Ben Prunty is an American composer, best known for his work on the 2012 video game, '' FTL: Faster Than Light''.

Personal life

Prunty grew up in

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, but now lives in the

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. He played in his high school band, and was always interested in composing music using computers. He attended the

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for audio engineering before composing the FTL soundtrack. He also grew up playing video games and recalls thinking making music for them would be the "coolest job ever". He later moved to California in hopes of getting into the

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, but found work at

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as a datacenter technician and other jobs until receiving the opportunity to make the FTL soundtrack.

Works

Prunty's first notable work was the

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for the 2012

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'' FTL: Faster Than Light''. These are his projects in order: * 2012, '' FTL: Faster Than Light''. * 2015, '' Gravity Ghost'' * 2015, '' Dead Secret'' * 2017, '' StarCrawlers'' * 2017, ''

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'' (season one) * 2017, '' All Walls Must Fall'' (one track: "Synaesthetic") * 2018'',

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'' * 2018, '' Dead Secret Circle'' * 2018, ''

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'' * 2018, ''

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'' * 2021, '' Subnautica: Below Zero'' * Upcoming, ''

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References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Prunty, Ben 20th-century births 21st-century American composers 21st-century American male musicians American electronic musicians American male composers Living people Musicians from Maine People from Scarborough, Maine American video game composers Year of birth missing (living people)