About me
Hi! I'm Axel "lapspider45" Hellsten. I'm a composer living in Finland. I make music in a variety of styles, and particularly enjoy video game music. I like strong melodies and experimenting with harmony and groove. My sound is also influenced from years of playing in bands. I've also dabbled in live sound engineering.I'm mainly a guitarist but I also play bass and keys, among other instruments.I frequently participate in game jams, but would like to work on something bigger, like a full game, someday.For some reason, a lot of my music tends to be Touhou Project arrangements...
Showcase
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Commercial games
Cirno! Lifts a Boulder (2026)
A cute little collectathon style platformer featuring Cirno. I had the honor of arranging all of the music, 6 tracks in total.OST coming soon™️to Steam and Bandcamp.
Touhou Farming ~ Minoriko's Homestead Harvest (2025)
A farming game featuring many Touhou characters. I arranged one music track for each of the four seasons, plus a couple more.The game is in early access but I recommend checking it out if you're a fan of this type of game.
Jam games
A selection of my recent favourite games made during game jams. Usually I work on music in these, but sometimes I contribute in other ways.
Uba! (2025)
If you've played Zuma, you know what this game is about. Although this is a slightly beefed up version with muscular women, faster pacing, bullet curtains, and an unusually heavy track by yours truly.
It's short, but I hope you'll enjoy it regardless.
Suwa Blaster (2024)
Be frog. Blast some yokai. Witness the pain of working in a small family business.This game is Slasco's magnum opus. Legend has it, he's still working on the final version...The groovy pxtone-based soundtrack was made in a semi-collaborative fashion together with sidedishes and slas himself.
Ballet of Steel (2024)
Turn-based bullet hell I made the music for. The current version is really a prototype of the version we're trying to make... but it's been surprisingly popular after it appeared as a featured game on itch.io's front page. It's currently sitting at 4.8 stars with 60 ratings. All I can say is thank you...I approached the music in a pretty specific way, and I like how it turned out. If you want to hear that story in the form of incoherent ramblings on mastodon, well, I got you covered. If you just want to have the music to listen to in the background, check out the "Jam edition" soundtrack.
Older works are showcased here:
lapspiderworks.carrd.co
video demo reel (2024)
Also see the following links:
All my jam games
All my bandcamp albums
Contact
Have a question about something? Want to work together? Use this form to contact me.
Alternatively you can contact me via Discord @lapspider45Note: I don't check other platforms such as Twitter regularly. If you need a response quickly, please use email or Discord.
Commissions
Note: the prices or terms on this page might be out of date or vary depending on the commission, this page is for reference only.
| Original song or arrangement (instrumental) | 150€ / minute |
| Electric or acoustic guitar recording | 50€ / minute |
| Commercial use | contact me |
| Large project/something else | contact me |
Delivery time negotiable, generally between 1-3 weeks.
I choose which commissions I accept, based on my schedule and other factors. All my commissions are made from the ground up, no generative AI ever.
A commercial license is required if you are a company or wish to use the commissioned work in a commercial production. Contact me for pricing.
I retain my rights to post my music online, include it in my portfolio, etc. If you have special needs regarding this, contact me and we can sort it out.
You are forbidden from selling (e.g. as part of a music album) or sublicensing (e.g. selling the rights to another company) my work without my explicit permission.
You may not use my work without credit, nor use it to spread hate, imply endorsement, engage in criminal acts, or promote any of the above.
Using my work for training AI or in connection with cryptocurrency/NFTs requires a separate "AI license", priced at 1700€ per minute of music, and subject to renewal each year.
If I cannot complete the commission for any reason, I will give a full refund, otherwise refunds will be at my discretion.
Any questions? Contact me.