Samantha van der Sluis
@sam-vandersluis.bsky.social
🎹 Composer for Video Games
🎶 Music dept in Films #IndianaJones5 #StarWarsIX
BAFTA Connect Member
Animal Rights Activist
🦜 she/her
https://linktr.ee/sam_vandersluis
🎶 Music dept in Films #IndianaJones5 #StarWarsIX
BAFTA Connect Member
Animal Rights Activist
🦜 she/her
https://linktr.ee/sam_vandersluis
GameSoundCon 2025 was a blast!! It was fun hanging out and chatting to both old and new faces ✨🎶
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
GameSoundCon 2025 was a blast!! It was fun hanging out and chatting to both old and new faces ✨🎶
Flowers and Favours by @irismisk.bsky.social is out now!! 💐
The soundtrack is also available on all streaming platforms and bandcamp 🎼 (I really enjoyed working on this!)
Play as a florist and decorate bouquets for various customer requests - there's also a creative mode 🌻🪻🌺
The soundtrack is also available on all streaming platforms and bandcamp 🎼 (I really enjoyed working on this!)
Play as a florist and decorate bouquets for various customer requests - there's also a creative mode 🌻🪻🌺
August 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Flowers and Favours by @irismisk.bsky.social is out now!! 💐
The soundtrack is also available on all streaming platforms and bandcamp 🎼 (I really enjoyed working on this!)
Play as a florist and decorate bouquets for various customer requests - there's also a creative mode 🌻🪻🌺
The soundtrack is also available on all streaming platforms and bandcamp 🎼 (I really enjoyed working on this!)
Play as a florist and decorate bouquets for various customer requests - there's also a creative mode 🌻🪻🌺
I've created a cozy music asset pack to use in your projects! ✨
The pack contains 15 loopable wav files in the style of Pikmin, Disney Dreamlight Valley and Tales of the Shire.
This provides an affordable way to use my music! Thank you for the support 🥰
Link below ⬇️
The pack contains 15 loopable wav files in the style of Pikmin, Disney Dreamlight Valley and Tales of the Shire.
This provides an affordable way to use my music! Thank you for the support 🥰
Link below ⬇️
August 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I've created a cozy music asset pack to use in your projects! ✨
The pack contains 15 loopable wav files in the style of Pikmin, Disney Dreamlight Valley and Tales of the Shire.
This provides an affordable way to use my music! Thank you for the support 🥰
Link below ⬇️
The pack contains 15 loopable wav files in the style of Pikmin, Disney Dreamlight Valley and Tales of the Shire.
This provides an affordable way to use my music! Thank you for the support 🥰
Link below ⬇️
I wrote the music you hear in the new app by @hankgreen.bsky.social, “Focus Friend”! 🎶
You adopt a little bean who will help you focus and set goals ✨
You adopt a little bean who will help you focus and set goals ✨
July 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I wrote the music you hear in the new app by @hankgreen.bsky.social, “Focus Friend”! 🎶
You adopt a little bean who will help you focus and set goals ✨
You adopt a little bean who will help you focus and set goals ✨
Flowers and Favours was featured on today's @dames4games.org showcase!!
Thank you @irismisk.bsky.social for the unbelievably kind words and MY BIRD WAS ON IGN 😂🦜❤️
Thank you @irismisk.bsky.social for the unbelievably kind words and MY BIRD WAS ON IGN 😂🦜❤️
July 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Flowers and Favours was featured on today's @dames4games.org showcase!!
Thank you @irismisk.bsky.social for the unbelievably kind words and MY BIRD WAS ON IGN 😂🦜❤️
Thank you @irismisk.bsky.social for the unbelievably kind words and MY BIRD WAS ON IGN 😂🦜❤️
Happy #PortfolioDay! I'm Sam, a music composer for cozy video games! I'm looking for more work in the game industry and also have experience in film with credits including Star Wars IX, Avengers: Endgame, Toy Story 4, and Frozen 2.
🎵: linktr.ee/sam_vandersl...
🎵: linktr.ee/sam_vandersl...
July 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Happy #PortfolioDay! I'm Sam, a music composer for cozy video games! I'm looking for more work in the game industry and also have experience in film with credits including Star Wars IX, Avengers: Endgame, Toy Story 4, and Frozen 2.
