WATERFLAME
aka Christian Krogsvold

contact@waterflame.com | Adr: Oslo, Norway, 0169 | Tel: +47 93489016

I am a self-taught video game composer, film scorer and sound designer from Norway,

best known for my work in games like "Castle Crashers", "Castle Storm", "Roblox" and "Geometry Dash."

My love for creating music began in 2002 at age 13, and I have not stopped making things since then.

Between commissions for composition, sound effects and sound design,

I have released 25 albums over the last 20 years and hundreds of individual tracks.

Multimedia

2002-Present

Music/Audio: Electronic & Orchestral. Compose/mix/master in FL and any other DAW. youtube.com/@WaterflameMusic
Sound Design: Foliage,Ambience,Realistic Environment Design, Sound Effects.
Art/Animation: After Effects, Premiere, Flash, Photoshop, GIMP, Illustrator. waterflame.com/animation
3D/Games/VR/AR: Unity, Unreal Engine, Blender. waterflame.com/games
Web design and basic C# programming knowledge.Example: waterflame.com

Social Media / Business / Communications

2009-Present

Sole proprietor for 10+ years with hands-on experience in legal, tax, sync licensing, royalties, hiring, page and staff management, marketing, etc

Languages

Waterflame

2002 - Present

Composer with 500K followers and 168M streams on YouTube, 450K monthly listeners on Spotify.
25 albums, credits in 32 games, over 400 tracks. Top 100 YouTube rank in Norway, top 2000 worldwide.
Music featured in Geometry Dash, Roblox, Castle Crashers, Osu!, and many other popular game titles.

Co-Director of Autodidactic Studios (autodidactic.ai)

2018 - Present

Worked side-by-side w/ founder in all aspects from business and marketing to music and game dev.
Built Autodidactic into a music label for representing and marketing self-taught artists on Spotify & sync.
Co-Director of The Tech Trader Fund, a hedge fund run by an autonomous AI trading system.
Hired & managed agents to promote music label and source sync licensing deals
Presented products and ideas at events and speaker pannels (Vidcon,GDC,Vidsummit)
Music & SFX work for animations from Dillon Goo Studios:
- Co-composed “Genshindou” anime ED song w/ Japanese vocalist Diana Garnet (Naruto 32nd ED).
- Score & SFX on 14-min “Progenitor: The Shogunate” Genshin Impact animation for HoyoFair Spring 2023.
- Score & SFX on 7-min “Legend of Chongyue” Arknights animation for Vernal Winds 2023 event.
- Score on 14-min “Progenitor: Albedo” Genshin Impact animation for HoyoFair Summer 2023.
- Score on 10-min "The last bakery" Genshin Impact animation for HoyoFair Winter 2023.