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