You're stuck on level ten and can't get past the computer game's evil nemesis, but there's a catchy piece of music playing in the background which is getting you through the ordeal.

It might just be that composer and pianist Josh Winiberg is the musician who wrote the tune playing in your ear while you try and power jump on the baddie.

The 19-year-old, from Leigh, was commissioned by computer game writer and designer Steve Ince to write the score for his latest game, Mr Smoozles Goes Nutso.

Steve approached Josh for the important job after becoming friends with his mother, Jane, a number of years ago.

Josh says: "My whole family are internet geeks and my mum met Steve a few years ago. Back then I was writing video game music for a personal project."

Josh has been composing tunes for the piano from an early age, but getting the chance to create music for a computer game was an exciting prospect for the university student.

"It's a massive, massive complement, I couldn't want for anything more," says Josh.

He worked on the project while undertaking his first year at Coventry University, where he is studying composition and professional practice.

It was his job to create music which will serenade players as they tackle the computer game.

Steve sent him copies of the game in stages and he has had to play each part before working out what music would fit with the action unfolding on screen.

Having to convey the emotions of two-dimensional cartoon characters and crackpot baddies was the most enjoyable part for Josh.

He says: "It's hard, but it's the part that comes most naturally for me and what I enjoy the most. The music is on a loop and what is difficult is making a tune which potentially people could be listening to for four hours."

It's all good practice for Josh, who has been inspired to aim for composing music for games and movies as a profession.

"This is the job I want to have, composing for anything with moving images," he says.

For Mr Smoozles Goes Nutso, Josh has composed on his computer, but as a classically trained musician he hasn't entirely shunned traditional pen and paper methods.

He still composes pieces for the piano and his course at university sees him creating new music all the time. "It's great I sit there and play the piano and compose all day," he says.

Josh is taking his inspiration from modern bands and listening to advice given to him by fellow composers.

"The most important thing is we've got to look back at the old classics, but create something new and original," he says.

"I love composing, it's so cathartic, I don't know what I'd do without it - you invest so much emotionally in it."

His new and original pieces can be heard when he hosts a concert at Leigh Road Baptist Church, Leigh, on Friday.

He will be joined by a cellist, for which he has also composed music which will be played at the concert.

It's then back to the books for Josh as he returns to university, although he will have something to distract him. Steve Ince has asked him to compose the music for his next game, a point and click adventure entitled the Sapphire Claw.

"Things are going really well at the moment, I've got the concert, the music for the games and university," says Josh. "I'm taking every opportunity that's available and seeing what comes about."