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:
Full list of winners and nominees:
Audio of The Year
- 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
