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Tonight is the most important night time and music, and for composer Stephanie Economou, it is perhaps one of many largest nights of her profession. The seasoned musician was one in every of 5 folks up for a Grammy this 12 months for online game music. That is the primary 12 months the class has been part of the present, and given how instrumental music is to the gaming business and the way simple it’s to entry your favourite scores on Spotify and Apple Music, one would hope it is going to be right here for a few years to return. The award for Greatest Rating Soundtrack for Video Video games and Different Interactive Media, which is the award’s official title, was handed out within the Grammy’s pre-show, going to Economou for her work on the rating soundtrack for Murderer’s Creed Valhalla: Daybreak of Ragnarok.

Daybreak of Ragnarok is the growth for AC Valhalla that was launched in March of this 12 months to respectable opinions. Clearly, the music from the sport was extra than simply respectable as Economou managed to take the gramophone over some fairly powerful competitors. Different nominees together with on this inaugural batch had been Austin Wintory for Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Bear McCreary for Name of Responsibility: Vanguard, Richard Jacques for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and Christopher Tin for Outdated World.

Count on to see Bear McCreary up for this award once more subsequent 12 months together with his work on the Recreation Award-winning rating to God of Conflict: Ragnarok. Right here’s to hoping with this class round, we’ll begin seeing each online game writer releasing their scores and soundtracks commercially. I do know I’d admire having everything of the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 soundtrack on the prepared for once I take my walks daily.