Here Are The G.A.N.G. Award Winners & The Sound Stories Behind Many Of Them (+ A Sound Effect Founder Asbjoern Andersen Wins A G.A.N.G. Recognition Award):

Game Audio Network Guild award winners 2022

Posted May 31, 2022 by Asbjoern Andersen in Sound community highlights

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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