74 tracks of 24bit 96kHz fireworks samples, with 16bit 44.1kHz versions, and 320kbps mp3 versions for your editing convenience. ‘Oriental Fireworks’ is suitable for use with all kinds of fireworks visual productions as being well suited for adding impact to titles, creating emotive soundscapes and for sound design in general.

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Spencer Sternberg is a video game music composer and audio professional creating music and sound for all kinds of visual productions. Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in the services offered by Spencer Sternberg.

Monday, February 1st, 2010‘Music for Adventure Games’ Album Complete

The production of ‘Music for Adventure Games‘ has been completed. It contains a a carefully composed collection of adventure game music tracks and is most suited towards game developers who are making adventure games. The music however, can be used for all kinds of gaming and visual productions. Why not take a listen to decide for yourself where you could make use of this fresh and highly emotive adventure game music album;

Take a listen to a sample below;

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Spencer Sternberg also creates customized music and sound effects for all kinds of gaming and visual productions. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the services offered by Spencer Sternberg.

Sunday, January 10th, 2010Plushed Released for the iPhone

Blacksmith Games has recently released ‘Plushed’ and is now available on iTunes. The music was completed several months ago and it is great to see the game out. ‘Plushed’ gives players and developers the opportunity to see the talents of Blacksmith Games and the music possibilities from Spencer Sternberg.

‘Plushed’ was a very interesting iPhone game to work on in regards to game music composition, with multiple environments and battle stages, and was documented in the article ‘Writing Music for the iPhone’ which was later published on GameDev.net. Communicating with Blacksmith Games was always friendly and professional and they were extremely open to the style and production of the game music.

Here is the final trailer for the game ‘Plushed’;

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Monday, January 4th, 2010‘Music for Adventure Games’ Album Begins

Production has begun on a new royalty free music album titled ‘Music for Adventure Games‘. The album is being created for game developers who are in need of high-quality adventure game music. When a game project’s deadline is fast approaching, game developers may not have the time left for a composer to write new music.

The first track ‘Adventure Menu‘ has just been completed.

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‘Adventure Menu’ is the first track on the album and is suitable for use as a looping music track over adventure game menus.

Monday, December 14th, 2009‘Fossil Hunters’ Album Complete

The production of ‘Fossil Hunters‘ has been completed. A royalty free music album made for documentary film makers, it contains a careful balance between orchestral instruments and electronic elements, to create emotive music suitable for scientific style documentaries.

Take a listen to a sample below;

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Even though this is a royalty free music album, Spencer Sternberg also makes customized music and sound effects for all kinds of gaming and visual productions. Please contact us if you want to make a connection or if you have any questions.

Monday, December 14th, 2009Plushed Soon To Be Released

‘Plushed’, the iPhone game by Blacksmith Games, is very close to release. Featuring 10 tracks of original music by Spencer Sternberg, it is going to be interesting to see how the game is received by iPhone followers.

The latest trailer has been put online and can be seen below;

Monday, November 30th, 2009Oriental Fireworks Album Complete

Spencer Sternberg has just released a fireworks sound effects album titled ‘Oriental Fireworks‘. It contains 17 tracks of 24bit 96kHz stereo sound samples from various fireworks events and is suitable for use with all kinds of visual productions.

Listen to a sample below and feel free to contact us if you need custom sound design services.

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Sunday, November 15th, 2009Fossil Hunters Album Begins

The first track has been completed for a new royalty free music album titled ‘Fossil Hunters‘. This is an album targeted towards documentary film makers looking for rich and engaging orchestral sounds. The album will make use of orchestral instrumentation, fused with modern and world music percussion, to represent various locations from around the world.

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Ancient Life Forms is the first track on the album and is suitable for opening sequences, opening credits, or visuals that need a captivating introduction.

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Lush Sounds for Plushed

Recently the game music for Blacksmith Games’ Plushed was completed. Plushed has ten tracks worth of orchestral, operatic and theme based game music and showcases a darker, more disturbing game sound than previous projects by Spencer Sternberg. There is a vast development in instrumentation and ideas, from the first track till the last, whilst still being tied together with several recurring themes.

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009Strikeforce Psi for XBox 360

Earlier this year, the game audio for Starlitsky Games’ Strikeforce Psi was completed. The game audio consists of an orchestral music score with additional percussion instruments spanning over the locations of a harbor level, an arctic level, a desert level and a jungle level. The game music spans from tense, heroic themes, to cold sparse woodwinds, to rhythmic jungle percussion.

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