Game Audio Network Guild award winners 2022 Asbjoern Andersen


The results of the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G) Awards are in, and we've listed them all below + added the stories behind the sound for a number of them. A big congrats to all the winners & nominees!

I'm glad to let you know that A Sound Effect received two nominations this year, for our story on the sound for Forza Horizon 5, and for our interview with the Hitman team. On a personal note, I'm very proud to announce that I've won a G.A.N.G. Recognition Award - thanks a lot for that!

- Asbjoern


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Returnal – 6x wins:

🏆 Sound Design of the Year

🏆 Creative and Technical Achievement in Music

🏆 Best Non-Humanoid Performance

🏆 Best New Original IP Audio

🏆 Best Cinematic & Cutscene Audio

🏆 Best Game Audio Presentation Podcast or Broadcast
“Returnal With Loic Couthier & Toivo Kallio” (Tonebenders Sound Design Podcast)

Hear the G.A.N.G award winning episode here:

Huge interview: Go behind the sound of Returnal here

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – 4x wins:

🏆 Dialogue of the Year

🏆 Audio of the Year

🏆 Best UI Reward or Objective Sound Design

🏆 Creative and Technical Achievement in Sound Design

Behind the score for ‘Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart’

Unpacking – 2x wins:

🏆 Best Sound Design for an Indie Game

🏆 Best Audio for an Indie Game

An interview with Unpacking Composer and Sound Designer, Jeff van Dyck



Unpacking Composer and Sound Designer, Jeff van Dyck | The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook Podcast


Call Of Duty: Vanguard – 2x wins:

🏆 Best Voice Performance

“Call Of Duty: Vanguard” — Polina Petrova as Laura Bailey, audio director David Swenson, PCAP/VO director JB Blanc and casting director Ivy Isenberg (Sledgehammer Games and Activision)

🏆 Best Game Foley

“Call of Duty: Vanguard” (Sledgehammer Games and Activision)

More on the sound for the Call of Duty series

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy – 2x wins:

🏆 Music of the Year

“Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy” — Richard Jacques, Steve Szczepkowski, Yohann Boudreault and Randy Eckhardt (Eidos-Montréal and Square Enix)

🏆 Best Ensemble Cast Performance

“Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy” (Eidos-Montréal and Square Enix)

Behind the music for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy



Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy | Music


G.A.N.G. Community awards:


🏆 G.A.N.G. Lifetime Achievement Award
Leslie Ann Jones, Grammy award-winning recording engineer and Director of Music and Scoring at Skywalker Sound

🏆 Distinguished Service Award
Sabrina Hutchinson, Agent and Founder of Defiant Talent Management

🏆 G.A.N.G. Recognition Award
Asbjoern Andersen, Founder, A Sound Effect

🏆 Best Game Music Cover or Remix:

“The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time” — “Gerudo Valley” (Nintendo)


🏆 Best Main Theme

“Kena: Bridge of Spirits” — “Beneath Worlds” (Ember Lab)
Bonus: Go behind the music for Kena: Bridge of Spirits here


🏆 Best Music for an Indie Game

“Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye” (Mobius Digital and Annapurna Interactive)


🏆 Best Original Song

“Deathloop” — “Déjà Vu” by Sencit & FJØRA (Arkane Lyon and Bethesda Softworks)
Bonus: Go behind the sound of Deathloop here


🏆 Best Original Soundtrack Album

“It Takes Two” (Hazelight Studios and Electronic Arts)
Bonus: Go behind the score for It Takes Two here


🏆 Best Physical Soundtrack Release

“Halo Infinite” (343 Industries and Xbox Game Studios)
Bonus: Go behind the score for Halo Infinite here + go behind the Halo Infinite sound design here


🏆 Best Dialogue for an Indie Game

“Disco Elysium: The Final Cut I” (ZA/UM)


🏆 Best Audio for a Casual or Social Game

“Honor of Kings” (TIMI L1 Studio, Tencent TimiAudio, Tencent Mobile Games)
Bonus: Go behind the score for Honor of Kings here


🏆 Best Game Trailer Audio

“God Of War Ragnarök” — PlayStation Showcase 2021 Reveal Trailer (Sweet Justice Sound, Sony PD Sound and Sony Computer Interactive Entertainment)


🏆 Best Game Audio Article or Publication
“Leading With Sound” (Rob Bridgett and Routledge)
Bonus: More about Leading with Sound here


🏆 Excellence in Audio Accessibility
“Blind Drive”(Lo-Fi People) and “Halo Infinite” (343 Industries and Xbox Game Studios) (TIE)
Bonus: Go behind the sound of Blind Drive here

See the full list of winners & nominees here, learn more about G.A.N.G here, and how to join here

 

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