Hi! We’re looking for a professional Music Composer to help us with our new game Hiboka. The game is a third person survival horror game base on folklore from Madagascar and set around the middle of the last century. We are aiming for a horrific yet beautiful setting with music and ambient sound that can have a mix of western and Malagasy influences.

Job Description:

• Compose adaptive music tracks.
• Work with the sound designer and game designer  in order to make their adaptive music work in different context in-game.
• This is a paid part-time freelance position. Work is done remotely and/or in person.

Requirements:

• You are familiar or willing to learn concepts of Adaptive Audio.
• You are comfortable working with others to make sure the music works well in the game.
• The job will require to sometime create pieces based on music instruments from Madagascar. This can be authentic or simulated.
• You released 1 game in the past and/or you can produce 1 recommendation from a peer either on your LinkedIn profile or as a recommendation letter from a recent project.
• You are willing to follow our studio technical guidelines when producing assets.
• You are willing to work remotely and meet once a week in person or online to share feedback.
• You are willing to take criticism and work with the team if changes need to be made.
• You are committed to produce assets regularly until the end of the project.
• You are professional and you deliver on deadlines.

Bonus Points:

• You like horror games.
• You like to create horrific melodies.
• You have an interest in African melodies.
• You have a bit of experience using  FMOD.
• You know a little bit about us.

Who are we?

Flying Carpets Games is an independent video game studio founded in Montreal on July 2012. We released a first action-adventure game called The Girl and the Robot on the PS4, Wii U and Steam, and now we are working on a second game. We are very passionate about the craft of making game and we are looking for people with the same passion.
Website: https://flyingcarpetsgames.com/

The horror game we’re now working on is called Hiboka; you can check out the initial pitch and other assets in our press kit!
If you have a windows PC, you can also check our latest build here.

If you are interested and want to hear more about our project, please send me a link to your portfolio to:
Salim at info[at]flyingcarpetsgames.com (replace [at] by @)

Also, please understand that due to the number of applications, we might not always reply back.