🎵: linktr.ee/sam_vandersl...
🎵: linktr.ee/sam_vandersl...
So I made silly music today, which snowballed into drawing a silly crab, then making a silly video. So I hope you enjoy the "Crustacean Convenience Store" 🎶🦀
June 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
So I made silly music today, which snowballed into drawing a silly crab, then making a silly video. So I hope you enjoy the "Crustacean Convenience Store" 🎶🦀
Islands & Trains is OUT NOW along with the soundtrack!! 🚂🎮
It's been a joy to be a part of this project and to see it come to fruition. I hope you enjoy creating your own little islands bustling with trains, flora and fauna!
Links below ⬇️
It's been a joy to be a part of this project and to see it come to fruition. I hope you enjoy creating your own little islands bustling with trains, flora and fauna!
Links below ⬇️
May 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Islands & Trains is OUT NOW along with the soundtrack!! 🚂🎮
It's been a joy to be a part of this project and to see it come to fruition. I hope you enjoy creating your own little islands bustling with trains, flora and fauna!
Links below ⬇️
It's been a joy to be a part of this project and to see it come to fruition. I hope you enjoy creating your own little islands bustling with trains, flora and fauna!
Links below ⬇️
Here's a brand new trailer for a game I'm scoring, Blockfeet! I wrote music for the trailer too and I'm really excited about working on this project with Jellycube Games 🥰🎵
Wishlist onSteam: store.steampowered.com/app/2566830/...
Wishlist onSteam: store.steampowered.com/app/2566830/...
May 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Here's a brand new trailer for a game I'm scoring, Blockfeet! I wrote music for the trailer too and I'm really excited about working on this project with Jellycube Games 🥰🎵
Wishlist onSteam: store.steampowered.com/app/2566830/...
Wishlist onSteam: store.steampowered.com/app/2566830/...
I worked on the music (alongside Chopin, you may have heard of him) for this cute little animation, "A Neighbour Duet", by Veda Lee, now streaming on YouTube! 🎶
youtu.be/Rq3p-il8Uyc?...
youtu.be/Rq3p-il8Uyc?...
April 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I worked on the music (alongside Chopin, you may have heard of him) for this cute little animation, "A Neighbour Duet", by Veda Lee, now streaming on YouTube! 🎶
youtu.be/Rq3p-il8Uyc?...
youtu.be/Rq3p-il8Uyc?...
Received Petit Island goodies in the mail today all the way from Bali 🇮🇩
It was wonderful to be a part of this journey and write the score for the game 🎶🎼
Thank you kindly to Irfan and the team at Xelo Game Studio for having me onboard! I'm very proud of what we created together 🏝️
It was wonderful to be a part of this journey and write the score for the game 🎶🎼
Thank you kindly to Irfan and the team at Xelo Game Studio for having me onboard! I'm very proud of what we created together 🏝️
April 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Received Petit Island goodies in the mail today all the way from Bali 🇮🇩
It was wonderful to be a part of this journey and write the score for the game 🎶🎼
Thank you kindly to Irfan and the team at Xelo Game Studio for having me onboard! I'm very proud of what we created together 🏝️
It was wonderful to be a part of this journey and write the score for the game 🎶🎼
Thank you kindly to Irfan and the team at Xelo Game Studio for having me onboard! I'm very proud of what we created together 🏝️
I’m very grateful to have @julieelven.bsky.social singing on this score for a game project! Your voice adds so much beauty to the piece 💜✨
March 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I’m very grateful to have @julieelven.bsky.social singing on this score for a game project! Your voice adds so much beauty to the piece 💜✨
#GDC2025 exceeded all my expectations and was such a magical time! ✨
I had so much fun meeting some faces in person for the first time! I cannot speak highly enough of the people I met, I am so incredibly grateful for all of you. Thank you tremendously for making me feel loved and welcomed.
I had so much fun meeting some faces in person for the first time! I cannot speak highly enough of the people I met, I am so incredibly grateful for all of you. Thank you tremendously for making me feel loved and welcomed.
