I M TEH MUSIK MAKAR (blippity bloop squark)

[spoomusic]

Artist: Ariel Gross
Site: spoomusic.com

Greetings everybody,

I've posted here before back in 2004, but I wanted to post again. I am available to create music for your indie game. If you are capable of supporting either the MP3 or OGG format in your game, or some other format converted from WAV, then I am psyched to help you out. I have been a gamer since I was in my mother's womb playing Super Umbilical Bros.

My background... I did the music for a bunch of indie games in the past that were developed by Webfoot Technologies, including Tronic, 3D Brick Busters, 3D Jumpy's World, 3D Maze Man, Chain Reaction, and others. I also did the music for the GBA game Dragonball Z: The Legacy of Goku, which received a 4.5 out of 5 in Gamepro Magazine for Sound. This means that I understand and meet my deadlines, I communicate well with my team, and I've signed more NDAs than you could stuff in a shoebox.

Here are some MP3 examples of my recent music:

High Energy
Space Sea (http://spoomusic.com/albums/sp00 - Fable/11 - sp00 - T. H. Sea.mp3)
Saturn's Call (http://spoomusic.com/albums/sp00 - Fable/12 - sp00 - Saturns Call.mp3)
The Game Star (http://spoomusic.com/albums/sp00 - Fable/13 - sp00 - The game star.mp3)
The Ultimate (http://spoomusic.com/albums/sp00 - Fable/06 - sp00 - The ultimate.mp3)

Ambient
He's Outside (http://spoomusic.com/a-zot/sp00_hes_outside.mp3)
Too Far To The Next Star (http://spoomusic.com/a-zot/too_far_to_the_next_star.mp3)
Merry Go Round Lose Focus (http://spoomusic.com/albums/sp00 - Fable/15 - sp00 - Merry go round lose focus.mp3)

If you want more samples in a certain style, please don't hesitate to contact me. Just know in advance that I don't do rock n' roll, opera, and especially... rock n' roll operas.

I also create sound effects. I do have a minidisk and mic, so I am capable of doing fieldwork if real-life sounds are needed. I do have some male and female voice talent in stand-by, so that is an option.

My contact information, resume, list of published games and demo reel can all be found on my web site at http://arielgross.com/ (http://arielrgoss.com/).

Thank you.

(edit: updated!)

[spoomusic]

These arrangements I made are for you classic game music junkeez out there:

Sonic the Hedgehog 1: Green Hill Zone (http://spoomusic.com/a-zot/funkymuskrat_green_hill_zone.mp3)
F-Zero (SNES version): Mute City (http://spoomusic.com/a-zot/funkymuskrat_mute_city_plus.mp3)
Sierra's Jones in the Fast Lane: Title Theme (http://spoomusic.com/a-zot/funkymuskrat_jones.mp3)
Chrono Trigger: Memories of Green (http://spoomusic.com/a-zot/funkymuskrat_memories_of_green.mp3)

My wish is for you to enjoy these greatly.

[Ryan Clark]

Wow. I'm not looking for a musician or anything, so I'm not sure why I clicked on this thread, but damn I love your music!

Your F-Zero track rules, and your spacey stuff makes me want to drop what I'm doing and make a spaceship game again.

You have a fan. I'm downloading everything you have on your website right now :)

[GBGames]

Ariel, you're still on my contacts list for when I start looking for such services...and also because of the Pac-man arcade unit that I might get in the next few years. B-)

[spoomusic]

Ryan,

I sincerely appreciate your reply and your compliments. It always gives me heart to know that people dig video game remixes. AND! I am always taking requests on video game remixes. Just don't ask me to do Mario. Well, I mean, ok if you insist...

Ariel Drowns Mario (http://spoomusic.com/a-zot/Ariel_Drowns_Mario.mp3)

grin.

GBGames,

One of these days you will indeed have your Ms. Pac. But first you'll need to sleep on whether you want an upright... or a cocktail... These are the real decisions in life, if you ask me. Upright or cocktail.

Take two on that grin.

Thanks for the feedback from you both. Looking forward to more!
Sincerely.

[Ryan Clark]

Ariel Drowns Mario (http://spoomusic.com/a-zot/Ariel_Drowns_Mario.mp3)
Nicely drowned :)

If you're looking for more songs to remix, you can always try MegaMan. Not sure if you were into those games, but I sure was. The music suited each particular boss/zone quite well, and always got stuck in my head!

[spoomusic]

Ryan,

Megaman, yes... I remember jamming out to the soundtrack as a kid and making words for the songs. Elecman was my favorite song from Megaman 1. I took you up on your challenge and made this today:

Megaman 1: Elecman Level (http://spoomusic.com/a-zot/Ariel_Megaman_Elecman.mp3)

Hope you enjoy it.

