ABOUT ME
Ockeroid specialises in music for games and animation. They are known for their ability to enhance and elevate the projects they work on. Using their experience in directing animation, Ockeroid brings a strong sense of storytelling to every soundtrack.
Ockeroid composed the soundtrack to “Crow Country” by SFB Games (Creators of “Snipperclips”), an atmospheric horror that pays homage to PlayStation 1 games.
Crow Country’s dark and somber music was nominated for “Best Soundtrack” by in The Horror Game Awards in 2024. Matt Gardner praised Ockeroid’s soundtrack his Forbes review: “The atmosphere is enhanced with an excellent score from Ockeroid […] a definite love letter to Nobuo Uematsu”
Ockeroid is the sole composer of the indie animated series “Monkey Wrench”, helmed by a prominent internet animator Zeurel. Currently four full length episodes in, Ockeroid has created a hook filled, greasy guitar driven score to match the anarchic nature of the show.
In 2020 Ockeroid worked with InnerSloth (creators of the multiplayer sensation “Among Us”), to contribute to "The Henry Stickmin HD Collection" a playfully innocent, choose your own adventure game. Notably Ockeroid wrote the emotional piano score for the “Valiant Hero” sequence, spawning many fan piano covers.
Ockeroid would work with InnerSloth again in 2022 to provide music for the Among Us trailer announcing the much anticipated friends list update
Over the years Ockeroid has worked with many high profile indie animation creators, including Parker Simmons (creator of Mao Mao), Harry Partridge, Sr Pelo and Cas van de Pol. Smoothly adapting to vastly different styles of work and audiences.
One of Ockeroid’s earlier collaborations, “K.O.L.M.” was well received and noted for its "dark, depressing tone and haunting piano soundtrack" by MTV News. Ockeroid’s music was also used throughout development to inspire the emotion and pacing of the game.
Ockeroid studied at the highly regarded Directing Animation course at National Film & Television School. Ockeroid's experience in animation gives them an intimate knowledge of the process. Which they use to mould to the unique needs of each project and best support the creators.
They use a deep understanding of the strengths and limitations of the medium to bring the most out of a project and bring a strong sense of storytelling to each soundtrack they compose.
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