Better Than The Book releases "Summer Will Be What We Make Of It", the opening song for animated series Hyper-Breakers complete with music video + a brand new Jabun track "The Finals"! (+ patron exclusive rewards)

Hi everyone and man have I got something amazing to share with you today!

It's been one of my biggest career goals and life's dreams to write the opening song for an animated series, and after 14 years making music as Better Than The Book the stars have aligned and that dream has finally come true!

Last summer around the time the "Side Character In My Own Life" album was released, I was contacted to compose a short rock song with electronic elements for a 90 second anime style opening animated sequence, and after over a year of that audio being finished and sitting on my hard drive I'm pleased to finally be able to announce that Better Than The Book is providing the opening song for the animated show Hyper-Breakers, complete with an AWESOME 90 second animated opening sequence music video!

Thanks so much to Robert Carducci (RobC3) for having me on the project and being amazing to work with; it's been a blast! Check out the opening animated music video below!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrrzUKLZGJo

And go watch Hyper-Breakers and check out more of Robert's work here:

robc3art.com
robc3.newgrounds.com

"Summer Will Be What We Make Of It", and the instrumental version of the track are now available to purchase on Bandcamp, where you can read more credits and special thanks: ​

​https://betterthanthebook.bandcamp.com/album/summer-will-be-what-we-make-of-it-single

And check out Robert's fantastic album artwork for the project below:

Better Than The Book - Summer Will Be What We Make Of It [Single]  

01 - Summer Will Be What We Make Of It 
02 - Summer Will Be What We Make Of It (Instrumental)

Written, performed and produced by Nick Standing [Jabun]
Recorded, mixed and mastered at JabunAudio by Nick Standing [Jabun]
Music supervised by Robert Carducci for Hyper-Breakers

Artwork created by Robert Carducci.
Better Than The Book logo by Nick Standing [Jabun]
Artwork supervised by Nick Standing [Jabun]

No generative A.I. tools were used in the creation of this work.
This work (including but not limited to audio content, artwork and lyrics) may not be used to train generative A.I. models in any way.

Meanwhile as Jabun, I recently released a brand new track "The Finals", my entry for the Newgrounds Underdogs Audio Contest 2026 Finals! I ended up finishing 7th place in the competition, but I'm still very please with how it turned out. Listen exclusively on Newgrounds below:

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1608286

And if you're a supporter on Patreon, then you have the full "Summer Will Be What We Make Of It" single including Mp3s and artwork (and WAVs for the $10 patrons) as well as an exclusive early download for "The Finals" too! If you're a $10 patron then you also have early access to the instrumental version of "The Finals" in both mp3 and WAV formats. I intend to release "The Finals" as a 2 track single shortly once I've had time to sort the art and admin. Find your Patreon rewards here:

$1 Rewards: https://www.patreon.com/NickStanding/posts/better-than-book-167818926
$10 Rewards: https://www.patreon.com/NickStanding/posts/167818909

That's it for this quick release announcement post but I'll be back next week with a more detailed round up of this month's happenings! Until then I hope you enjoy all the new music and the fantastic animated music video for Hyper-Breakers, and thanks so much for supporting my music and projects however you can! All the best and take care!