#006 — 6 opportunities this week, including a £4,000–£5,000 animated short and a London theatre piece closing tomorrow
Curated scoring opportunities for film, TV, and game composers.
A short animated film at animatic stage with £4,000–£5,000 on the table — sound design leads, composition is a bonus, UK only. A London physical theatre piece for Westminster’s Inside Out festival closing tomorrow. A 45-second poetic commercial with a stated rate and a poster who has 20 prior Mandy jobs. A fantasy deckbuilding roguelite with a Steam page and a brief that specifically rules out generic orchestral fantasy. And a short film and a musical in the Collaborative tier worth reading if the briefs fit where you are.
PROFESSIONAL
Composer — Church Street Goes Wild
The Cockpit · £1,258 flat (est. 72 hours) · London, UK · Outdoor Physical Theatre / Installation · Deadline: June 29, 2026
The Cockpit — an established London theatre with an ID-checked Mandy account and 14 prior jobs — is producing an outdoor installation and physical theatre piece for Westminster’s Inside Out festival, performing on Church Street on August 23rd. The composer develops the creative vision collaboratively, composes the music, and delivers files or live music suitable for outdoor performance. At an estimated 72 hours, the rate works out to approximately £17.50/hour — modest for the creative scope, but The Cockpit is a known quantity and the brief is well-structured. London-based composers only; attendance at design meetings from July 6th and rehearsals from August 18th is required. This closes tomorrow.
Note: applying via Mandy requires a Premium membership (~£20/mo). Free accounts can browse but cannot apply to paid roles.
→ Apply: https://www.mandy.com/aa/project/3186051/church-street-goes-wild/?role_id=5568759
Sound Designer & Composer — UW
OOF Animation · £4,000–£5,000 flat · UK only · Animated Short Film · Deadline: July 30, 2026
A father-son short animated film from director Marcus Armitage and writer Henry James Garrett, currently at animatic stage with a target finish of end of 2026 or early 2027. The rate is the strongest in this issue: £4,000–£5,000 flat for a film under ten minutes. The role leads with sound design — prior experience on a short animated film is a hard requirement — and music composition is listed as a bonus. UK applicants only, and the production actively welcomes applicants from Black and global majority backgrounds.
Note: applying via Mandy requires a Premium membership (~£20/mo). Free accounts can browse but cannot apply to paid roles.
→ Apply: https://www.mandy.com/aa/project/3183720/uw-short-film-animation/
Composer — Reserved, Revealed
Winter Films · £200 flat · Remote · Spec Commercial (45 seconds) · Deadline: July 26, 2026
Fredrik Bjornlund has 20 prior Mandy jobs and an ID-checked profile — a verifiable track record of hiring on the platform. The brief is a poetic clothing commercial, approximately 45 seconds, currently cut and receiving positive feedback; it just needs music. The Zara spring/summer 2017 ad is cited as a tonal reference, though the brief stresses originality. At £200 for a 45-second piece the rate is modest, but the scope is limited and the ask is clear.
Note: applying via Mandy requires a Premium membership (~£20/mo). Free accounts can browse but cannot apply to paid roles.
→ Apply: https://www.mandy.com/aa/project/3185815/reserved-revealed/?role_id=5568471
INDIE
Composer — Maze Bounders
hedgeinthehog (indie dev) · Budget not confirmed · Remote · Fantasy Deckbuilding Roguelike · No deadline stated
Maze Bounders has a live Steam page and is described as 6–10 months from release — a real project with visible development history rather than a concept pitch. The musical brief is one of the more considered this issue: atmospheric and restraint-first, with references to Hyper Light Drifter, Mac DeMarco’s instrumental work, and dungeon synth texture. The developer isn’t looking for generic orchestral fantasy and is explicit about that. Budget is not confirmed in the listing — worth clarifying before committing.
→ Apply: Discord DM to Gregoirski
→ Listing: https://www.reddit.com/r/gameDevClassifieds/comments/1uelt1a/paid_looking_for_composer_for_fantasy/
COLLABORATIVE
Composer — Bed Rot
Renibellemedia · Unpaid · Remote · Short Film · Deadline: July 5, 2026
The director has prior short films on YouTube and is targeting festival submission with filming in August. The brief is specific: a jazzy score that starts comforting and turns unsettling, tracking a protagonist with depression and social anxiety whose relationship with her bed becomes increasingly sinister. Tonally they’re referencing I Saw the TV Glow and Obsession. Unpaid — worthwhile if the brief and the director’s prior work resonate with you.
→ Apply: https://www.castingcall.club/projects/bed-rot
Composer — Triangle Shirtwaist Musical
Vegetable_Court6363 · Unpaid (revenue share if produced) · Remote · Musical Theatre · No deadline stated
A new musical centred on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 and the NYC labour movement of the era — workers’ rights, child labour, immigration, the 1909 garment workers’ strike — with a love story running through it. The tonal references are Parade, Ragtime, The Outsiders, and Les Mis. This is an early-stage development project from a first-time poster with no prior production track record: unpaid now, revenue share if it reaches production. The scope is substantial. Worth considering only if the subject matter is a genuine pull and you have the capacity for a long-horizon collaboration.
→ Apply: https://www.reddit.com/r/composer/comments/1uge13h/searching_for_a_musical_composer/
Sources this issue: Mandy.com · r/gameDevClassifieds · r/composer · CastingCallClub
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