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Mark Benis

@markbenis.bsky.social
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game dev + composer 💀 AiliA, Wishfarers, Rosewater, Lamplight City, Once Upon a Jester, Everybody Wham Wham linktr.ee/markbenis

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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy launch day to Nighthawks! Had a blast working with @wadjeteyegames.com to edit through tons of VO recordings for this. The writing is stellar and yet the voice actors absolutely take it next level. If you like vampires, a good story and some killer music from Thomas Regin def check it out!
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
That live musician would be the incredible Andy Lin! With killer support from Zac Zinger on xiao + flutes and Isaac Pérez on violin 🎶
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I guess this is the start to my Elden Ring chiptune mod
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Music from games like Elden Ring and Dark Souls with their intricate orchestration, huge sound, surprisingly delicate moments... that's me. Getting to explore that style would be a total dream project. If you're a dev looking for a dark, epic soundtrack -- let's chat!
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Little peak at what @clarkaboud.bsky.social and I have been writing for @squiddershins.bsky.social upcoming RPG game Wishfarers!
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Making this was harder than writing my whole chiptune album 💀 Album art I commissioned from Ajmal Rizni, animated by myself
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Is it obvious how much I love Pokemon music?
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Francisco González @grundislav.games · 28/06/2026
Get ROSEWATER and LAMPLIGHT CITY together in the World of Vespuccia Bundle! Two narrative adventures where your choices shape the story set in an alternate 19th century. Both games for less than $20 during the Steam Summer Sale! store.steampowered.com/bundle/50641...
Items included in this bundle:
Lamplight City - 40% $8.99
Rosewater -25% $14.99
Price of individual products: $23.98
Bundle discount: 20%
Your cost: $19.18
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
There's an Elden Ring fan game for the Game Boy?! Shoutout to the dev shin for making it, I love pixel art/chiptune aesthetics mixed with recent games and you can tell a lot of heart went into it!
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Francisco González @grundislav.games · 27/06/2026
You can hear this and all the rest of Mark’s amazing score in Rosewater, currently 25% off on Steam (and pick up the OST while you’re at it) store.steampowered.com/bundle/51976...
store.steampowered.com
Save 25% on Rosewater Music Bundle on Steam
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
You see them looking at you from the haligtree you best turn around 😶‍🌫️
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Sometimes all you need is one fab musician to carry a whole track. For me that's Zac Zinger 🪈
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
yeah I use AI to make album art... Artistic Intelligence
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Sometimes wish I lived in the alternate reality where Elden Ring was made in the 90s
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Elden Ring's godskin apostles is S-tier boss music IMO
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
No half measures for our boy Jeff 🦈
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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 Pérez Riera, and Zac Zinger who played on the soundtrack and to the game’s amazing cast 🤠
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
AiliA is out! 🪞 So grateful to Jingyu Sui, Andy Lin, Isaac Pérez 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 🪞
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Celebrating Thanksgiving the English way 🇺🇸🫡
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
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! We’ll be talking game audio for adventure games, happening today 4:15pm if you’re around #AdvX25
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Super excited to share that @clarkaboud.bsky.social and I are writing music for Wishfarers 💫 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
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
New haul of Jeff comics! He always has the best expressions 😋😱😬
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
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
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
this is me today really taken by the response to my Jeff music, appreciate all the wholesome comments!
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
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)
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I wrote a theme song for Jeff the Land Shark 🦈 This is what happens when a musician plays a bit too much Jeff in Marvel Rivals
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
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.
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Absolute dream to get to record with the FAMES orchestra! Little sneak peek of something I've been working on, coming soon... 🦈
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Little snippet from our choir session yesterday! Amazing to be reunited with Angel Mannion for some good ole recording -- we did Down Among the Dead Men together from Lamplight City back in the day with engineer Chris Hobson and some singers even returning (!)
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
started the day early with a casual 4 am choir session ☀️ had some truly fantastic singers, def made the time difference worth it!
