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Who is Lyre RPG Music?

Lyre RPG Music is a German trio of TTRPG content creators composed by Isaac (composer), Olav (composer), and Sebastian (editor). In 2021, Lyre began producing music for role-playing games (RPG), focusing on immersive soundtracks. A defining characteristic of Lyre's musical style is the use of both self-recorded and digital instruments. Typically, Olav composes combat and tavern music while Isaac focuses on atmospherical tracks.

Isaac

Isaac Friesen is a German/Canadian multi-instrumentalist and composer. He learned music from an early age and has performed in many different bands and styles for nearly two decades. Isaac started as a drummer in progressive rock band "Post Modern Orchestra", performing for 5 years. Later, he shifted to Celtic folk and played the upright bass, guitar, and whistles. Finally, Isaac used the depth and versatility of his skills to record and compose his own tracks.

In 2017, Isaac helped compose the official soundtrack for the German arthouse movie "weit.", which became a highly successful film with over 500,000 viewers in theathers alone. He started playing Dungeons & Dragons with Olav and Sebastian; eventually, alongside Olav, Isaac started composing fantasy tracks for their own campaigns and love of music. Isaac loves getting lost in musical details and sounds and favors playing over clicking.

  • Favorite instrument: Changes all the time, at the moment duduk.
  • Favorite artists: Howard Shore, Wir sind Helden, Kings of Convenience.
  • Favorite fantasy book: The Name of the Wind.
  • Favorite fantasy movie: Lords of the Rings.
  • Other interests: Sportclimbing and bouldering, solar energy, riding, and repairing bycycles.
Photograph of Isaac Friesen, TTRPG music composer for Lyre RPG Music and Michael Ghelfi Studios.

Olav

Olav Holst is a German multi-instrumentalist and composer. He started his musical carreer by playing the classical and electrical guitar, eventually evolving through many instruments, such as the accordion, mandoline, and percussions. Together, this great variety of instruments inspired Olav's rythm-oriented Pen and Paper songs that employ both recorded and digital instruments!

  • Favorite instrument: Drums.
  • Favorite artists: Die Toten Hosen, Balthazar, and Danny Elfman.
  • Favorite video games: Fable the Last Chapter, and Super Smash Bros Ultimate.
  • Favourite creature: Stirge
  • Other interests: Bouldering, Gardening, and Crafting.
Photograph of Olav Holst, TTRPG music composer for Lyre RPG Music and Michael Ghelfi Studios.

Olav

Sebastian [surname] is a German editor and gamemaster (GM) for Lyre RPG Music. He assures that each audio track fits perfectly within the context of a session to provide any other GMs with content that enhances the atmosphere without interrupting the gameplay. Sebastian also works with soundtracks for adventure modules, extracting locations, scenes, and non-playable characters (NPCs) that require songs.

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Photograph of Sebastian, TTRPG gamemaster and editor for Lyre RPG Music and Michael Ghelfi Studios.