Featured Composers

Music, ambience, and sound effects for Dice Of Ages content originate from a veritable assortment of composers who released their work under the Creative Commons license and/or have otherwise given us permission for its use. It's due to their continued generous cooperation that we are able to produce the content that we strive for.

If you like what you hear, we would strongly encourage you to lend an ear and offer them your support. Dice Of Ages truely cannot thank the following content creators and artists enough for allowing us to use their amazing works within our streams and VODs.

If you are an artist and would like to discuss having your music added to the show, reach out to us at via the Contact Us page.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Adam Canham
(Aka Red Sky Phenomenon)

Adam has been with us since Day One and can not be thanked enough for his incredible generosity. His song Tunnel Visio* off the album Sketches, has been used as our theme song for CrestVahllen since the very beginning.

He "takes photos with cameras, makes music noises with Nintendos, and now makes AI Generated Art". You can check out some of his art via his alias, Rufus T. Dinosaur, and its respective instagram.

Show him some love and buy ALL of his albums. Tell him we sent you, so he knows just how much we love him and his dope beats.

 
 

All tracks with Red Sky Phenomenon listed as the artist are credited to:

| Adam Canham
| Used with express written permission from Adam Canham for use in Dice of Ages productions, including CrestVahllen

 
 
 
 
 

Erik Rettig
(aka ASKII)

Erik Rettig aka ASKII is a media composer from Dresden, Germany. Initially coming from an Electronic Music background, he has been creating Orchestral and Ambient Fantasy Music since 2017.

His tracks are based on immersion and storytelling, making it suitable for background music in Pen & Paper gaming sessions, but also reading, writing and studying. Some of his albums are wrapped in high quality cinematic RPG adventures in the form of immersive 3D videos to take you on a journey. The two most notable mentions are the Hegelburg trilogy, as well as the dungeon music album Obscura.

Next to other collaborations ASKII also became known for contributing music to the “Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind” Mod “Tamriel Rebuilt”, which was released as a Soundtrack in 2020.

 
 

All tracks with ASKII listed as the artist are credited to:

| Erik Rettig
| Used under their Conditions of Use Policy for YouTube Videos, Twitch streams, D&D Podcasts, etc. : https://www.askiimusic.com/usage/

 
 
 
 
 

Austin Wintory

Austin Wintory has built his career on curiosity and experimentation. In December 2012, more history was made when it was announced that *Journey* had become the first-ever Grammy-nominated videogame score.

Beginning humbly as a Kickstarter campaign, one Austin’s most notable major game efforts was Stoic Studio’s The Banner Saga, a unique and mature turn-based strategy / RPG hybrid with a dazzling art direction. The score earned Austin over a dozen awards and nominations, including his 4th and 5th British Academy Award nominations, and won the first-ever peer-voted ASCAP Composer’s Choice Award for “Best Video Game Score of the Year.”

Passionate about education, Austin is a regular public speaker at schools and events around the world, in addition to pre-concert talks and workshops. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the non-profit Education Through Music – Los Angeles.

 
 

All tracks with ASKII listed as the artist are credited to:

| Austin Wintory
| Used with express written permission from Austin Wintory for use in Dice of Ages productions, including CrestVahllen

 
 
 
 
 

Celestial Aeon Project
(AKa Matti Paalanen)

A composer/producer from Finland, Matti Paalanen has produced mainly instrumental music since 2001. His main projects revolve around stock music, epic music, piano music, background music, film music, ambient and minimalism genres. He releases his music under Creative Commons and specializes in free background music. Matti has specialized in producing instrumental music using virtual orchestra sound libraries in spirit of film music / soundtrack music. He also produces electronic ambient soundscapes and more modern crossover tunes that integrate virtual orchestra with electronic patterns and elements. Also, with the Frozen Silence project, Paalanen creates minimalistic piano and guitar music with instrumental, mainly melancholic, atmospheres.

Celestial Aeon Project is a pure instrumental music soundtrack project that publishes epic stock music soundscapes and free background music. General atmosphere and visual feel lead to fantasy worlds and to the realm of the role playing games. General style of C.A.P. is quite nostalgic and simplistic, even harmonic structures and melodies are quite straightforward and almost improvisational, which may remind listeners of old school computer RPG soundtracks.

