Open role · Contract · Remote

Your score.
Our heroes.

We're looking for one person to own the audio for Rune — score and sound design both — a single-player, party-based RPG.

Type

Contract

Rate

Open to discuss

Discipline

Music & SFX

Studio

Nether AG · CH

One game, every sound

Rune (working title) is a single-player, party-based RPG. We're not saying much about the game publicly yet, but the audio brief is clear enough to share:

The music is orchestral and classical at heart: sweeping strings, piano, and choir, cinematic and emotional, with room for something more modern where it fits. Around it sits everything else — impacts that land, ambience that gives a place its mood, and the small sounds that make a menu feel good. Medieval fantasy in tone, moody and epic, and coherent from the quietest moment to the biggest.

What you'd make

An original score Themes for exploration, for combat, and for the big moments — written to shift with what's happening on screen, so the music never feels static.
Sound design & foley Impacts, footsteps, UI, ambience — the full effects layer, from the satisfying hit to the room tone sitting behind it.
One coherent sonic identity Music and effects that clearly come from the same world, so nothing feels borrowed or bolted on.
Audio that makes actions feel good Clear, responsive feedback so every action has weight and lands the moment it should.

Start focused, grow from there

Rather than lock scope into a job post, we'd start with a few key tracks and the core combat and UI sounds. If that goes well, the rest of the soundtrack and effects library is on the table.

We're aiming to start in [Q3 2026]; initial engagement is a few months, with more if it's a good fit both ways.

How we'll work together

We care about how the game sounds, so the audio here is directed rather than open-ended. We'll share references and a sense of the mood we're after, then stay close as it comes together so music and effects hold together as one voice. Expect references, a mood target, and honest notes — usually a round or two per piece. We agree up front what counts as a revision, so your time is respected and nobody's surprised.

Directed doesn't mean silent, though. If you think a cue should go somewhere else, say so — that's part of why we'd hire you.

Standard work-for-hire, with credit and the right to use the work in your reel once the game is announced.

What we're looking for

A reel that shows range Orchestral and cinematic work front and center. If composition and sound design live in the same portfolio, even better.
Comfortable doing it all You're happy owning music and effects solo, and moving between the two.
A feel for interactive music You think about how a score bends around what a player is doing, not just how it sounds start to finish.
You can take direction and iterate You read a brief, hit the mood, and refine without friction.
Reliable as a contractor You say when things will arrive, and they arrive.

Nice to have — pluses, not dealbreakers

Comfort in Unreal Engine, ideally with MetaSounds
Experience with middleware — Wwise or FMOD
Implementing adaptive / layered / vertical-remix music
Mixing and mastering to a finished bar
Live instrument recording, or high-quality orchestral libraries
Loop- and stem-friendly delivery for interactive use

Let's hear it

Send a link to your reel or portfolio — orchestral and sound-design work especially — with a line on your availability and how you like to price contract work. No cover letter required.

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