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
No I'm not obsessed with Blue Prince how could you possibly draw that conclusion from my 8 spreadsheets, 20+ pages of handwritten notes and organized screenshots folder categorized by room, puzzle type and book name
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Freshly recorded main theme for AiliA! Featuring Andy Lin on erhu, Isaac Pérez Riera on violin, and Zac Zinger on xiao + flute 🎶 Learning about Chinese instruments and writing for them has been a blast and finally hearing these parts live is really something else. More info on release soon!
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
It’s amazing how chance encounters can end up changing your life. If only I knew how important that day would end up being!
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Had such a great time chatting with James!! Talking about everything from console sound chips and composer limitations leading to creativity to lots of details on how my collaboration with Francisco Gonzalez and my score to Rosewater came to be 🎶
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Hearing about YT copyright claims and twitch videos getting muted because of Rosewater’s music. My stance has been and always will be that YouTube videos of let’s plays, stream recordings, press coverage and the like + streams are free to use my music. (1/2)
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
GET IN HERE loving these acoustic versions!
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Francisco González @grundislav.games · 30/03/2025
Rosewater is only 15 reviews away from the magic number 50 that will change “Positive” to “Very Positive” and give it more visibility. If you’ve played the game and haven’t left a review yet, please do! It helps more than you can imagine. store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/...
Reviews
Positive (94% of 35) All time
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Now that Rosewater is out in the wild, boy do I have a lot to share about producing the score! From recording with stellar musicians to crafting a unique sound palette for the West -- I'd love to chat through it all in an interview :] Just putting this out into the world! 🎶
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The score to Rosewater wouldn't be what it is without the incredible musicians. Check out some of my favorite bits featuring: @clarkaboud.bsky.social @brookeferdmusic.bsky.social @grundislavgames.bsky.social @noahkellman.bsky.social Christian Lanz Christiane Ramirez Isaac Pérez Riera Zac Zinger
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Rosewater is HERE!! What a dream to actually get to score a Western. Huge thank you to all the musicians, their brilliant musicianship completely elevates my music to a level I'd never be able to achieve alone. Thanks for taking me on the adventure of a lifetime @grundislavgames.bsky.social 🤠
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Francisco González @grundislav.games · 27/03/2025
ROSEWATER IS OUT! A Wild West adventure about friendship, storytelling, and found family. It's been a journey making this game. I sincerely hope you enjoy it. 🤠🌵 Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/... GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/rose...
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Rosewater is just a night away :o
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Total dream to get to write a classic Western showdown! And over the moon to have @clarkaboud.bsky.social here on electric guitar, totally nailed it. Full version and soundtrack will be out with the game in a couple months :]
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
new trailer means some new music! had a blast on this and even got a classic Western instrument recorded 👀 happening in a few hours!
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Francisco González @grundislav.games · 09/12/2024
Some night scenes from #RosewaterGame
Screenshot showing an elderly man in a butler outfit standing at an open door to a fancy-looking building. He is asking "May I help you?" Main character Harley Leger is standing in the doorway facing him, and her two companions stand at either side of the archway on the sidewalk. A view of the rest of the city can be seen on the left of the image, with a steep hill leading down to a foggy bay.Screenshot showing main character Harley Leger and her companions standing near a large chest, in an open field near a canyon at night. An elderly Native American woman is asking "Did you obtain what you needed?" Standing behind her is a young Native American man holding a lantern.A screenshot showing a wide shot of a busy wharf at night.A screenshot showing Harley Leger and her companions sitting around a forest campfire at night. Her companion Jake is asking "What's everybody plannin' on doin' with their share of Clark's stash?"
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
My chiptune album's already been out a month! ☀️ ICYMI - SUMMERBORNE is a love letter to the Game Boy music of my childhood, packed with town themes, fanfares, battle tracks and everything in between. Link below ⬇️
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
my lil buddy
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
it's beautiful 🥲
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Mark Benis @markbenis.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
Chiptune album incoming! SUMMERBORNE is a love letter to the Game Boy music of my childhood, packed with town themes, fanfares, battle tracks and everything in between. Release date is OCT 11 2024 ☀️ Bandcamp page w/ track previews is up! Link below ⬇️
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