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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 19h

Lots happening in the buildup to the release of Planted! on Oct 29th! We were featured in the Autumn Galaxy Showcase with coverage across major Gaming news outlets. Plus a Physical PS5 version is releasing loaded with goodies. Well done to @clothcatgames.bsky.social & @curveballgames.bsky.social!

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A thoroughly Thall evening with Vildhjarta and Humanity's Last Breath! 🤘

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Got myself a new plugin to play with called The Gross Button...and it sufficiently lives up to it's name! 🤮

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Got myself a new plugin to play with called The Gross Button...and it sufficiently lives up to it's name! 🤮

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm thrilled to announce my role as Co-Composer with the amazing @ginaloughlin.bsky.social on Planted! from @clothcatgames.bsky.social Coming to PC, PS5 & Xbox on Oct 29th. Get ready to Sow, Grow & Throw in this Horticultural Combat Party game! The Trailer teases the musical mayhem to come! 🤘🥕🧅

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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gina 🐸 @ginaloughlin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

heyooo!!! Planted's release date has been announced!! 🎉 super stoked to have contributed a handful of super fun, bouncy tracks to this game, teaming up with the awesome @jameselseymusic.bsky.social (who made the banger track in the trailer 🔥🤘) wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/3448000/...

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Finally the band with the dumbest name 'The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza' made it to the UK for the first time in 20 years! 🤘

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

HOLY SHIT! See you at Radar Festival 2027 then!

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Here's to another incredible Develop Conference & game dev holiday on the beach! An amazing turnout for this year's Metal Meet. Huge thanks to Inferno Studios & Liquid Crimson for sponsoring us again. Great to catch up with everyone, meet new people & look forward to doing it all again next year!

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Straight off an incredible System Of A Down show last night, I'm Brighton Bound for Develop Conference! My water bottle has had a glow up courtesy of this years Metal Meet stickers and looking forward to seeing everyone there tomorrow at 3pm. See you at the beach!

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

1 week to go until Develop Conference and look what arrived! 🤘 We've already hit well over 100 attendees for this year's Metal Meet and I can't wait to see everyone in Brighton. RSVP: www.linkedin.com/events/devel...

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Great to work with the folks at Phantom Power Trailer Music once again with tracks on two of their recent Album releases! My track 'Mistress Machine' features on 'Fractal', Dark Minimalist Electronic and 'Standing Together' on 'Horizon', Inspirational Orchestral Hybrid.

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

We're back! 🤘 The Develop Conference Metal Meet returns for it's 2nd year at the Fortune Of War, 3-5pm on Wednesday 15th July. Huge thanks to both our returning sponsers Liquid Crimson & Inferno Studios who are again kindly putting some money behind the bar. RSVP: www.linkedin.com/events/devel...

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gina 🐸 @ginaloughlin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

hi! have revamped my Composer Rates survey! if you're a freelance composer based in the UK, pls could you fill in this quick anonymous questionnaire? the goal is to make a community resource to share knowledge & spread awareness of how much music costs 🙌 pls share!! forms.gle/6Uvcjk8cP2ts...

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Freelance Composer Rates [UK] - 2026

Hello! I originally made this survey in 2024, so it's in need of a refresh now that we all charge way more money (.....right??). Also! I am restructuring so that I can more easily collate the data -- ...

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Another amazing @gameaudiosymposium.bsky.social is wrapped and it was an honour to present to the biggest audience I've ever spoken in front of so far! To be speaking alongside incredible talks on Battlefield 6, Hellblade 2 & Saros to name a few was daunting and nerve-racking, but hugely rewarding.

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The new Edwards Baritone guitar made it back home safe and sound from Japan! Despite the jetlag I was itching to test it out and absolutely chuffed with how it plays. My first guitar with an Evertune Bridge which maintains perfect and stable Drop G tuning along with the extended 27 inch scale 🤘

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

When in Japan, bring home a Japanese Guitar! Huge thanks to Lam at ESP Guitar Workshop in Ochanumizu, for his help sourcing me this beautiful ESP Edwards Baritone Guitar. Now to try and get it home in one piece.

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Out of office for 2 weeks, let's see what you've got Japan! ❤️🇯🇵

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Great fun to work on some big Orchestral Fantasy Themes on my track 'Worlds Of Wonder', for Frontier Trailer Music's 'Castles And Gnomes 2' album! Coming soon via Slipstream Music.

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I had so much fun at last year's Game Audio Symposium that I'm coming back as a Speaker! I'm thrilled to be taking part with my talk 'Composing Better, Stronger, Scarier (On An Indie Horror Sequel)'. There's a ton of incredible talks over two days and I look forward to seeing everyone in Leeds!

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Game Audio Symposium @gameaudiosymposium.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social, freelance Music Composer will be exploring compositional processes for horror games by focusing on the recent 'Beyond Hanwell' game - demo-ing how to create an interactive score while maintaining themes and motifs.