March 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
#GDC2025 exceeded all my expectations and was such a magical time! ✨
I had so much fun meeting some faces in person for the first time! I cannot speak highly enough of the people I met, I am so incredibly grateful for all of you. Thank you tremendously for making me feel loved and welcomed.
I had so much fun meeting some faces in person for the first time! I cannot speak highly enough of the people I met, I am so incredibly grateful for all of you. Thank you tremendously for making me feel loved and welcomed.
Petit Island by @xelogames.bsky.social physical edition released today!! This is so exciting, it’s the first game I’ve worked on to have a physical release 🎉 Thank you for supporting our little game ❤️
March 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Petit Island by @xelogames.bsky.social physical edition released today!! This is so exciting, it’s the first game I’ve worked on to have a physical release 🎉 Thank you for supporting our little game ❤️
for some wild reason, I wrote music that kind of reminded me of a clueless goblin building a house. So then I drew a silly goblin and put the music with it. It made my husband and I chuckle at least 😅
February 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
for some wild reason, I wrote music that kind of reminded me of a clueless goblin building a house. So then I drew a silly goblin and put the music with it. It made my husband and I chuckle at least 😅
I'm working on music for an upcoming game called Blockfeet! Here's the spring time music I wrote last year. The steam page went live today! 🎶🌱
January 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I'm working on music for an upcoming game called Blockfeet! Here's the spring time music I wrote last year. The steam page went live today! 🎶🌱
Received a cute keyring today for writing music for The Songbird Guild by @yurisoftgames.bsky.social! 🩷
January 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Received a cute keyring today for writing music for The Songbird Guild by @yurisoftgames.bsky.social! 🩷
I wrote some music to indie animation series, Pieces of Powder by @ekouku.bsky.social! The new episode came out this past Sunday and available to watch now 🎵
January 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I wrote some music to indie animation series, Pieces of Powder by @ekouku.bsky.social! The new episode came out this past Sunday and available to watch now 🎵
Hi all! I'm currently looking for work and open to new projects 🎶 I've composed music for cozy games including Petit Island by @xelogames.bsky.social, Islands & Trains and Love, Ghostie by @janbehchanbeh.bsky.social.
I also work in the music dept for film including Star Wars IX & Avatar 2! 😊
I also work in the music dept for film including Star Wars IX & Avatar 2! 😊
January 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hi all! I'm currently looking for work and open to new projects 🎶 I've composed music for cozy games including Petit Island by @xelogames.bsky.social, Islands & Trains and Love, Ghostie by @janbehchanbeh.bsky.social.
I also work in the music dept for film including Star Wars IX & Avatar 2! 😊
I also work in the music dept for film including Star Wars IX & Avatar 2! 😊
cozy reading ☺️📖
January 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
cozy reading ☺️📖
In Love, Ghostie you can make your residents go on awkward dates together! When that happens, this awkward music plays 🙉 Even though it sounds ridiculous, I’m really quite proud of it! 🥲🎶
January 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In Love, Ghostie you can make your residents go on awkward dates together! When that happens, this awkward music plays 🙉 Even though it sounds ridiculous, I’m really quite proud of it! 🥲🎶
2024 🎊
Some of the projects I worked on this year as music composer 🎼✨
Some of the projects I worked on this year as music composer 🎼✨
December 31, 2024 at 3:56 PM
2024 🎊
Some of the projects I worked on this year as music composer 🎼✨
Some of the projects I worked on this year as music composer 🎼✨
A battle theme I composed for an unannounced action RPG 🎶🎮
Thank you for listening! 🙇♀️
Thank you for listening! 🙇♀️
December 27, 2024 at 6:14 PM
A battle theme I composed for an unannounced action RPG 🎶🎮
Thank you for listening! 🙇♀️
Thank you for listening! 🙇♀️
Air Garden OST out now!!
We decided the release the music ahead of the game release 1.0, but there is a playable 'beta' version up now 💕🎼
We decided the release the music ahead of the game release 1.0, but there is a playable 'beta' version up now 💕🎼
December 23, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Air Garden OST out now!!
We decided the release the music ahead of the game release 1.0, but there is a playable 'beta' version up now 💕🎼
We decided the release the music ahead of the game release 1.0, but there is a playable 'beta' version up now 💕🎼