Recently had the honor and wonderful opportunity to compose music for a tribute to the late president of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata. This short film was presented at the Game Developer's Choice Awards in 2016. Animation by David Hellman and Raber Umphenour. Story consultation by Chris Kohler. 

Remembering Iwata San

A dance track I wrote during my "Sketch a Week" period. Vocals were tracked by TNGregory. Arrangement and performance were performed by Shawne The Girl. 

Rights are property of Shawne Benson. May not be redistributed or used for any other purposes other than demo or listening enjoyment. If you would like to use this song in any of your work, please contact me directly. Thanks!

Breaking Orbit

Original video game score for "Lucky Space", a popular FaceBook game created by A Bit Lucky, Inc. Currently looking like a user base of +30,000 monthly users!

They were looking for a spacey ambient track that would suit the environment of the game. They wanted it to be synth driven, but with a nice touch or homage to analogue. This track was created in 6 hours and quickly turned around based on feedback needed. 

You can check out the game on FaceBook by visiting: http://apps.facebook.com/luckyspace/?ref=ts

The rights of this song are property of A Bit Lucky, Inc. and may not be redistributed or used for any other purposes other than for demo for potential composer work for games.



Gorgeous Robot

Soundtrack for short film created by Felix Pinero. 

The director requested something Hans Zimmer -like. He was looking for a soundtrack very similar to Batman - The Dark Knight. With a few bowed piano strings, gamelans and other distorted weirdly used sounds later, I think I got him a track he was looking for.

Hero with conflicts. Psychologically and emotionally flawed. Intensity, loss and redemption. 

Check out the short on YouTube:
http://youtu.be/JZWK-dqThZ8

Song is property of Shawne Benson and may not be redistributed for any other purposes other than demo without written consent by the owner.

The Ghost

Song written for a corporate instructional video. A two minute guided tour, so they needed something simple and upbeat and fit with the musical aesthetic found in other videos created by the Company. 

Written in four hours. 

Song is property of Shawne Benson and may not be redistributed for any other purposes other than to listen to as a demo of my work.

Guide Me Through

An instrumental piece that is part of my sketch-a-week collection. Some songs were merely just ideas, and some became fully-realized compositions. I wrote this in a course of an evening with a bottle of wine. 

I also created a youtube video. 
http://youtu.be/FOhKw5HVlZk

The goal of the song is to give you a sense of limbo. A lady in waiting. Melancholy and reflective. 

Music is property of Shawne Benson and may not be redistributed without written consent by the song owner. 

Nebula

Where am I

Original composition to accompany David Hellman and Tevis Thompson's kickstarter project video for "Second Quest". More info about the kickstarter can be found at; http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davidhellman/second-quest

Overworld Reflections

Original Music cue for David Hellman and Tevis Thompson's video pitch for their Kickstarter project, "Second Quest". 
More info about their project can be found at: 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davidhellman/second-quest



Psychogenic Antiquairium

Original Music cue (omitted) for David Hellman and Tevis Thompson's video pitch for their Kickstarter project, "Second Quest". 
More info about their project can be found at: 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davidhellman/second-quest


Psychogenic Antiquarium Version 2

Sketchbooks and Sirens

Lyrics written when I was 20 years old. I stumbled upon it my old (very dramatic) Xanga site. 

Imagine a 31 yr old woman reflecting on the days when she was a 20 yr old girl. 

Recorded lo-fi on purpose. Tried to sound like I was playing my old out-of-tune guitar in my dorm room's closet around 4am. Sleepless & Spread thin. 

Thumbnail art by David Hellman.

In My Dream

Composer for fun. And sometimes Film & Theatre. Lover of video games. 

Drop me a note! I'm always interested in creative opportunities to sonically tell a story. 

Shawne Benson

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