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

A fantastic two days of London Games Festival, spread across the Games Meet Music event and New Game Plus! Great to see so many familiar faces on the panels, catch up with lots of folks and meet new people doing cool work in the industry.

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

An absolutely fantastic day at Guildford Games Fest and it was so good to take part in the Music Essentials panel on the Audio Track. Great insights across all of the talks and chats in the pub and Awards Party!

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Guildford Games Fest bound! And still picking my jaw up off the floor after seeing Between The Buried And Me last night 🤘

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

One week to go until #GuildfordGames Fest! Looking forward to taking part in the Music Essentials 2.0 Panel on this years Audio Track with an absolutely stacked lineup of speakers!

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I'm thrilled to be taking part in this years #GuildfordGames Fest on the Audio Track! Huge thanks to Barney Pratt who has once again put together a fantastic day of speakers and look forward to seeing everyone in Guildford on Friday 20th Feb!

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Kickstarting the year with my track 'Super Charged' on Jolt Trailer Music's 'Reboot 4' album, Glitchy Modern Fun Action. Coming soon via BMG.

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Kickstarting the year with my track 'Super Charged' on Jolt Trailer Music's 'Reboot 4' album, Glitchy Modern Fun Action. Coming soon via BMG.

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Another fantastic BAFTA Music Masterclass, with Austin Wintory, Jesper Kyd and Borislav Slavov. Great insight from the panel and chats at the drinks afterwards!

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

First gig of the year in the books with Born Of Osiris! 🤘

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Playoffs time, go Chargers! ⚡️⚡️⚡️

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Huge thanks to @matombler.bsky.social for once again including me in his epic annual list of Games Composer's Favourite OST's of the year! There was plenty of incredible music released this year and you can check out the full list here: www.videogameschronicle.com/features/thi...

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Closing out the year with a fun, final Library Music contribution and my track 'Pressure Cooker' on Frontier Trailer Music's Cyclone 4: Hybrid Percussion album. Coming soon via 5 Alarm Music.

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

A couple of small tactical Black Friday purchases this year to improve my Metal Production. Here's a quick demo I put together utilising Odeholm Drums & Thall Amp to create a huge sounding low tuned Metal pairing, with Runa: Elder Scoring Strings for additional lead textures 🤘

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Too early for Develop Conference? Visited Brighton this weekend and it seemed wrong not having all the awesome Game Dev folks around town!

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Luke Hebblethwaite @lukethehebble.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

There's been plenty of new sign-ups and updates to UK Games Composers in the last 24hrs! From bluesky >> 🎵 @elirainsberry.com 🎵 @danaikokogia.bsky.social 🎵 @dawilal.bsky.social 🎵 @jameselseymusic.bsky.social 🎵 @submergedtapes.bsky.social All music easily found via here: gamescomposers.co.uk

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Luke Hebblethwaite @lukethehebble.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I'm very happy to say that the 🎵 UK Games Composers 🎵 website is now back in action and fully revamped with a bunch of new features! gamescomposers.co.uk

An annotated screenshot of the UK Games Composers website highlighting the updated features

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Always fun watching your mates band play in a bar the size of a living room and dressed up as a big paper mache Horror Dungeon! 💀

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween folks! 🎃 💀 👻 In honour of the spookiest time of year, here's that time I turned my own voice into a choir of demonic, doll children on Beyond Hanwell.

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Huge congrats to @fayju.bsky.social on the launch of Amazing Frog? on Xbox Game Preview as it nears 1.0! It was a joy writing a bunch of fun music that spans so many different genres/styles on this project. It's rare to see a small studio able to put so much love and time into a single project.

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Amazing evening at the Orchestral Tribute to Tim Burton & Dark Fantasy by Moonlight! 🌙

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Amazing evening at the Orchestral Tribute to Tim Burton & Dark Fantasy by Moonlight! 🌙

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

A fun one bringing some electronic swagger on my track 'Galaxy Defenders' for Frontier Trailer Music's 'Guardians 2' Superhero Orchestral album. Coming soon through 5 Alarm Music.

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

In 2006 I saw a little band from Brighton open for Sikth in their hometown. 19 years later, last night I saw that band headline the 02 Arena. A special evening with Architects! ❤️

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Will It Thall? A fresh set of Strings on the 8 String to test out the new Thall Amp sim from Odeholm Audio! Massive Chugs ✅ Pitch Shifting Whammy ✅ 🤘 ✅ www.jameselseymusic.com

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James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Will It Thall? A fresh set of Strings on the 8 String to test out the new Thall Amp sim from Odeholm Audio! Massive Chugs ✅ Pitch Shifting Whammy ✅ 🤘 ✅ www.jameselseymusic.com

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