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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It’s been ten years since I wrote and had this piece performed by the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra on their world tour in 2016. I’m so grateful my piece was selected to be a part of their repertoire! 🎻 #orchestra #music

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Happy #PortfolioDay! I am a music composer for cozy video games! Some of my recent credits include: 💅 Barbie Rewind 🪴 Leafy Corner 📱 Focus Friend by Hank Green I also worked in the music dept for Toy Story 5, Hoppers, Disclosure Day and Avengers Endgame 🎼🎶 🔗: www.samanthavandersluis.com

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Here's a little audio preview of the upcoming cooking game, Farm & Feast! I compose and implement all the music using FMOD 🎶

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

🌟 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 🌟 I had the absolute honour of working on a game from a franchise close to my heart - Barbie Rewind from Atari and Digital Eclipse Entertainment Partners! This was a blast to work on and make powerful feminine pieces of music!

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I've been working on music for this incredibly adorable game, Hokko Spaces from Wonderscope Games and @team17.bsky.social, which just had its premiere during the @wholesomegames.com Direct as part of #SummerGameFest2026! 🐹🐨🐻

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I'm working on the adaptivity of gameplay music in FMOD and it has a total of 562 trillion different ways it can be played 🤓 Meaning if you were to listen to every possible combination it would take ~17.8 million years 💀

Screenshot displaying the FMOD editor screen, featuring a couple of character images of bears from the indie game,Bottled by Bears.

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I am working on the score for this delightful, charming game, "Bottled by Bears" developed by monoii studio 🐻🐝 ~Join a family of bears and run the buzziest little honey farm! Collect and discover rare bees, bottle honey jars and expand your farm~ Thank you for watching! 🎵

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Not at GDC because I’m in the middle of moving, but this is #WhatAGameDevLooksLike ✨🎮🎵 I’m Sam a freelance music composer and have worked on indie games including: - Love, Ghostie - Petit Island - Focus Friend - The Regreening - Islands & Trains I’m currently open to work as of March 24th!!

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Happy New Year! Here's my first video of the year! This is the sixth video in my "From Score to Game" series and features music from "Love, Ghostie" (which recently had its release on the Nintendo Switch platform 🎉) Full video on YouTube: youtu.be/sH8c9pJGmcA?...

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Focus Friend by Hank Green won Google Play’s App of the Year!! 🥳 I’m so fortunate to have composed the music for the app! I’m so glad it has helped so many people. We’re here because we’re here because we’re here ❤️

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

GameSoundCon 2025 was a blast!! It was fun hanging out and chatting to both old and new faces ✨🎶

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Flowers and Favours by @irismisk.bsky.social is out now!! 💐 The soundtrack is also available on all streaming platforms and bandcamp 🎼 (I really enjoyed working on this!) Play as a florist and decorate bouquets for various customer requests - there's also a creative mode 🌻🪻🌺

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I've created a cozy music asset pack to use in your projects! ✨ The pack contains 15 loopable wav files in the style of Pikmin, Disney Dreamlight Valley and Tales of the Shire. This provides an affordable way to use my music! Thank you for the support 🥰 Link below ⬇️

Album cover featuring a cozy, cartoon Germanic-influences house with grass and flowers on the roof. A little yellow bird sits on top. The house is surrounded by crops and a little lake featuring lilypads and fish. A couple of white chickens sit by a small wooden bridge.

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I wrote the music you hear in the new app by @hankgreen.bsky.social, “Focus Friend”! 🎶 You adopt a little bean who will help you focus and set goals ✨

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Flowers and Favours was featured on today's @dames4games.org showcase!! Thank you @irismisk.bsky.social for the unbelievably kind words and MY BIRD WAS ON IGN 😂🦜❤️

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Happy #PortfolioDay! I'm Sam, a music composer for cozy video games! I'm looking for more work in the game industry and also have experience in film with credits including Star Wars IX, Avengers: Endgame, Toy Story 4, and Frozen 2. 🎵: linktr.ee/sam_vandersl...

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

So I made silly music today, which snowballed into drawing a silly crab, then making a silly video. So I hope you enjoy the "Crustacean Convenience Store" 🎶🦀

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Islands & Trains is OUT NOW along with the soundtrack!! 🚂🎮 It's been a joy to be a part of this project and to see it come to fruition. I hope you enjoy creating your own little islands bustling with trains, flora and fauna! Links below ⬇️

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Here's a brand new trailer for a game I'm scoring, Blockfeet! I wrote music for the trailer too and I'm really excited about working on this project with Jellycube Games 🥰🎵 Wishlist onSteam: store.steampowered.com/app/2566830/...

