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John Hicks
Story-driven composer for Games, Media, Audio Drama & Theatre
Music and Videos
Game Music
Space is Big
1:09
You are standing on the bridge of a star ship looking out at the vastness of space and the Earth below which is slowly being illuminated by the sun. Space, you realise, is big, really big!
Homestead Welcome
2:42
The weary hero returns to her family's homestead and a welcome from all those who are safe because of her quest.
Challenge (Vertical Slice Example)
1:16
A loop-able bed suitable for an investigation or challenge sequence with additional layers - 00:00 bed with strings, 00:15 add percussion layer, 00:35 bed with brass/wind melody, 00:50 add strings, 01:00 all layers.
Fantasy and Magic
A Christmas Wish - Orchestral
0:37
Make a wish this magical Christmas!
Wizarding Education - Orchestral
1:09
When you're off to a wizard's school, you need a travelling theme
Grand Vista
Solitude
Biography
John is a freelance composer based in the beautiful countryside of West Berkshire in England with experience working in video games, audio drama, theatre, writing to picture and audio branding. He draws on his theatrical and storytelling background to bring a narrative awareness to your projects.
Experienced in adaptive music, loop‑based systems, and collaborative game development workflows with a practical working knowledge of Agile, Scrum, CI/CD pipelines and source control, which allows him to bring an awareness of those technologies and processes to working with clients and client teams.
John holds a Master's Degree in Professional Media Composition from the University of Chichester in the UK, has two dogs, loves board games, cooking, discovering good single malt whisky, and relaxes by building Lego models.