Waterflame


Christian Mejlænder Krogsvold, also known as Waterflame, is a Norwegian orchestral breakbeat, video game music, EDM composer. Self-taught in composing and sound design, he is best known for composing his musical works on video games such as Castle Crashers, CastleStorm and Geometry Dash.

Music career

Born in Oslo, Norway, Krogsvold's love for creating music began in 2002 at the age of 13, when he started composing music in his spare time. His first uploaded content began with flash animations on the social website Newgrounds at the age of 14 after joining the platform in 2003. In 2004, he created the musical piece, JumpyStompLoop, which was licensed in the 2005 game MecaPumble, by Mexican small programming company Nibbo Studios. The track was remade as Jumper, which was first used in Castle Crashers in 2008, and used in Geometry Dash in 2013.
Having success on Newgrounds, Krogsvold further expressed his media online on other websites that provide user-generated content, such as YouTube and SoundCloud. In 2008, he received requests from several video-game companies for composing music, in which began his career composing music for Castle Crashers. In October 11, 2009, Krogsvold released his first music album Green online in multiple stores. He has also been composing music for other video-game producers since then, including 2013 games CastleStorm by Zen Studios and Geometry Dash by Robtop Games.
Between commissions for composition, sound effects and sound design, he has released 16 albums within' the last 10 years and hundreds of individual tracks across Newgrounds, YouTube, SoundCloud, iTunes and Spotify. He has worked with numerous video game developers including "Zen Studios", "The Behemoth" and "MaxGames" and often involves himself in other areas of game development besides music. Presently, Krogsvold creates pixel art and electronic music on Newgrounds and his website. He uses FL Studio and Roland keyboards currently to compose new music tracks and songs, mainly for video games. His other interests include photography, animation, and game development.

Albums