Benny Oschmann composer & arranger
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Welcome to the website of composer & arranger Benny Oschmann!

Benny Oschmann is an award-winning composer from Germany,
who offers exclusive music on a high professional level. He has composed the music for games such as "Kinect Rush - A Disney Pixar Adventure",
"Hitman Absolution", "The Settlers 7 - Paths to a Kingdom" and many more.

Books, Awards and Birds in 4D

5/24/2014

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Firstly, apologies for such a long time without any updates. Nevertheless there were a lot of exciting projects during the last months and I'm eager to share some insights with my dear readers.
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The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

The Kickstarter campaign for "The Book of Unwritten Tales 2" was successfully funded! That means that we're able to record a large part of the soundtrack with a live orchestra. The recording sessions will take place in September in Prague with the "City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra". Many thanks to all backers and supporters!
For more information please visit the developers' blog, where I share some insight into the concept and the production process of the score.

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German Game Music Award 2014

I'm very happy to be part of this years jury for the German Game Music Award 2014. Besides the competition, which btw. is a fantastic opportunity for young composers to possibly get their own work performed by a live orchestra (for more information click here), there will be a game music concert in the legendary "Bremer Glocke" (one of the best sounding concert halls in Europe) with selections from my soundtracks to "The Book of Unwritten Tales" and
"The Raven". I'm looking forward to hear the wonderful, young members of the "Landesjugendorchester Bremen"
to perform the concert on November 28, 2014.

Angry Birds 4D Experience
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For the last few weeks I scored the world's first "Angry Birds 4D Experience" for Thorpe Park, UK by order of Dynamedion. The 10 minute 3D animated movie will be enhanced by numerous special effects such as rumbling chairs, timed air gusts, water jets or smoke blasts.

So sit back and enjoy the fast-paced adventure in which the Angry Birds attempt to get their precious eggs back from the dastardly King Pig. Watch out for the music and if you liked it, drop me a line ;)


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Aggie Award for "The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief"

2/25/2014

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I am deeply honored to receive this year's Aggie Award in the category "Best Music" for the soundtrack to KING Arts' "The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief". Many thanks for this prestigious award!
The jury explained their decision as follows:
At times jaunty and carefree, other times sinister and foreboding, The Raven’s orchestral soundtrack will stick with you long after you’ve stopped playing. When you can still happily hum those trademark notes weeks and even months later, it’s a sign of something special.

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Music in The Raven accomplishes what any good soundtrack should: it immerses you into the action, subtly manipulating your emotions without ever drawing attention to itself. But when you do stop just to enjoy the music, it’s hard not to keep listening.

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This is a score that has been skillfully composed and deftly integrated to encapsulate each significant on-screen moment. There’s a great variety to enjoy, as even individual tracks manage to build to tense crescendos before quickly drifting back to being light as a feather. It’s reminiscent of a great Hollywood score, harking back to the John Williams films of old. It’s simultaneously exciting, thrilling, mysterious and captivating. But above all, there’s such a strong sense of adventure. And in this genre, what more could you ask for? Well, you could ask that we give it the Best Music Aggie for 2013, so that’s exactly what we did!
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"The Book of Unwritten Tales 2" on Kickstarter!

2/14/2014

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I'm proud to announce that I will compose the music for "The Book of Unwritten Tales 2", which is currently on Kickstarter. While the basic game is already funded, there will be a lot of cool extras (side quests, making ofs etc.) if we reach the goals at Kickstarter. The higher goals ($145,000 & $235,000) will even enable a live orchestra recording for the soundtrack. For more information about the goals and the rewards please watch the video and read the details on the Kickstarter page). If you liked "The Book of Unwritten Tales" (1), it's soundtrack or my music in general, please - if you haven't already done so - pledge and help us to make the game (and the soundtrack) even better. Thank you! :-)
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Score Excerpts from "Angry Birds Toons"

1/17/2014

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Happy New Year, Everyone! To celebrate the New Year I uploaded something new to my SoundCloud player.
A montage of score excerpts from various episodes of Rovio's "Angry Birds Toons":
I really enjoyed every episode I worked on so far and I hope there will be more soon. Stay tooned ;)
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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

12/23/2013

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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to everbody! As a little Christmas Gift here is a short making-of video of the soundtrack for "Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure", which was recorded two years ago in the legendary Smecky Music Studios in Prague with the wonderful 66-piece FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague. I had the great pleasure to contribute a large part of the soundtrack by order of Dynamedion. The video features selections from the "Toy Story", "Ratatouille" and "Up" levels of the game:
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Projects Update

12/10/2013

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I just started expanding the Projects section. My plan is to create special pages for all my projects with information
about the project, the music, behind the scenes material etc. You can already check out two project pages,
The Raven & Angry Birds Toons. Stay tuned for more updates!
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New Website!

12/4/2013

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Finally I have a new, full website... I plan to keep this updated regularly with project news, tutorials and of course
new music. If you like my work and want to keep updated it is a good idea to come back to this page from time to time or simply subscribe to the RSS feed on the right side. Thanks for your interest!
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