With a passion for music and videogames, composer Maarten Bonder was born in Enschede, The Netherlands on September 2, 1987.

With a focus on composing in many different music genres, his music adds another dimension to the games he is scoring. Along with composing, Maarten has created the Sound Design for various game titles and other projects.

His career as a composer began in January 2009, when he started working for game developer Youdagames, composing the music for titles such as Youda Legend: The Curse of the Amsterdam Diamond, Youda Sushi Chef and Youda Legend 2: The Golden Bird of Paradise, along with all the Sound Design for these games.

Maarten is currently in his 4th, and last year with his Bachelor study MediaMusic, at the ArtEZ School of Music in Enschede, The Netherlands. Focusing on game audio and interactive audio, he is currently exploring the possibilities of game audio middleware such as Audiokinetic’s Wwise and Firelight Technologies’ FMOD.
In support of all this, Maarten has lessons from ‘Associate Professor’ Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL.