Hello Newgrounders,

It's been a quiet month...but I've been so good about these news updates, I hate to break the habit. :)

On my website I've been adding content to my composition portfolio, including a recording of Love Story for Two Pianos (a five-movement piece which was beautifully performed last year at the University of New Hampshire) and a Cubase-rendered recording of my Scherzando for Flute Trio.

And for those who missed it, on July 9th I uploaded Your Marbles, a short and quirky orchestral track of which I am very proud.

For my lack of output this month you may blame Terraria and this book.

Sincerely,
Ben

Hello Newgrounders,

Gi-Go has released his latest short animation, The Muffin Man, featuring an original score by yours truly. Go watch this incredible film. Or else.

I've finally finished a big update to my website. I've been chipping away on these changes for almost two months. New content includes 30+ hours of new music under a "Composition Portfolio", an altered version of the original layout and the beginnings of a blog.

Tracks uploaded since the last news post include the following:
***Ode to the Interviewer is my reorchestration of a tune by the very talented sorohanro. (The original version of this piece has been featured as the theme song to the Newgrounds Interviewer.)
***Deep-C and Shark Patrol both come from a now-scrapped soundtrack to alwayssim's upcoming "Shark Survival" game, which should be pretty good even if it doesn't feature my music. ;)

By the way, if you want to receive notifications when I upload content, put me under your Favorite Artists by clicking that little heart icon next to the "__Fans" button at the top of the screen. You may also wish to follow me on Twitter or Facebook.

That's all for now. Good night everyone.

Sincerely,
Ben

Hello Newgrounders,

For those of you who didn't catch my interview last week with The-Great-One, here's a link to the post made on the TheInterviewer account:

READ THE INTERVIEW

This was a good experience, both because I got to know The-Great-One a little bit and because it represented a chance for me to express some of my thoughts regarding music in a public space. Thanks also to Tom (or to whomever's in charge of this stuff!) for the Front Page feature.

In other news, since my last update I've posted a couple new audio tracks:
***Peanut Bummer Jam is a short blues-like track, first inspired by the "Mr. Munn" character proposed by Uebie in the forums a few months ago.
***Junkyard Chase Scene is a track from my soundtrack to Metal Mayhem, an upcoming game by Nonsuch Games.
***Four on Four is an electrorchestral video game track with complex meters.
***Watercolor Woods is a short orchestral loop inspired by some of the imagery in "Avatar", first commissioned by smitchell94 for an as-of-yet unnamed iPhone game.

Right now I'm working on a big update to my website which will represent the addition of many hours of original music, so that's taking up a lot of my time these days. ;)
Stay tuned!

Sincerely,
Ben

Hello again Newgrounders,

It's been a busy month! A lot of my time has been spent working with filmmaker Brian Burke on the score for a new short film, and I'm happy to say our work is finally finished!

Watch the film, "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6YuhvdCODc

In other news, I've posted my new battle track for the upcoming PC game "Draco Chronicles: Unbalance" here on Newgrounds: "Draco in Combat"
Listen here: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/478662

And I have also posted a track written for an upcoming Flash game by smitchell94: "Nostalgica"
Listen here: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/474471

In the coming weeks I plan to post music from my ongoing collaborations with Uebie, Nonsuch Games and SoulSnatcher. Stay tuned! ;)

Sincerely,
Ben
www.bentibbetts.net

Hello again Newgrounders,

Sadly, my vacation is over as of today and it's back to work on a handful of simultaneous video game OST's. Here are some updates regarding the progress I've made on some of the larger projects. I have been very busy this past month working on some promising video game and film projects which I'd like to share with you all, so bear with me while I try not to forget anyone!

I have finished the score for Metal Mayhem, an upcoming freeware game by Nonsuch Games. (The soundtrack features the remarkable Pots & Pans VST by spacedad.) To learn more about Nonsuch Games and play some of the past releases visit www.nonsuchgames.com. I have already uploaded the first of the OST's three tracks here to Newgrounds; the other two tracks will be made available as soon as the game is released to the public.

I have also finished the soundtrack for Survivor Reborn, an upcoming HTML5 release by SoulSnatcher. The game is a remake of Soulsnatcher's popular downloadable game Survivor.

And here are some of the work-in-progress projects, for which I'm contributing original music:
****The Spyro-esque game Draco Chronicles: Unbalance (screenshot shown below, read an interview with the game's creator on IndieGraph, visit the project forums)
****Most Wanted, an open-source Grand Theft Auto-style engine (visit the developer's devlog on the Game Maker Community forums)
****Uebie's upcoming flash surrounding his "Mr. Munn" character (view a short animated sample on DeviantArt)
****An unannounced iOS game with SMitchell94 (in which the game publisher Chillingo has happily expressed some interest)
****The new still-untitled stone-throwing Flashpunk game by Unlogic (read more about the game on the FlashPunk forums, play the demo or view the developer's blog)
****A new short by filmmaker Brian Burke (see his previous films A Trojan Odyssey and Just Another Dream Of Mine)
****And some unannounced upcoming flash projects by Legodude2000, DingoWalleyStudio, Alwayssim, NobleOneNinja, and Smelly Cat Studios.

Finally, I'd like to showcase the online interview I recently conducted with SantoNinoDeCebu on his personal approach to game development, which I have posted on my website.

Now, it's time to unpack!

Sincerely,
Ben
www.bentibbetts.net