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[Eddie-Griffin]

https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/assa...ver-video-game-grammy-at-2023-awards-2052961/

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla just made history as the first-ever video game to win a Grammy as composer Stephania Economou was handed the golden trophy during the 2023 awards show.

While the Grammy awards have long recognized musical contributions from all manner of genres, industries, and the like, video games have largely been swept under the rug over the past few decades.

Just one game, 2012’s indie hit Journey, had ever been nominated for a Grammy award until the 2023 nominations were revealed. This time around, five games were honored for the ‘Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media’ category, but only one could win.

Beating the likes of CoD Vanguard and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, composer Stephanie Economou was announced as the winner on February 5 for her work on Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, specifically, the Dawn of Ragnarok expansion.

As the first to receive a Grammy on the back of work in the video game industry, Economou recognized those who came before her, thanking many talented musicians that have dedicated themselves to the space in past generations.

Surprised it would be AC to be the soundtrack that got the win but congratulation to Stephanie for winning a Grammy for a video game OST, the first of its kind.

I'm curious about the process of how she and which game soundtrack was chosen. It'll be interesting to see video game soundtracks show up at more award shows in the future.

 

[nial]

It'll be interesting to see video game soundtracks show up at more award shows in the future.

uh oh

 

[AJUMP23]

That is cool.

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

Why are 2021 games being nominated for the 2022 grammies? most other nominees released in 2022 but for this category its all 2021 games...confusing.

 

[diffusionx]

 

[Gravemind]

Why are 2021 games being nominated for the 2022 grammies? most other nominees released in 2022 but for this category its all 2021 games...confusing.

Because she won the Grammy for her work on the Dawn of Ragnarok DLC that launch in March of '22.

 

[Goon_Bong]

The soundtrack is probably the only aspect of an AC game that could be awarded for anything as the rest of the formula is tired old tripe that is a chore to play plus low grade voice acting to go with.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

uh oh

I mean this was going to come inevitably after the Game Awards started imitating the grammies.