#009 — 8 opportunities this week, including a score wanted before the cameras roll and a 20,000-wishlist ocean game
Curated scoring opportunities for film, TV, and game composers.
A London short is paying £400 for a score it wants finished before the cameras roll, so the music shapes the shoot rather than following it. An ocean adventure game sitting on 20,000 wishlists needs twenty tracks across its biomes. A silent art film has ring-fenced $200–250 for music while most of its crew work passion-project style, and with no dialogue the score carries the narrative alone. Elsewhere: a solo developer with two shipped titles and a Very Positive Steam rating, a comedy web series that parted ways with its last composer, an arcade game that will not take AI, and an unpaid 48-hour film in New York shooting this weekend. Three of the listings I cut this week were not hiring at all — they were composers advertising themselves in the hiring feeds.
INDIE
Composer — ‘On Hold’ Pageful Productions Limited · £400 flat · On location, London · Short film · Closes August 31
An ID-checked producer at a named production company with 25 previous jobs posted, hiring for a short that shoots 28 September to 3 October in London. The unusual part is the schedule: the score is wanted composed ahead of the shoot, so the music exists before the footage does and the director can work to it on set. On its credentials this would sit in Professional; £400 flat for an original score is what holds it in Indie, though the production will supply musical references rather than leave the tone to guesswork.
→ Apply: https://www.mandy.com/aa/job/3206804/on-hold/5594367/
Note: applying via Mandy requires a Premium membership (~£20/mo). Free accounts can browse but cannot apply to paid roles.
Composer — ‘Mourning’ Rizan Production House · £300 flat · Remote · Short film (7–10 min) · Closes August 31
The deliverable spec is the most precise in this issue: a spotting session with the director, then compose, mix and master, delivered as organised broadcast-ready stems in WAV at 24-bit/48kHz aligned to picture lock. It is a 7–10 minute drama about a young man who uses the service of an escort to cope with his mother’s death, and the listing asks for a powerful, atmospheric sonic identity to carry it. A named production house and an ID-checked poster with 58 jobs posted would put this in Professional; £300 flat is what keeps it in Indie, and it works only if the cue count stays low — settle that in spotting.
→ Apply: https://www.mandy.com/aa/job/3204395/mourning-crew/5591587/
Note: applying via Mandy requires a Premium membership (~£20/mo). Free accounts can browse but cannot apply to paid roles.
Composer — ‘Lust & Lead’ (action-horror FPS) Krasue Games · $200 flat, stated as negotiable · Remote · Video game · Closes August 31
The developer has shipped twice: Sin Spire released on Steam in January 2026 and is rated Very Positive, and Halls of the Pale Widow has passed 60,000 downloads on itch. That is more verifiable track record than most solo game briefs carry. The music is dark Western horror, rock and metal, spanning background beds, cutscene scores, combat and boss themes, with the $200 flat described as negotiable once the final workload is known and payment by PayPal or another international service. This is an adult game containing sexual content, violence and horror — the composer role carries no NSFW recording requirement, but the material it scores is explicit.
→ Apply: https://www.castingcall.club/projects/lust-lead
Composer — Silent short art film Independent filmmaker (r/composer) · $200–250 for the full score · Remote · Short film (12–16 min) · No deadline stated
No dialogue, so the score carries the narrative outright — the clearest statement in this batch of what a composer is actually being hired for. The brief names its targets precisely: Ludwig Göransson’s ‘The Plan’ from Tenet, Salisbury and Barrow’s Annihilation, Craig Armstrong’s cello theme from The Great Gatsby, and sampled strings from retro Japanese pop, delivered as mixed stems plus a stereo master by November 9. The filmmaker calls $200–250 modest and says the money was ring-fenced deliberately while most of the crew work passion-project style; at 37 upvotes and 54 comments, expect a crowded field.
→ Apply: https://www.reddit.com/r/composer/comments/1v91e3o/paid_200250_composer_needed_for_silent_short_art/
Composer — Ocean adventure game (20 tracks) Independent developer (r/gameDevClassifieds) · Paid per track, rate not stated · Remote · Video game · No deadline stated
Twenty tracks across biomes and procedural events, for a game 16 months into development, releasing at the end of the year, with 20,000 wishlists already banked. That last number is the signal: an audience exists for whatever gets written. Genre is open — electronic, tribal, orchestral or hybrid — with Rimworld and Kenshi named as the adventure feel to aim at. Pay is a commission per track with no figure attached and applications go through a form rather than a DM, so get the rate on the table early.
→ Apply: https://tally.so/r/XxdPOj → Listing: https://www.reddit.com/r/gameDevClassifieds/comments/1vc0827/paid_music_composer_for_an_ocean_game/
Composer — Cozy arcade typing game Independent developer (r/gameDevClassifieds) · Paid, rate to be quoted · Remote · Video game · No deadline stated
A small, tightly scoped first commission: a 15–20 second gameplay loop, a more intense variant for when the player is in danger, and stingers for level start, victory and game over. The artwork is cozy and cartoon-styled but the music is meant to run energetic and action-oriented against it, and the developer states plainly that AI is not wanted. Portfolio, rate and estimated turnaround go in the first message, with no rush on delivery and a full track likely needed later.
Composer — Indie comedy web series (6 episodes) Cayleigh Pine, independent · Paid, budget described as tight, rate not stated · Remote · Web series (6 × 4–5 min) · No deadline stated
Six episodes of an indie comedy in the vein of Broad City, with rock elements already in the score and slapstick sitting alongside serious material — a tonal brief unusually specific about the comedy it wants. The production parted ways with its original composer, which is why the budget is described as tight, though the work is paid and rates are open to discussion. Portfolio links are asked to focus on comedy work specifically, so send the funny cues rather than the whole reel.
→ Apply: Direct message Cayleigh Pine via the post → Listing: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2244302700/permalink/10163620211807701/
COLLABORATIVE
Composer — ‘Team Styrofoam’, 48 Hour Film Festival New York Film Academy · Unpaid; food, credit and a copy of the film · On location, NYC · 48-hour film · Closes August 7
A 48-hour film project shooting August 8–9 in New York, which means writing to picture inside a single weekend with the rest of the team in the room. It is unpaid and says so plainly, offering food, credit and a copy of the project, from a background-checked director with 24 jobs posted under the New York Film Academy. This is a credit and a contact list rather than income, and the constraint is the point — it closes August 7, so the decision is this week.
→ Apply: https://www.mandy.com/aa/job/3203800/team-styrofoam-48-hour-film-festival/5590844/
Note: applying via Mandy requires a Premium membership (~£20/mo). Free accounts can browse but cannot apply to paid roles.
Sources this issue: Mandy · Reddit · CastingCall.club · Facebook
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