I'm Leiss Hoffman, a freelance composer with eight years of experience delivering music for video games across jazz, rock, electronic and orchestral genres. I specialize in music implementation, notation, live instrument recording, and collaborating closely with project leads to meet creative and technical milestones.

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I'm Leiss Hoffman, a freelance composer with eight years of experience delivering music for video games across jazz, rock, electronic and orchestral genres. I specialize in music implementation, notation, live instrument recording, and collaborating closely with project leads to meet creative and technical milestones.

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I’m Leiss Hoffman, a freelance composer with eight years of experience delivering music for video games across jazz, rock, electronic and orchestral genres.

I specialize in music implementation, notation, live instrument recording, and collaborating closely with project leads to meet creative and technical milestones.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Composer at Digital Eclipse
December 31, 2025 - February 28, 2026
Composed ~10 minutes of authentic chiptune music for a globally recognized legacy IP (NDA). Coordinated with Project Lead to track and ship assets efficiently, which helped the audio department deliver assets months ahead of schedule.
Composer at Cuddling Raccoons Studio
January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Contributed new music for Paper Animal Adventure (97% positive on Steam), rearranging previous tracks for endgame content.
Composer at Certis Games
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024
Orchestrated an entire symphonic score for a strategy game; composed, arranged and recorded 30 minutes of music across 11 tracks for a life-sim title.
Composer at Ellpeck Games
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023
Composed for Tiny Life; produced tracks across 2022–2023; earned praise from Don Hopkins for the game's soundtrack.
Composer at BroodStar
December 30, 2019 - December 29, 2022
Composed across 2020–2022; created 17-track 16-bit chiptune score for Roguelike shmup BroodStar.
Composer, Sound Designer at Super Retro Maker
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018
Wrote 60 tracks entirely in Famitracker, did the game's sound design entirely within Famitracker as well. Included a collaboration with famous Mega Man composer Manami Matsumae.

Education

B.S. in Psychology at University of Alberta
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2015
Bachelor of Science in Psychology at University of Alberta
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2015
Bachelor of Science in Psychology at University of Alberta
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2015

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Industry Experience

Gaming, Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet