Steven Melin is a dad of 6 and an award-winning music composer in Atlanta, GA. With dozens of audio awards & nominations, his music has been heard by millions across over 100+ films, television shows, trailers, advertisements, video games, & podcasts, including The Bachelorette, Bachelor in Paradise, Dancing with the Stars, The Dr. Oz Show, Monster Sanctuary, The White Vault, Dark Dice, & The Boar Knight. Steven scored the Guerrilla Collective & Indie-io showcases as part of the IGN Summer of Gaming 2024.
He is currently working on a branding campaign for Emory Healthcare and video game soundtracks for Aethermancer, Animalkind, & Eriduna.
Every Wednesday at 10am EST, Steven live streams the Live Composing Show on YouTube, where he publicly writes new music for video games.
With over 18,000+ video game music pack sales, Steven is one of the best-selling music pack creators in the world. His packs have been featured on Humble Bundle, Unity Asset Store, & Unreal Marketplace.
Steven has worked alongside industry veterans in various roles, as co-composer, producer, orchestrator, arranger, programmer, mixer, & assistant:
- Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy series)
- Hitoshi Sakimoto (Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XII)
- David Wise (Donkey Kong Country series, Battletoads)
- Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie, Mario + Rabbids)
- Yuzo Koshiro (Streets of Rage, Super Smash Bros. series)
- Penka Kouneva (Gears of War 3, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time)
- Garry Schyman (Bioshock series, Middle earth: Shadow of Mordor)
Steven is the #1 Amazon Best-Selling author of Family-First Composer and founder of Video Game Music Alliance, where he leads composers to support their families writing music for video games.
Steven also creates Kontakt sample libraries at Simple Samples Audio.
