The Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media will be first presented at the
65th Annual Grammy Awards, to be held in February, 2023. The award was introduced to recognize the impact of music specifically written for video games and other interactive media. This is a sister category to the
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, which previously honored scores written for film, television and video games, though ''
Journey'' in
2013
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was the only game ever nominated.
Albums that are eligible for this award must predominantly contain scores specifically written for, or as a companion to, current video games or other interactive media.
The award goes to the original composer(s) of the score.
Background
The Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media was announced on June 9, 2022 alongside four additional new categories that would be presented for the first time at the
65th Annual Grammy Awards. Of the category,
Recording Academy CEO
Harvey Mason Jr.
Harvey Jay Mason Jr. (born June 3, 1968) is an American record producer, songwriter, movie producer and current CEO of The Recording Academy. He has written and produced songs for artists including Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Deniece Wil ...
stated "We're so excited to honour these diverse communities of music creators through the newly established awards and amendments, and to continue cultivating an environment that inspires change, progress and collaboration. The Academy's top priority is to effectively represent the music people that we serve, and each year, that entails listening to our members and ensuring our rules and guidelines reflect our ever-evolving industry."
Prior to the creation of this category, only three video games had ever been nominated at the Grammy Awards and many composers and studios had been campaigning for the Recording Academy to recognize the medium for some time. The first piece of music from a video game ever to be nominated for and win a Grammy in any category was "
Baba Yetu", a song arranged by
Christopher Tin for ''
Civilization IV'' which won
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
The Grammy Award
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at the
53rd Annual Grammy Awards
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. Following this, composer
Austin Wintory
Austin Wintory (born September 9, 1984) is an American composer for film and video games. He is known for scoring the video games '' Flow'' and ''Journey'', which made history as the only video game soundtrack to be nominated for the Grammy Award ...
's score for ''
Journey'' was nominated for the
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media in 2013 and in 2022,
Charlie Rosen and Jake Silverman won the
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for their cover of "Meta Knight's Revenge" from ''
Kirby Super Star''.
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Winners and nominees
References
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Grammy Award categories