You like videogames, right? And you like good music? Sometimes they come together, and the organization G.A.N.G (Game Audio Network Guild) picks the best game music and audio from the previous year and awards its creators at their annual G.A.N.G. awards.
Chosen by the game audio industry themselves, this year’s finalists are like a short list of the games you turned your TV up for.Winners will be announced at the 7th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards ceremony being held on Thursday, March26th, 2009 in San Francisco, CA during the Game Developers Conference.
The finalists are listed below the jump.Dead Spacelooks to be a big winner, as doesLittleBigPlanet. And did you playDark Sector? It got a few nods as well.
Gears of War 2
Watchman motion comic
“Healed Land” – Prince of Persia
“The Gardens” – LittleBigPlanet
“Hope Runs Deep” – Gears of War 2
“Hymn for King Conan” – Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
“Khazad Düm” – LOTR: Mines of Moria“Main Theme”– LittleBigPlanet
“Main Title” – World of Warcraft : Wrath of the Lich King
“Menu Theme” – Prince of Persia
“Out of Darkness” – Devil May Cry 4
“Shorel’Aran” – World of Warcraft: Fury of the Sunwell
BEST GAME AUDIO ARTICLE, PUBLICATION OR BROADCAST
“Making Music Interactive: Elaboration of the Feature Set in Wwise” – Music4Games.net
“The Complete Guide to Game Audio, 2nd Edition” –Thomson/Cengage Publishing
“The Music of Dead Space: Artistic Design and Technical Implementation” – Music4Games.net
