These tracks showcase a brief cross-section of music I have written for games and short films. Some were written purely as demonstration tracks to show how quickly I can work. No track here has taken more than 2-3 days to produce from start to finish. For an even wider variety of music please check out my soundcloud pages and sets! For any musical or sound design needs (from epic orchestra to light piano jazz) please feel free to contact me at benedict p nichols @ gmail . com (without spaces) or send me a message here! 

Thanks, hope you enjoy my music!

Examples of Work

Intense ethnic orchestral travel / action cue, enriched by haunting Middle-Eastern melodies intertwined with folk percussion and cinematic strings & brass.

Desert Journey (Ethnic / Orchestral)

Mysterious, adventurous, whimsical orchestral cue, highlighting a blend of orchestral instruments and textural forest sounds. 

Enchanted Forest (Playful / Orchestral)

This set primarily contains samples from 8Dio Studio Vocal Series: Jenifer - a virtual music software instrument (VST/AU/AXX) by www.8dio.com

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8Dio Studio Vocal Series Jenifer: "Pilgrimage" by Douglas Helsel

Menu theme from the upcoming title "Color Guardians". Coming to PS4, PSVita and Steam April 21st.

Music composed and Produced by Benedict Nichols
©FairPlay Labs. 2014

Color Guardians - Menu Theme

Soundiron Voices of Rapture
https://soundiron.com/products/voices-of-rapture

FIROZE - KAIZAD's official demo for Soundiron's Voice Of Rapture: The Alto. This solo female operatic vocal library provides stunning realism, brilliant sonic quality and professional compositional features and sequencing capabilities. It offers 4 types of true legato sustains, Latin chromatic sustaining chants, classic vowel sustains and staccatos, and hundreds upon hundreds of live performance phrases (Pure Vowel, Latin, French, Whistle) and vocal effects.

FIROZE - KAIZAD - A New World - Voice Of Rapture Alto

This track was primarily composed with samples from 8Dio Hybrid Tools Synphony. A virtual music software instrument (VST/AU/AAX) by www.8dio.com

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8Dio Hybrid Tools Synphony: "Two Towers" (Feat. M. Grigoryeva & A. Grochocki) by Michal Cielecki

How I created this - blakus.com/2016/10/16/behind-the-scenes-drone-star-wars/
I had a blast creating this score for Corridor Digital's amazing Star Wars Drones video!  Drones, Star Wars, and playing around with Williams' themes? Sounds like a party to me!

Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZLrs9gX73M

See the Video!

Drone Star Wars - Blakus / Corridor Digital OST

http://www.soundiron.com/products/lo

An official "naked" demo by Benedict Nichols for Soundiron's LO, an EDM, glitch and trip hop kick drum and bass FX sample library for Kontakt. Benedict's track was created using only sounds from the Lo library itself. 

LO is a dedicated Kick and Low Frequency FX library for the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt. It’s designed for EDM, Glitch, Hybrid, Electronica, Hip Hop, Breakbeat and any other genre of music that calls for serious low end with a dynamic and unique flavor. Each sound has been carefully sculpted by sound designer Spencer Nunamaker of Juno VHS, with awesome detail and nuanced character. With 176 distinctive kicks in all flavors, tones and styles, 271 bass FX and 23 ambient bass synths, this library is an essential weapon in any producer’s creative arsenal. From huge to tiny, from heavy to snappy, any flavor of hand-designed electronic kick you could want is in here.


Benedict Nichols - Drowning R2 (naked) - Soundiron Lo

https://soundiron.com/products/ape-micro
Chris Cutting's demo for Soundiron A.P.E. Micro. Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble Micro is a compact starter edition of our acclaimed Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble library. This cinematic ensemble percussion library is built for the full version of Kontakt 5.5.2. It features 28 hard-hitting ensemble articulations in 7 drum categories. It also includes powerful UI features like a full FX rack, Arpeggiator, modular kit-builder and more.

Chris Cutting - Isle Of The Ape - Soundiron APE Micro

Title says it all. Agressive synth and beat perfect for a FPS trailer.

Version B available. Has a shorter middle section between the beat sections.

Punch (v. A) - Demo

For licensing, please contact: info@atommusicaudio.com

"Andromeda" is pure awesome, super intense and highly dramatic mini album. The newly project by Alexandros Nikolaidis introduces to a brand new level of the epic music. The whole set of 5 tracks highlights the majestic feel in each composition, it is more musically diverse and great source of strength, energy and inspiration. "Andromeda" features dark and expansive percussion, emotive strings, bold brass, gigantic choir and mesmerizing hybrid synths. It is beautiful gem and you will most likely feel like a super hero.

Buy "Andromeda" NOW:
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Google Music - https://goo.gl/nTSVx4
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Deezer - https://goo.gl/rhFQkj
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Bandcamp - https://goo.gl/nVtHlv
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Music by Alexandros Nikolaidis
Composer: Alexandros Nikolaidis
Album: Andromeda (2017)
Mastering: Lyubomir Yordanov (https://goo.gl/kDqPD3)
Publisher: Atom Music Audio
Release Date: March 17th, 2017

Tracklist:
Dark Matter
Visitors From The Stars
Ancestors

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Andromeda

ATM3 | Alexandros Nikolaidis - "Andromeda" Album (Official Teaser)

A track from a morrowind mod soundtrack im working on...more to come soon!


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Gentle Voyager

Little Idea I had after playing Ghost Recon Online. Time to completion: 3 hours.

The Ghosts March

Idea for a game competition. It didn't win, which means I can post it here! This was the version with a big aggressive brass melody....

Ravaged Theme 2

60 sec track suitable for lively ad spots. Made in a day.

Inside the Bubbles

A quick track demo-ing some of the many 8dio instruments I own (incl. Glass Marimba, Ambient Guitar, Liberis, epic toms and frame drums, Cajon and bongos, Solo Violin, Plucked Piano, Hybrid Tools 2 and Rhythmic Aura 1)

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UK based composer.  I have composed for and worked in many areas of the entertainment industry, and have focused on games for over 13 years now. If you enjoy the music I make, please consider supporting me via the support link. Thanks.  More recent credits include:

Before We Leave
The Falconeer
OMNO
Dead Frontier 2
Catastronauts!
Battle Camp
Ayo: A Rain Tale
Color Guardians
March of the Living
...lots of other games and trailers, and a bunch of stuff I cant mention under NDAs!

I also write demos for sample libraries, and provide sound design and trailer editing services.

If you need some music quickly, no matter what the genre or medium, get in touch at:
benedictpnichols@gmail.com 
www.benedictnichols.com

All music and images © 2019 Benedict Nichols

Punch (v. A) - Demo

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