Hi!

I’m Ian and I love making sounds.

I was born and raised near Seattle Washington, where I became a musician on an electric keyboard at my friend’s house when I was 11. The first piece I ever learned to play was the Gravity Falls theme song, and by the end of high school I was playing Chopin, Ghibli covers, and musical theater pieces.

Somewhere in the in-between, I discovered a love for writing my own music, which led me to study Music Composition at Carnegie Mellon University. There I learned classical composition as well as got involved in game development, also earning a minor in Game Design.

Shortly after, I attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where I received a master’s degree in Technology and Applied Composition.

Other Random Things About Me

• I love to draw and paint

• I love to cook and experiment with new foods

• I took 8 years of Japanese lessons

• My favorite games are Hades, Viva Pinata, Sekiro, Elden Ring, Hollow Knight, and Nier: Automata

• My favorite soundtracks are Bloodborne, Abzu, Genshin Impact, Nier: (any of them), How to Train Your Dragon, Princess Mononoke, Expedition 33, and many more but that defeats the purpose of the list

• If I wasn’t doing music, I would be a biologist or a concept artist