I've recently been given the opportunity to take over the soundtrack of Mercenary Leto, a story-driven metroidvania with a penchant for whimsy (my favorite). Leto is the brainchild of Summer Tomaseski, owner of dragonGlitch Games. Though I'm just getting rolling on this project, I can say so far Summer has been a joy to work with. She's brilliant, cheery, multi-skilled, and knows exactly what she wants.

Things work so nicely when people know what they want!

This has been a somewhat unusual experience for me, as it is the first time I've had to take over where another composer has left off. Already I feel I've learned a lot. I've had to spend many hours listening to the previous composer's work to sort of get in his headspace and figure out how to rework his style and ideas into new material, making efforts to hopefully be simultaneously true to myself while still capturing the original vision.

For the track "Valuna Theme", I was privileged with the opportunity to incorporate an audio recording of my daughter's heartbeat into the the ambient sounds behind the theme. The heartbeat sample was recorded three months prior to her due birth (arrived in March of 2020, and boy do I have some cute pics I need to upload!).

Keep watching, more to come soon!