 
 

All tracks with Celestial Aeon Project listed as the artist are credited to:

| Matti Paalanen
| Used with express written permission from Matti Paalanen and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Licence for use in Dice of Ages productions, including CrestVahllen: mattipaalanen.com/projects

 
 
 
 
 

Critical Role
(and Various Composers)

Although they need no introduction, Critical Role is bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors who play Dungeons and Dragons. What began in 2012 as a bunch of friends playing RPGs in each other's living rooms has evolved into a multi-platform entertainment sensation, attracting over half a million viewers every week. Now in its third campaign storyline, the show features seven popular voiceover actors diving into epic adventures, led by veteran game master Matthew Mercer. Critical Role has been generous enough to make it known that all of the music that they produce is free to use by all streamers and gamers alike.

 
 

All tracks with Critical Role Project listed as the artist are credited to:

| Critical Role and their various composers
| Used with general written permission: Critical Role Tweet

 
 
 
 
 

Darren Curtis

A self-taught composer that spends his off-time writing free music for projects like this! His royalty free pieces are completely free to use in commercial projects, so if you have your own project like Dice of Ages, monetize your videos, sell your game on Steam or find distribution for your film with his music!

All he asks in return is to be credited somewhere for the music as "Darren Curtis." All his free music is available to download in the Patreon feed or on his website. If you are able, make sure you subscribe to his Patreon.

 
 

All tracks with Darren Curtis listed as the artist are credited to:

| Darren Curtis
| Used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license and their Royalty Free use policy as mentioned in their FAQ: darrencurtismusic.com/faqs

 
 
 
 
 

Sylwester Faustmann

Sylwester Faustmann is an independent composer and sound designer from Poland. His unique story-driven approach to the craft of scoring is much appreciated by industry clients and fans.

His musical work as an Lead Composer in The Fallout: Cascadia Game has brought him attention among fans of the original series.

Mostly of his work is framed by orchestral, cinematic pieces but the  latest projects shows his essential skills in producing electronic driven arrangements. 

 
 

All tracks with Sylwester Faustmann listed as the artist are credited to:

| Sylwester Faustmann
| Used under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 license and with the artist’s written permission for use in Dice of Ages productions, including CrestVahllen

 
 
 
 
 

FlyByNo
(AKA Arnaud Roy)

Arnaud Roy works as a composer, music producer, and sound designer for films and video games. He’s composed many tracks in many styles for video games and short movies.

In all the Endless soundtracks, Arnaud worked with the Scoring Orchestra for the orchestra and choir re recordings. His favorite instruments are vintage synthesizers, modern digital synths, virtual orchestra and the acoustic and electric harp.

Roy usually works in several post-production facilities in Paris and Angoulême, trying to achieve the best sound possible in video games and movies. Sound editing and multichannel mixing are my main skills. During his field recording trips, he enjoys recording beautiful atmospheres and foleys to enhance his sound bank. Most of the natural atmospheres in Endless Legend and Humankind are my Arnaud’s own recordings. His soundbanks are available at the G4F SFX Store.

 
 

All tracks with Arnaud Roy listed as the artist are credited to:

| Arnaud Roy
| Used with the artist’s express written permission and allowance in Dice of Ages productions, including CrestVahllen

 
 
 
 
 

Johnathan Gilmer

Jon has a passion to not only provide developers like us with music and audio that contributes to the overall effectiveness of our project, but also strives to provide a positive, educational, and reassuring collaborative experience.

He believes that storytelling has the amazing power of bringing communities together and provides people with feelings of inspiration, hope, wonder, and nostalgia, as well as teach us valuable life lessons. It also empowers and enables listeners to leave this reality for a moment.

A lover of creating his own stories, he realized that working together with other people who have other storytelling abilities, forms the potential to create a life-changing tale.

 
 

All tracks with Johnathan Gilmer listed as the artist are credited to:

| Johnathan Gilmer
| Used under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 license and with the artist’s express permission for use in Dice of Ages productions, including CrestVahllen

 
 
 
 
 

Kevin Macleod

Kevin MacLeod is an American composer and music producer. MacLeod has composed over 2,000 pieces of royalty-free library music and made them available under a Creative Commons copyright license. This licensing allows anyone to use his music for free, as long as he receives credit for the song, and has led to his music being used in thousands of films, millions of videos on YouTube, and in video games.

