Congrats to the winners of the 18th Annual GANG Awards!

The winners of the 18th Annual GANG Awards were recently announced, and they're a talented bunch. Congrats to all winners & nominees - and a big thanks from us, as we had the honor of being nominated twice!

To spice things up a bit, we've added the sound stories behind some of the winners & nominees below - click the blue title URLs below to read those stories:

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• Death Stranding – Kojima Productions – WINNER
• Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
• Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) – Infinity Ward
• Mortal Kombat 11 – NetherRealm Studios
• Borderlands 3 – Gearbox Software

Music of the Year

• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Gordy Haab and Stephen Barton) – Respawn – WINNER
• Erica – Flavourworks
• Fantastic Creatures – Blue Callisto
• Undersea – Magic Leap Studios
• Borderlands 3 – Gearbox Software
• Rend – Frostkeep Studios

Sound Design of the Year

• Death Stranding – Kojima Productions – WINNER
• Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
• Borderlands 3 – Gearbox Software
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) – Infinity Ward
• Mortal Kombat 11 – NetherRealm Studios

Best Cinematic / Cutscene Audio

• Death Stranding – Kojima Productions – WINNER
• World of Warcraft: Battle For Azeroth Patch 8.25 – Blizzard Entertainment
• Concrete Genie – Pixelopus
• Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order – Reason Entertainment/Electronic Arts
• Destiny 2: Shadowkeep – Bungie
• Gears 5 – The Coalition

Best Dialogue

• Death Stranding – Kojima Productions – WINNER
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) – Infinity Ward
• Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
• Gears 5 – The Coalition
• Control – Remedy Entertainment

Best Dialogue for an Indie Game

• Golem – Highwire Games LLC – WINNER
• Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey – Salix Games
• Deliver Us The Moon – KeokeN Interactive

Best Original Instrumental

• Erica “Know Thyself” (Austin Wintory) – Flavourworks – WINNER
• Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
• Bee Simulator – Varsav Game Studios
• Mortal Kombat 11 – NetherRealm Studios
• Control – Remedy

Best Music for an Indie Game

• Bee Simulator (Mikolai Stroinski) – Varsav Game Studios – WINNER
• Sky: Children of the Light – thatgamecompany
• Astrologaster – Nyamyam
• Outer Wilds – Mobius Digital
• Slay the Spire – MegaCrit

Best Sound Design in a Casual/Social Game

• Call of Duty: Mobile – TiMi Studios/ Activision – WINNER
• Hearthstone: Saviors of Uldum – Blizzard Entertainment
• Kine – Chump Squad
• Honor of Kings 2.0 – TiMi Studios
• Grindstone – Capybara Games
• Sky: Children of the Light- thatgamecompany

Best Sound Design for an Indie Game

• Deliver Us The Moon – KeokeN Interactive – WINNER
• Golem – Highwire Games
• Knights & Bikes – Foam Sword
• Astroneer – System Era Softworks
• Hunt: Showdown – Crytek

Best Music for a Casual / Social Game

• Honor of Kings 2.0 – TiMi Studios – WINNER
• Sky: Children of the Light – thatgamecompany
• Astrologaster – Nyamyam
• Bee Simulator – Varsav Game Studios
• Hearthstone: Rise of Shadows – Blizzard Entertainment

Best Interactive Score

• Erica (Austin Wintory) – Flavourworks – WINNER
• Outer Wilds – Mobius Digital
• Concrete Genie – Pixelopus
• Death Stranding – Kojima Productions
• Borderlands 3 – Gearbox Software

Best Original Choral Composition

• Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order – “Cordova’s Theme” (Gordy Haab and Stephen Barton) – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts – WINNER
• Astrologaster – Nyamyam
• Rend – Frostkeep Studios
• Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Gathering Storm – Firaxis Games
• Elsinore – Golden Glitch Studios

Best Original Song

• League of Legends “Giants” (Jared Lee, Jessica Karpov, Kole Hicks, Umar Ibrahim) – Riot Games – WINNER
• “BB’s Theme” from Death Stranding – Kojima Productions
• “Saudade” from Resident Evil 2 – Capcom
• “Fair as a Rose” from Elsinore – Golden Glitch Studios
• “Days Gone Quiet” from Days Gone – SIE Bend Studio
• “Constellation” from Sky: Children of the Light – thatgamecompany

Best Original Soundtrack Album

• Death Stranding (Ludvig Forssell) – Kojima Productions – WINNER
• Erica – Flavourworks
• Bee Simulator – Varsav Game Studios
• Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Gathering Storm – Firaxis Games
• Control – Remedy Entertainment
• Elsinore – Golden Glitch Studios
• Sole – Gossamer Games

Best Game Audio Publication, Presentation, or Broadcast

• 100 Unusual, Novel, Surprising Ways to be a Better Sound Designer in Video Games – Rob Bridgett – WINNER
• Thoughts on Game Audio History – Kenneth C M Young
• Lydia Andrew: The audio of assassination – John Broomhall/Resolution Magazine
• Guide: How to Survive a Game Audio Layoff – Insights from Damian Kastbauer – Jennifer Walden and Asbjoern Andersen
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Infinity Ward

Best Audio Mix

• (Tie) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) – Infinity Ward – WINNER
• (Tie) Death Stranding – Kojima Productions – WINNER
• Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
• Borderlands 3 – Gearbox Software
• Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment
• Concrete Genie – Pixelopus
• Control – Remedy Entertainment

Best Virtual Reality Audio

• Journey of the Gods – WINNER
• Dragons: Flight Academy -DreamWorks
• How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Virtual Tour
• Undersea
• Blood and Truth
• Vacation Simulator

Best Game Music Cover/ Remix

• Chrono Trigger “The Trial” (John Robert Matz, Producer) – WINNER
• Borderlands 3 – Gearbox, Finishing Move Inc
• Mario Kart 64 – John Stacy
• Suikoden II KDET – Arranged and Conducted by Kentaro Sato
• Donkey Kong Country – Ross Casey

G.A.N.G. / MAGFest People’s Choice Award

Cadence of Hyrule – WINNER

Distinguished Service Award

Emmanuel Lagumbay (G.A.N.G. Communications Director) – WINNER

Breakout Talent Award

Laryssa Okada (Composer) – WINNER

G.A.N.G. Recognition Award

Guy Whitmore (Composer) – WINNER

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