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Marco B.

Music Composer / Producer / Sound Designer / Audio Post-Production

London, United Kingdom
$20 per hour
5 jobs
$1K+ total earnings

I am a versatile composer and sound designer with 13+ years of experience in music and sound for media. My work spans award-winning short films, feature films, documentaries and commercial campaigns, with sync placements across major broadcasters and streaming platforms worldwide such as Netflix, BBC, Disney+, Paramount+ and more. Whether you're looking for original music, audio post-production or even just mix and mastering for your next project, I can help you bring your artistic vision to life and elevate your sound to a broadcast-ready production. Let's collaborate to elevate your project to the next level :) I offer the following services: ✅ Compose bespoke music for films, documentaries, animations, video games, commercials and more. ✅ Full audio post-production for films and documentaries including: dialogue and ambient editing/cleanup, sound design/foley, final mix and specs-compliant master. ✅ Sound design and foley for films, animations, video games and more. ✅ Podcast audio cleanup, editing, mixing and mastering. ✅ Audio restoration and cleanup using industry standard software from iZotope and Acon Digital. ✅ Mix and mastering for music, podcasts, films, documentaries, ACX-compliant audiobooks and more. • Full project management from start to finish • Working with industry standard software • Regular communication is very important

Jordan S.

Audio Designer / Technical Sound Designer / Composer

Ellesmere Port Town, United Kingdom
$40 per hour
27 jobs
$10K+ total earnings

- 20 years experience in audio - Masters Degree in Sound Design - Audio used on MTV, Paramount, UEFA Football, Amazon, Maybelline NYC, Fox, CSI, CBS Sport & CNBC World & more! - Audio lead on multiple projects, with credits on video games, VR experience, TV and Film. - As an electronic artists I've also worked with the likes of Armin van Burren, Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Ferry Corsten & many more with #1 singles and albums! Wwise, Reaper, Ableton, Logic Pro, Unreal Engine, Unity, Surround Sound 5.1 Mixing, Izotope RX, Synthesis, ASMR, Foley, Audio repair, Dialogue editing, Creature voice design, Film score & much more!

Stephen H.

Sound Designer/Music Composer/Audio Editor for Film & TV

Liverpool, United Kingdom
$25 per hour
114 jobs
$30K+ total earnings

I’m a Sound Designer, Composer and Audio Post Production specialist working across film, TV, branded content, podcasts, apps, immersive experiences and wellness audio. I create sound design, original music, soundscapes, audio branding and provide professional audio post-production from individual sound effects and atmospheric textures through to complete mixes and polished final delivery. My work has been featured on Netflix, BBC and Sky TV, with original music and audio used by global brands and distributed internationally. I’ve also created audio for projects including Zeller, London Business School and Oxford Medical Simulation, covering product/UI sound, sonic branding, haptic audio, music and immersive experiences. I’m also a specialist in ambient and wellness audio, creating meditation music, sleep and relaxation audio, breathwork soundscapes and brainwave-entrainment tracks. My work has been heard by audiences of more than 1 million subscribers through meditation and wellness content. What I do • Sound Design — bespoke sound effects, atmospheric sound, Foley, sonic textures and immersive environments • Audio Post-Production — editing, dialogue cleanup, restoration, noise reduction, mixing and mastering • Music Composition — original music, cinematic, ambient, electronic and classical composition • Audio Branding — sonic identities, branded sound, podcast music and bespoke audio systems • Product & UI Sound — interface sounds, interaction audio and haptic sound design • Film & Visual Media — sound design, music, atmosphere and final audio for film, video and visual projects • Wellness & Meditation Audio — meditation, sleep, relaxation, breathwork and immersive wellness soundscapes • Audiobook & Spoken-Word Audio — editing, cleanup and mastering for long-form narration Some of the projects I’ve worked on include bespoke UI sounds for Zeller, audio branding for Cook & Boardman, a complete audio branding package including podcast music for London Business School, and UI/haptic sound design for medical VR training with Oxford Medical Simulation. I also work on more experimental and artistic projects where sound is a central part of the experience, particularly immersive installations, visual art, theatre, meditation and other projects where atmosphere, space, texture and silence matter as much as the music itself. I’m Upwork Top Rated and take a careful, collaborative approach to every project, whether I’m building a single sound from scratch or handling the full audio production from editing through to final delivery. Send me the project, references or rough direction and I can help shape the sound from there. Let’s collaborate and let me take your audio from concept through to the finished sound. Sound Design • Audio Post-Production • Music Composition • Sonic Branding

Matthew R.

Audio Producer | Sound Designer | Composer

Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom
$35 per hour
31 jobs
$10K+ total earnings

I’m a sound designer, composer and audio producer creating music, sound effects and interactive audio for games, apps and digital experiences. I can help with: • Game sound effects and cohesive audio palettes • Original music, loops and adaptive soundtracks • FMOD, Wwise and Unity audio implementation • UI sounds and player feedback • Ambience, foley and field recording • Dialogue editing, restoration and VO processing • Podcast and long-form audio • Product alerts and functional interface audio Over the past five years, I’ve worked across indie games, mobile apps, wellbeing platforms and medical technology—from unsettling horror ambience and responsive gameplay systems to warm UI sounds, guided audio and alerts for enormous robotic medical equipment. In games, I’ve led audio on Castle of Blackwater and contributed music, sound design and implementation to Rocket Shipment and Bag of Dreams. I like getting involved while audio can still influence the experience, rather than arriving at the end and being asked to “put some sounds on it, lol...” I work with Ableton Live, Reaper, Logic Pro, iZotope RX, FMOD, Wwise and Unity, from initial audio direction and asset creation through to implementation, organisation and testing. I also love incorporating hardware synths and original recordings wherever I can. This often involves enthusiastically twiddling knobs until something goes bleep, bloop or makes me rip my headphones off in panic. Occasionally, it’s exactly what the project needed. Outside games, I somehow attract a lot of wellness content. I’ve produced guided and long-form audio for SenseForge, GetAhead, HealAble Minds and Dr Roy Martina, focusing on dialogue editing, pacing and comfortable listening experiences. You might imagine me editing in complete tranquillity, surrounded by candles and singing bowls. In reality, I swear at tiny mouth noises just as much as I do on every other project. Before freelancing, I taught music production at colleges across the UK and ran extra-curricular workshops in game audio and sound for film. It still shapes how I work: collaboratively, clearly and without assuming everyone wants a 20-minute explanation of middleware. I won’t claim revolutionary ears or emotionally intelligent sound waves. What I will do is become genuinely invested in your project, obsess over the details and care about the result far more than is probably healthy. There may also be some light ceremonial chanting performed in the project’s honour.

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