ABOUT ME
I am Halvard Bjørkås - a Norwegian composer and music producer who love to make music for video games and other visual media and arts.
I have produced multiple mini video games for my project "Musikkdetektiven" (The Music Detective). I got funding from Øst-Norsk Filmsenter for "Musikkdetektiven og fuglemysteriet" - an interactive book with mini games. I also did sound design for "Jesper på hjul" by EON Reality Norway.
Through these projects I have gained knowledge about game development and game logic. This means that I can be an integrated part of your production team - not just an external composer. I see the process of composing for games as a dialogue between the developers and the composer. My main goal as a game composer is to make your visions come alive. I put all my honor in being a professional partner, never missing a deadline. Please contact me for references. My music has been used by NRK, Teater Innlandet among others.
I will be happy to help you with things like:
- Spotting the game - planning where to put music, and what type of music to use: Linear/interactive, music styles/genres/instruments etc.
- Composing and producing music and sound effects for your game
- Recording and preparing voice over - I have a wide network of experienced voice over actors
- Prepare the music in an audio middleware such as Fmod or Wwise
From my CV:
- Master in Musicology, University of Oslo
- Interactive Scoring for Games, Level 400 course at Berklee College of Music
- Guest teacher in Audio production for Game students, University College of Hamar
- Freelance writer for Musikkpraksis and Sound on Sound magazine, www.soundonsound.com
Buy my music
Please contact me if you want to license my music for one of your projects.
You can also find some of my music on Pond 5. Click the icon to visit my channel there.
Music for video games
I love to make visuals and music work together in an interactive way
THE MUSIC DETECTIVE
and the mystery of the birds
I made this interactive book containting small games for my project "The Music detective." It´s in Norwegian. Here is a video of the book
Text and music: Halvard Bjørkås
Illustrations: Mari Skullerud
Voice: Tom Styve
JESPER AT THE WHEEL
I did sound design for this app that was produced by EON Reality, Norway. Robotic sounds are fun!
Developed by EON Reality, Norway
THIS IS HOW I WORK
In this YouTube channel, I post tutorial videos and examples of what I have worked with in the past.
Misc music
WALZ IN THE CHANDELIER
Zienerfilharmonien
I wrote this walz for Zienerfilharmonien where I play the guitar. It was made for a New Year's ball we played at.
SUPERLAGET - Bodø/Glimt
I wrote these song for my favourite norwegian football team. It was great fun to hear the song beeing played before at the stadium before a top divison game.
Trumpet solo: Magne Otervik
Background vocals: Hanne Høivik Bjørkås