[Ryan Clark]

Sweet! That brings me back! Nicely done :) And so fast :eek:

We need a *rocking out old school* emoticon.

[spoomusic]

Ryan, I'm glad you liked it! Since you are interested in the tunes, here are a couple of tracks from my upcoming CDs that will be released within the next month or so.

Mister Poe (http://spoomusic.com/a-zot/mister_poe.mp3)
The Metal Star (http://spoomusic.com/a-zot/Ariel_The_Metal_Star.mp3)

..won't find these on these on the web page. Yet!
Take care,
Ariel

[mustardseed]

Wow. That was some great stuff! I'm definitely going to keep you in mind for music in my game.

[spoomusic]

Mustardseed,

I appreciate your kind words, sir... Let me know when it is game time and we can discuss the details.

I checked out your web page, too... Pretty funny about the lens flares. Heh! Anyway, if you need music for indie films or TV ads, let me know about that, too.

Be well in the meantime,
Dr. Ariel von Sleemenhooft

[berserker]

Chrono Trigger kicks some serious ass both gameplay and soundtrack wise. Your arrange of memories of green is good, which is remarkable as there is not much fan arranges on Chrono Trigger that I like.

Anyway, do you produce music in tracker format? As this is something I need at the moment.

More details here:
http://forums.indiegamer.com/showthread.php?t=6901

[spoomusic]

Berserker,

Thank you for your compliments on the Chrono Trigger arrangement. It is an amazing game, indeed. Did you ever play the Secret of Mana series? That was another fun one.

I tracked music using various trackers for about eight years. If you are able to accept the Impulse Tracker format (.IT), then I would be willing to discuss helping you out of your most unfortunate predicament concerning a vanished musician.

Please send me an e-mail, ariel at spoomusic dot com, with more details about what it is that you are looking for. Thanks!

Sincerely.

[spoomusic]

Hello everyone,

I found these two songs on my hard drive from way back when and present them to you here now. Please enjoy them safely with your favorite beverege.

The Islander (http://spoomusic.com/a-zot/Ariel_The_Islander.mp3)
You are walking through the jungle...
High Noon (http://spoomusic.com/a-zot/Ariel_High_Noon.mp3)
...when suddenly you come upon a very odd saloon...

Thanks.

[berserker]

Wrote you e-mail this Thursday, haven't got any reply. Have you received it?

[spoomusic]

Haven't received it, I wrote you an e-mail after I saw this post. Hopefully we can touch base. Thanks for contacting me on here.

Sincerely.

[berserker]

Just finished working on our latest game Jurassic Realm:
http://www.enkord.com/games/jurassicrealm/

Ariel did all music and sound effects there and I can only recommend him!
IMO music is a blast and fits the game really well. Sound effects also quite there. It's been a real pleasure working with him as he was very kind and responded on time.

Overall: very professional work. Looking forward to work with him again.

[spoomusic]

Berserker,

Working with you has been a joy from the beginning, and I truly appreciate your recommendation. I should also mention that everyone that I have shown the game to finds it highly addicting and a lot of fun! I'm excited to work with you in the future.

Sincerely,
Ariel

[berserker]

Once again we've released our new game Zodiac Tower
http://www.enkord.com/games/zodiactower/
and Ariel did music and sfx for it.

I was more than satisfied with results and his work was up to my high expectations. Therefore I am looking forward to continue working with him on our future projects.

[Olivier]

Congrats for the excellent remixes Ariel! Brings back good 8-16-bits memories. Have to listen to the rest now, have good expectations. ;)
My favorite track in Sonic the Hedgehog was Star Light Zone, that one was just marvelous. Would love to hear what you could do with it. :)

[spoomusic]

Yaroslav,

Working with you is a pleasure and I love your games, can't wait to do more.

Ariel

[spoomusic]

My favorite track in Sonic the Hedgehog was Star Light Zone, that one was just marvelous. Would love to hear what you could do with it. :)

Hey, thanks for the compliments... I plan on remixing more Sonic 1. I used to plug my headphones into the Genesis and listen to the music in test mode for hours. When I get Star Light Zone I will post it here for you!

Thanks,
Ariel

:D

[esmelon]

We just released our new game Christmas Gems:
http://www.esmelon.com/christmas/
and Ariel create all music and sound effects for this game.

Excelent work ! I can recommend him only with a good side,
and would be happy to work with him again.

[spoomusic]

Hello everyone,

My new web site is complete! Please check it out:

http://arielgross.com/

The media page has some new demo material.

b-wel,
Ariel

[Pedro Camacho]

Nice website man!

You music is pure nostalgia :D I really dig it ;)

[spoomusic]

Hi everyone -- here's a new orchestral style demo track that I did. Hope you all enjoy it!

A Siege! (http://www.box.net/shared/static/1yatjxd04u.mp3)

Byebyenow.
Mr. Ariel