As of 2017, his music is featured on one of the live feeds from the International Space Station, Earth From Space. One of his compositions, "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys", is among the most-played on Tiktok; from January through June 2021 it was played over 31.6 billion times. Because of his amount of compositions, and frequent use, he is likely one of the most listened to musicians of all time, however it is nearly impossible to get an exact number due to the amount of times his music has been used.

Thank you, Mr. MacLeod for your continuing beautiful contribution to music and creatives around the world.

 
 

All tracks with Kevin MacLeod listed as the artist are credited to:

| Kevin MacLeod
| Used and Licensed under the Creative Commons 3.0: By Attribution license

 
 
 
 
 

Alexander Nakarada

Alexander Nakarada is a Norwegian composer, and the founder of SerpentSound Studios. His main focus is to make it easier for all the creative people around the world to get music for their work. If you are running an YouTube channel, TV show, restaurant, amusement park, making commercials, or anything else - Alexander is your guy.

Alex was born and raised in the cold North of Norway and started playing the piano when he was about 6, the guitar a couple of years later. For his 16th birthday Alex received his first DAW which allowed him to start recording music. Since then, Nakarada has made music for a wealth of different things.

Composer, visionary, jester, royalty free music provider. "I make it, you take it".

 
 

All tracks with Alexander Nakarada listed as the artist are credited to:

| Alexander Nakarada
| Used under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 license and according to artist’s free use policy: serpentsoundstudios.com/copyright-info

 
 
 
 
 

Midnight Syndicate

For over 25 years, composers Edward Douglas and Gavin Goszka have been known as Midnight Syndicate and have been creating dark symphonic soundtracks to imaginary films that transport the listener to worlds of their own creation. To many, they are horror music pioneers crafting fifteen studio albums with their signature blend of orchestral gothic music and movie-style sound effects. To others, they will always be the first “haunted house band” that forever changed the Halloween music genre and became a staple in homes, amusement parks, and haunted attractions worldwide during the Halloween season. Still others know them as the duo that created the first official soundtrack to the legendary Dungeons & Dragons game trailblazing a new era for the use of music in the role-playing game industry. Reminiscent of sweeping, complex masterpieces by artists such as James Horner, Danny Elfman, Black Sabbath, and King Diamond, their critically-acclaimed music has been featured as a part of films, television shows, video games, and theatrical productions worldwide.

 
 

All tracks with Midnight Syndicate listed as the artist are credited to:

| Midnight Syndicate
| Used with artist's express permission for use in Dice of Ages productions, including CrestVahllen. All rights reserved.

 
 
 
 
 

Will Savino
(AKA Music d20)

When your game needs killer music and sound design, you need someone who can understand your vision and deliver exactly what the project needs. No matter the style, Will Savino can create audio that is exciting, evocative, and unique. If you want your game to stand out, your music and sound need to stand out too, and Will’s audio is anything but generic. His music frequently blurs the lines between, jazz, classical, fusion, and electronic idioms, and while no two projects are the same, his singular sound is immediately recognizable in any score.

Will also writes music for tabletop RPGs under the names Music d20 and Borough Bound. He has released hundredsd of tracks to help dungeon masters score their roleplaying adventures. Will is also the writer and manager for Borough Bound.

In addition to games, Will’s work has been featured on VICELAND, on the stage, and numerous podcasts, short films, and promotional materials. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Amherst College with a Bachelors of Music and Economics and received his Masters of Music in Composition from Michigan State University. You can keep up to date with his music on bandcamp, soundcloud or the streaming service of you choice.

 
 

All tracks with Music d20 and Will Savino listed as the artist are credited to:

| Will Savino
| Used with the artist’s express permission for use in Dice of Ages productions, including CrestVahllen and under Creative Commons via Patreon: patreon.com/musicd20

 
 
 
 

Various tracks from various artists used under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 license:

bonbon : soundcloud.com/mari-bonbon
CalliopeJ : soundcloud.com/user-597940058
Yusuf Ekaraoglu : soundcloud.com/yusufekaraoglu
Steven O'Brien : soundcloud.com/stevenobrien
Jeremy Soule : spotify.com/artist/jeremysoule
Christoph-David Volbers : soundcloud.com/christoph-volbers

Track List