Making a game or film can be fun. But the financial side can be long and boring. Thankfully, we think that too. So to make things simpler, we’ve set up a few guidelines to look at, to give you a good indication of the cost of hiring a typical audio person, or team.
Bear in mind that these numbers are just for reference, and may be different once we’ve got a good idea about your project. Every film and game is different after all (well, maybe not all of them).
Budget: This is your budget.
Music: Average amount of music required.
Sound Design: Whether you need us to do sound design as well as music.
Middleware: Just like how game engines save you creating an entire engine yourself, audio middleware saves you building an entire audio engine. The game creators MUST pay for audio middleware, so please look at FMOD and Wwise respectively for additional costs. Depending on budget, it could be free!
Profit Share: If your budget is low or nothing we’re willing to work for a share of the profits from your venture.
Budget Percentage: How much of your budget you can expect to be using on audio.
Soundtrack?: To earn their keep, most composers go into agreements where they sell the official soundtrack themselves on all known platforms. This helps remove some of the cost off of you and onto sales.
Film projects are completed based on a per-minute cost. If the film is 30 minutes, and requires 20 minutes of music, we would charge for the 20 minutes. Our cost changes according to the scope of the film, and the type of music required.
Sound design would need to be discussed.
Remember, these are just examples. Once we get a better look at your project and your budget, these numbers will change to reflect the amount of work required. And of course, those numbers need to make both you and us happy, so we are always willing to negotiate.
If you’re eager to get started, then please feel free to contact us to discuss more.