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About

Samantha Foster has scored an array of projects ranging from video games to film. Sam was born and raised in New York City. She composes in a wide range of genres. She graduated magna cum laude with honors from St. Lawrence University and is a full-time composer. Sam is affiliated with BMI. 

Sam is currently scoring several unannounced video game and visual novel projects. She is currently scoring Casebook 1899 The Leizpig Murders by Hommo Narrans Studios, an upcoming point and click adventure game. Sam also recently scored Builderment, a factory/building simulation game available on iOS. She also scored The Rainsdowne Players by Steve O'Gorman. The Rainsdowne Players is currently available on Nintendo Switch in North America and other parts of the world. It is also available on PC.

In 2016, Sam won a Tabloid Witch Award for "Best Music Soundtrack" for "Sitophobia," a stop-motion animated short. She also scored Southern Comfort, an indie feature film about an actor who travels to South Carolina to research a role. In 2011, Sam scored a series of regional Emmy Award winning television PSAs for the Kansas Youth Empowerment Academy (KYEA). The PSA campaign,"Disability Pride", aired on KTWU. In 2011, she scored Actresses, a documentary by MJE Films. Sam has also worked on multiple student films.

In addition to doing custom music for films and games, Sam also composes for production music libraries for potential placement in TV, advertising, games, & films. She is currently composing for Smash Haus Music Group (LA) & Cueniverse (NYC). 

Sam is an avid jazz composer and composed numerous jazz compositions at college. Between 2009 and 2011, she premiered her jazz compositions with the Improvisation Lab ensemble at St. Lawrence University.