Mark Benis

game dev + composer 💀 1/2 of @KumamakiStudios 🐻
AiliA, Wishfarers, Rosewater, Lamplight City, Once Upon a Jester, Everybody Wham Wham

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

AiliA is out! 🪞

So grateful to Jingyu Sui, Andy Lin, @IPerezRiera and Zac Zinger for their incredible musicianship on display in this soundtrack.

AiliA is available on Steam and you can find the soundtrack on your usual suspects + Bandcamp! Links in bio 🪞

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

Really cool to see Rosewater win Best Audio, Best Programming, Best Visuals and Best Game(!!) at the 2025 AGS Awards!

Big shoutout to @clarkaboud @BrookeFerdmusic @noahkellman @IPerezRiera and Zac Zinger who played on the soundtrack and to the game’s amazing cast 🤠

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

@jesiccaesthetic very cool effect! can I ask what font you’re using here?

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

Celebrating Thanksgiving the English way 🇺🇸 🫡

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

Very excited to be part of a panel at AdventureX with @JDWasabi, @ThomasRegin and @paulzmmermann moderated by @SeoirseD! We’ll be talking game audio for adventure games, happening today 4:15pm if you’re around #AdvX25

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

Super excited to share that @clarkaboud and I are writing music for Wishfarers 💫 Easy to be inspired by what @Squiddershins is making and what a perfect game for us to join forces on! Lots more synths/8-bit + guitar on the way

[Squiddershins @Squiddershins]

NEW GAME REVEAL - Wishfarers!
⭐ Play explosive RPG battles with destructible environments and streamlined platformer movement.
⭐ Customize characters with 7 classes, over 100 abilities, and many magical socks.
⭐ Explore a whimsical world of falling stars and lost wishes.

[CHURCH @matchawoozi]

ANYC IS OVERRRR
THANK YOU EVERYONE ♡
and thank you for all your help @ZeroHeroSixty @maggzlive & @mark_benis 🫂

[CHURCH @matchawoozi]

My ANYC Catalog 1/2 !
My art will be at table H22 in the Artist Alley 🫧🌟 very limited stock of most things because I am weak and can’t carry a lot lol so if there is something you really like pls come by quickly ~

Distributed by Mark Benis LLC #anyc2025 #animenyc2025

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

@GrundislavGames 👀

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

@j0nmark let's just say you're good at what matters! lovely orchestration, those trill textures are brilliant

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

New haul of Jeff comics! He always has the best expressions 😋😱😬

[Marvel Rivals Intel @RivalsAssembled]

These people made an entire orchestral theme song for Jeff the Landshark 🦈

composed by @mark_benis
vocals by @shelbyharveymus
orchestra @famesproject

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

Thanks for the share @RivalsAssembled! I'm so so grateful to the 60+ musicians involved so please show them all some love 💙🦈

[Marvel Rivals Intel @RivalsAssembled]

These people made an entire orchestral theme song for Jeff the Landshark 🦈

composed by @mark_benis
vocals by @shelbyharveymus
orchestra @famesproject

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

If you're a fan of adventure games Rosewater should def be on your list! Had the pleasure writing my own take on a Western soundtrack and the world-building here is some of the finest out there

[Francisco González @GrundislavGames]

Rosewater, my Wild West adventure game, has been out nearly 4 months and has been very well-received!

But I also feel like it’s reached a fraction of its potential audience.

If you can help spread the word, it would be greatly appreciated!

https://t.co/1OFBJMyS8e

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

@Linkoroger Yeah hear a bit of what you mean with the chords!

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

As part of writing an original theme song for Jeff the Land Shark, I also wrote some music for my favorite Jeff comic:

Jeff the Magnanimous!

(music ideas w/ comic panels below)

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

I hear so much potential with his main theme and unique C major + F# major harmony so this is just one example of what could be done with it!

And in case you didn't catch my main theme for Jeff 🦈⬇️

https://t.co/kcg0b5XdJs

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

I wrote a theme song for Jeff the Land Shark 🦈

This is what happens when a musician plays a bit too much Jeff in Marvel Rivals

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

With Jeff surprised to see the cat I had his "walking" theme interrupted by the cat's theme. And with the kittens I gave each one a little gesture on solo strings 🐈🐈🐈

Finally it ends with Jeff's main theme over cat theme's harmony and an "It's Jeff!" slide down on brass

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

It's a dream of mine to write some official music for Jeff so just putting this out into the world. :] Thanks for listening!

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

I wrote a theme song for Jeff the Land Shark 🦈

This is what happens when a musician plays a bit too much Jeff in Marvel Rivals

[Mark Benis @mark_benis]

So many people involved to make this happen and I'm grateful to each and every one of them. @shelbyharveymus on lead vocals, the incredible orchestra @famesproject, the choir organized by by friend Angel

Check out the vid on YouTube for a complete list of credits (see bio)