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I worked on the music (alongside Chopin, you may have heard of him) for this cute little animation, "A Neighbour Duet", by Veda Lee, now streaming on YouTube! 🎶 youtu.be/Rq3p-il8Uyc?...

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Received Petit Island goodies in the mail today all the way from Bali 🇮🇩 It was wonderful to be a part of this journey and write the score for the game 🎶🎼 Thank you kindly to Irfan and the team at Xelo Game Studio for having me onboard! I'm very proud of what we created together 🏝️

Me (a young woman) with brown hair, glasses and wearing a green shirt, holding physical cases of a game for Xbox, Playstation 5 and Nintendo Switch.

Three copies of a physical game release which features a stylized calico cat riding a turtle with colours like a watermelon. Behind them is a Balinese volcano.

A signed copy of an Xbox game where the cover features a stylized calico cat riding on a turtle that is similar to looking like a watermelon. Behind them is a Balinese volcano.

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I’m very grateful to have @julieelven.bsky.social singing on this score for a game project! Your voice adds so much beauty to the piece 💜✨

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

#GDC2025 exceeded all my expectations and was such a magical time! ✨ I had so much fun meeting some faces in person for the first time! I cannot speak highly enough of the people I met, I am so incredibly grateful for all of you. Thank you tremendously for making me feel loved and welcomed.

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Petit Island by @xelogames.bsky.social physical edition released today!! This is so exciting, it’s the first game I’ve worked on to have a physical release 🎉 Thank you for supporting our little game ❤️

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

for some wild reason, I wrote music that kind of reminded me of a clueless goblin building a house. So then I drew a silly goblin and put the music with it. It made my husband and I chuckle at least 😅

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I'm working on music for an upcoming game called Blockfeet! Here's the spring time music I wrote last year. The steam page went live today! 🎶🌱

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Received a cute keyring today for writing music for The Songbird Guild by @yurisoftgames.bsky.social! 🩷

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I wrote some music to indie animation series, Pieces of Powder by @ekouku.bsky.social! The new episode came out this past Sunday and available to watch now 🎵

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Hi all! I'm currently looking for work and open to new projects 🎶 I've composed music for cozy games including Petit Island by @xelogames.bsky.social, Islands & Trains and Love, Ghostie by @janbehchanbeh.bsky.social. I also work in the music dept for film including Star Wars IX & Avatar 2! 😊

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

In Love, Ghostie you can make your residents go on awkward dates together! When that happens, this awkward music plays 🙉 Even though it sounds ridiculous, I’m really quite proud of it! 🥲🎶

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

2024 🎊 Some of the projects I worked on this year as music composer 🎼✨

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

A battle theme I composed for an unannounced action RPG 🎶🎮 Thank you for listening! 🙇‍♀️

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Air Garden OST out now!! We decided the release the music ahead of the game release 1.0, but there is a playable 'beta' version up now 💕🎼

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I worked on the music for this cute casual game, "smol" by Remy Chanfreau 💫 It was so fun to work on a project with Remy again! The game can be played for free over on itch io: remychanfreau.itch.io/smol There's a BTS on his YouTube channel (which also features me!): youtu.be/BDaENI84w2w?...

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Music for an upcoming action RPG! ⚔️🎵 Can’t disclose too much about it yet 😁

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Here’s a small section of an orchestral piece I wrote for an upcoming video game ✨🎶

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

My birdies keeping me company as I play some jazz piano 🎹

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Four games I’ve worked on (+some in development) 🎼🎹

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Here’s a little feature of my music in Petit Island! 🎼🐱🏝️

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Petit Island is out now and so is the soundtrack!! Available on all streaming platforms 🎼❤️

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Hello bsky! My name is Samantha and I’m a composer for cozy games! I’ve written music for: 🎵 Love, Ghostie 🎵 Petit Island 🎵 Cloudscape 🎵 Islands & Trains I’ve worked in the music dept for films/TV: 🎬 Star Wars IX 🎬 Avengers: Endgame 🎬 Toy Story 4 🎬 The Simpsons Lovely to meet everyone here!

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 11/08/2023

I’m new on here! My bird, Io, says hi nice to meet you!

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