Jon Dare

Eloquent Plan, by Jon Dare's Soundtracks from the album Jewel Heist (Official Soundtrack)

Track is called "Eloquent Plan" and is available for free on Bandcamp. jondaremusic.bandcamp.com/track/eloque...

Last week I participated in Global Game Jawn, a 48 hour Game Jam that took place in Philadelphia. Together with two other awesome people we made Jewel Heist.

I composed the music and did some sound design work as well. This is one of the tracks:

#chiptune #composer #vgm art by @nateycakes.com

Hello! I'm Jon Dare. I'm a freelance composer working in games.

Featured in this reel: synthwave/Mega-Man esque music, orchestral music, chill electronic music

My commissions are currently open. DM me for further details if interested!

#gamemusic #vgm #indiedev #GameAudio #demoreel #gamecomposer

Genesis #8 - Kinda funky

#vgm #composer #genesis #chiptune

Thanks! Not much at the moment but I'm considering doing more next year!

Thank you!

Live performance of my song “Saving Up”. If you like it I’d love to know! #liveperformance #indiemusic #singersongwriter

More video game improv piano! This one felt like an opening cutscene.

#piano #gameaudio #composer

Improv is my go to way of coming up with new score ideas on piano. So, I’ll be sharing some of these going forward!

#piano #composer #gameaudio

It's time for a Rising Star update - with music!!! 😤😤😤

Here's a teaser of Go for Broke!!! by yours truly + @memodemo.zip

Thanks! It was for a 10 day game jam with some developers local to me. I hope to be able to share the game soon

Worked on this chill/lofi inspired track for a game about star gazing. In game this track is broken into layers that play when you get closer to an object the player is supposed to look at.

This is all the layers playing at once.

#composer #flstudio #gamedev

Little synth version of my track, "Victory is Certain". Fun fact, this track is actually featured in the game Speed Run 4!

#indiedev #synth #synthwave

Welcome Owen!

Hi #portfolioday! My name is Jon Dare and I am a freelance composer specializing in chill, atmospheric, and retro-sounding music. You can hear my music in titles such as Speed Run 4 (Roblox), Heists (Roblox), Flipshot, and more!

I'm currently open to custom music commissions if you are in need!

Have One For Free - Jon Dare (WXPN 24 Hour Song Challenge 2025) YouTube video by Jon Dare

My local radio station put on a 24 Hour Song Challenge and I participated!

I wrote all the music and played every instrument. My friend Dylan produced and did audio engineering. The result: a psychedelic bedroom pop-esque song!

#psychedelicrock #bedroompop #indiepop #indiemusic

Genesis #7 - composed live on Twitch!

This one was made with 80's Pop in mind.

I stream at least once a week now at www.twitch.tv/jondaremusic.

Feel free to follow if you're interested in composing challenges I do like this one!

#gamecomposer #indiedev #gameaudio #genesis #vgm

I made a quick beat on stream last Sunday using only FL Keys, including for the drums. Here's a small highlight from that stream.

Follow me at www.twitch.tv/jondaremusic

I stream weekly on Sundays at 7pm EST. Maybe more often in the future!

#flstudio #musicproduction #composer #flkeys

Performing "Part" from my album Part with my Hafsol bandmate Dylan on the drums. First time doing this setup at a venue. It was really fun!

Here's the album on Spotify if you wanna listen:

open.spotify.com/album/7sKoPa...

#originalmusic #piano #drums #livemusic

Little bit of National Park, with drums and piano

#piano #drums #pokemon #pokemongold #videogamemusic

Take 5 is one of my favorite jazz tunes. Here's clip of my "Take" on it! Full version can be found on my YouTube.

#jazz #piano #improv #pianoplayer

Do you like Pokémon and piano music?

Here's my cover of "Gate" from Pokémon Black & White! This is one of my favorite lesser known tracks.

This cover was done as part of a larger collab album called VGM Pianists. It's 36 tracks of Pokémon piano!

open.spotify.com/album/6lA0QM...

#piano #pokemon

Classic pizza being pizza

Check these songs out! It's for charity.

I composed a track for this as well! It's called "Saving Up". I'm singing and playing all the instruments on this one.

SANCTUARY, by Charity EP Jam 21 track album

SANCTUARY IS OUT NOW! Thank you to everyone who contributed to this years album!

Sanctuary and its predecessors are all Pay-what-you-want! May we all find safety and solace with each other ❤️

All proceeds go directly to Able Gamers!

charityepjam.bandcamp.com/album/sanctu...

When I was younger, I used to make "revamps" of older Pokémon sprites from Gen 1/2 into the style of Gens 3/4/5.

Decided to try again with Clefairy from Pokemon Silver! I'm more of a composer than a pixel artist but I have fun making these.

Have you made a "revamp" before? #pokemon #pixelart

something I cooked up a few days ago, it's a bit on the industrial side of things

#gamecomposer #indiedev #gameaudio #house #flstudio

Reposting this for #portfolioday!

I'm currently open for new video game projects to work on so if you need chill, atmospheric or retro-sounding music please hit me up!

Reworking a classical piece from an infamous Jump-Start game. It's been a fun challenge

#gamecomposer #indiedev #gameaudio #vgm

Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando speedrun

GDC 2025 - PHOTO DUMP:

I had an amazing time this year at GDC! Got to do pretty much everything I wanted to do and meet awesome people.

Can't wait for the next one :)