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Artist Interview: J’Nique Nicole

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With her voice featured in some of gaming’s most celebrated soundtracks, J’Nique Nicole needs little introduction. The American singer-songwriter and lyricist first reached millions of players as the co-writer and voice behind NieR: Automata‘s renowned theme, “Weight of the World,” along with her vocal work on “A Beautiful Song” and “Memories of Dust” on a soundtrack that went on to win Best Score/Soundtrack at The Game Awards. Since then, she’s lent her voice to Elena’s theme in Street Fighter 6, Wuthering Waves, Gran Saga, and Girls’ Frontline, while building a career as a touring artist across Japan and, this year, becoming the first Black original soundtrack videogame vocalist to perform at Carnegie Hall as part of the NieR Orchestra Concert world tour. Scarlet Moon now represents all three lead vocalists of the NieR series, joining fellow roster artists Emi Evans and Nami Nakagawa.

Read her full biography, credits list, and hear some sample music on her Scarlet Moon Artists page. Check below for an interview with J’Nique Nicole about her style, inspirations, and collaboration with Scarlet Moon.

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Interview: Cody Carpenter on Terrifier: The ARTcade Game

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Scarlet Moon is pleased to announce that we’ve teamed up with Selecta Play to make composer Cody Carpenter available to score the main theme to Terrifier: The ARTcade Game. This collaboration was just announced as a part of The Indie Horror Showcase last week, and we’ve asked Cody for a few moments of his time to answer some questions for fans.

On Being Asked to Contribute to Terrifier: The ARTcade Game

Being a fan of the beat-em-up genre, I was excited to work on the project that was a modern IP, but in a more old-school genre that I really enjoy. The screenshots and videos I saw all looked fun and vibrant.

On His Experience with the Terrifier Franchise

I was unfamiliar with the Terrifier series before, having not seen or heard of the films. After doing research for the project, I was interested to see the stylistic choices and musical direction that the movies, (more specifically the first movie), went in. The parallels between Terrifier and Halloween were also interesting to discover.

I think the franchise stands on its own merits as a modern horror property, taking influence from the past but also doing its own unique thing.

On His Process and Tools Used for the Main Theme

My first task was to familiarize myself with the Terrifier property, particularly the music and the main themes that were used. I was given direction as to what sort of feel and influences the theme should have. Things like Splatterhouse, Tales From the Crypt, Danny Elfman, Grant Kirkhope’s spooky tunes from the N64 Rare games, and of course the Terrifier themes themselves being among the various inspirations. I fleshed out the main theme/riff and worked out slightly different versions with different sounds, using a mish-mash of different plug-ins.

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Terrifier: The ARTcase Game is planned for release on November 21, 2025 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X and Series S, and Steam. It is developed by RELEVO and produced and published by Selecta Play.

Learn More: https://www.terrifiertheartcadegame.com

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Interview: Elsie Soundtrack with Eric Benaim

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Scarlet Moon recently partnered with composer Eric Benaim on the incredible Elsie Original Game Soundtrack. It features a blend of genres drawing on everything from Japanese fusion to Latin influences from Benaim’s native Venezuela. We were able to ask Eric questions about his direction, the tools used, and some of his favorite moments to share with listeners as they jam out to this amazing score.

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Interview: Daniel Simmons on Mineko’s Night Market

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Scarlet Moon released the Mineko’s Night Market soundtrack featuring a beautiful traditional Japanese-style score by Daniel Simmons. Given the wide array of live performers and a guest arrangement from Hiroki Kikuta, we wanted to have a chat with Daniel about the creative process that went into crafting the soundtrack. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the soundtrack including some of Daniel’s struggles and how writing this music helped him through a difficult time.

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Artist Interview: Shinji Hosoe and SuperSweep Team

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Are you familiar with legendary composer Shinji Hosoe and his studio, SuperSweep? Hosoe-san has worked on key franchises across his decades of experience, making a name for himself as a master of electronic music and shmup titles in the early days, and establishing the sounds for franchises such as Zero Escape, Ridge Racer, and Street Fighter EX. He’s a sought after arranger, having worked on arrange albums for Nintendo (Dr. Mario, Metroid Fusion), Mega Man, Ragnarok Online, Phantasy Star, and more. He also serves the game music community through SuperSweep Records, continuing to publish game music on CD format in Japan.

Read his full biography, credits list, and hear some sample music on his Scarlet Moon Artists page. Check below for an interview with Hosoe-san about his style, inspirations, and collaboration with Scarlet Moon.

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Artist Interview: Hiroki Kikuta

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While Hiroki Kikuta is best known for his SNES-era scores to Secret of Mana and Trials of Mana, he’s also been an indie game developer himself, and worked on productions big and small, from his time doing a lot of eroge titles and original works up through his partnership with Scarlet Moon where he’s constantly in demand to contribute to indie RPGs. His biggest titles recently include Indivisible, Trinity Trigger, Infinity Knights: Xross, and Visions of Mana.

Read his full biography, credits list, and hear some sample music on his Scarlet Moon Artists page. Check below for an interview with Hiroki Kikuta about his style, inspirations, and collaboration with Scarlet Moon.

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Artist Interview: Peter Reid Jones

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We’ve had the pleasure of working with Peter Reid Jones hot off his work on the RWBY animated series. Since that time, we’ve worked on over a dozen indie game titles and counting. We admire Peter’s versatility, enthusiasm, and can-do attitude. Hear his incredible work in RWBY: Arrowfell, Evil Tonight, Dark Deception, and many more.

Read his full biography, credits list, and hear some sample music on his Scarlet Moon Artists page. Check below for an interview with Peter Reid Jones about his style, inspirations, and collaboration with Scarlet Moon.

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Artist Interview: Ken “coda” Snyder

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Ken “coda” Snyder is definitely our retro music extraordinaire, making a name for himself in the chiptune scene. He is versatile, however, writing music in a variety of retro and modern formats, touching on everything from pop and electronic to rock and more. His biggest works in the indie game space include his FM score to Read Only Memories: Neurodiver and his upbeat electronic contributions to the Drive Ahead! series. He’s also a popular arranger, having contributed remixes to Shovel Knight, Fez, and Duke Nukem 3D.

Read his full biography, credits list, and hear some sample music on his Scarlet Moon Artists page. Check below for an interview with coda about his style, inspirations, and collaboration with Scarlet Moon.

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Artist Interview: Goomin “Nauts” Nam

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Goomin “Nauts” Nam is a renowned composer in his native South Korea, and as a game music enthusiast, I’ve been a longtime fan. When I started Scarlet Moon, it was important to create awareness around the amazing game music coming out of South Korea, including that of Goomin with his work Monarch: Heroes of a New Age, which was one of the first releases on our label. He’s worked on popular titles such as Ragnarok Online, DJMAX, Bar Oasis, Langrisser, and so many more, bringing his incredible melodic sensibilities and production to fans around the globe.

Read his full biography, credits list, and hear some sample music on his Scarlet Moon Artists page. Check below for an interview with Goomin Nam about his style, inspirations, and collaboration with Scarlet Moon.

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Artist Interview: Yuko Komiyama

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Yuko Komiyama is a composer with style! Fans know her work across the Monster Hunter series, but she’s also contributed to the Mega Man X, FINAL FANTASY, and Contra series, and to brands ranging from Disney to Pokémon.

Read her full biography, credits list, and hear some sample music on her Scarlet Moon Artists page. Check below for an interview with Yuko Komiyama about her style, inspirations, and collaboration with Scarlet Moon.

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