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10th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards Set For GDC

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by Matt Miller on February 08, 2012 at 03:15 PM
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The many talented individuals creating music, sound effects, and other audio elements of games will get their day in the sun on March 8th.

The G.A.N.G. is celebrating its 10th anniversary during a year characterized by some remarkable steps forward in audio presentation in games. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, L.A. Noire, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and Portal 2 were just some of the standout games setting new bars for quality and innovation within the field. Those same games, and many others, will be highlighted at the G.A.N.G. Awards in San Francisco on March 8th as part of the larger Game Developers Conference that will be occurring at the same time.

The full list of nominees is below. Who do you think should win in each category?

AUDIO OF THE YEAR

Battlefield 3

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Dead Space 2

Gears of War 3
Portal 2

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
 


MUSIC OF THE YEAR

Batman: Arkham City

InFamous 2

Kinect Disneyland Adventures

L.A. Noire

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception



SOUND DESIGN OF THE YEAR

Battlefield 3

Forza Motorsport 4

Gears of War 3

NCAA Football 12

Portal 2

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
 


BEST SOUNDTRACK ALBUM

Batman: Arkham City

Dead Space 2

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

Star Wars: The Old Republic
T
he Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception



BEST INTERACTIVE SCORE

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Dead Space 2

Kinect Disneyland Adventures

Portal 2

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
 


BEST HANDHELD AUDIO

Death Rally HD

Infinity Blade II

Monster Hunter 3G

Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D

Super Mario 3D Land



BEST AUDIO IN A CASUAL/INDIE/SOCIAL GAME

Bastion

Conspiracy

Monday Night Combat

Orcs Must Die
Star Wars: Clone War Adventures

WindUp Knight
 


BEST CINEMATIC/CUT-SCENE AUDIO

Battlefield 3

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Crysis 2

Gears of War 3

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
 


BEST DIALOGUE

Battlefield 3

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

L.A. Noire

Portal 2

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
 


BEST ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTAL

"Lacrimosa" - Dead Space 2

"Main Theme" - Deus Ex: Human Revolution

"GameWrapper" - Kinect Disneyland Adventures

"Pirate Dance" - Kinectimals Gold

"Glory, The Galactic Republic" - Star Wars: The Old Republic

"Small Beginnings" - Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
 


BEST ORIGINAL VOCAL - CHORAL

"Main Theme" - Batman: Arkham City

“Storm Clouds Over Stalingrad” – Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad

“Guardians Theme” - RIFT

“Clash of Destiny” - Star Wars: The Old Republic

"Main Theme" - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
 


BEST ORIGINAL VOCAL - POP

"Rogue Heart"  - Dragon Age II

"Torched Song" - L.A. Noire

"Victoria’s Lab" - LittleBigPlanet 2

"Wabby Wabbo" - Plants Vs. Zombies (PS3/XBOX360)

"Want You Gone" - Portal 2

“Kayfoundo Naweea (Hungry Eyes)” - Star Wars: The Old Republic


BEST AUDIO MIX

Batman: Arkham City

Battlefield 3

Crysis 2

L.A. Noire

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception



BEST USE OF LICENSED MUSIC

Kinect Disneyland Adventures

LittleBigPlanet 2

MLB 11: The Show

Rocksmith

Shift 2: Unleashed - Need for Speed

Stacking



BEST GAME AUDIO ARTICLE, PUBLICATION OR BROADCAST

Designing the Boot Sound for the Original XBOX

Game Developer Magazine - “Three Erroneous Conceits”

Mixing as Part of the Music Composing Process

Sound Effects Transformation: From This to That

The Use of Voice in Portal 2

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  • by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 03:31 PM

    Nice list, soooo many categories.

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    by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 03:35 PM

    Audio: Dead Space 2 - Music: L.A. Noire (Though i haven't played a good number of those games)- Sound Design: Gears 3 - Sound Track: Star Wars - Best Interactive: Portal 2 - Handheld Audio: R.E. Revelations - Audio for Casual, Ect.: Bastion - Best Cinematic / cutscene audio: Crysys 2 (Definitely) - Best Dialog: L.A. Noire (But for how the Facial animations matched perfectly with them) - That is all I'll comment on My Personal opinion.

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    by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 03:39 PM
    I haven't played enough of these to give a fair judgement. Having said that, Battlefield 3 should win for all Audio/sound effects categories. Prob not for music or voice acting, but in game audio cannot be beat.
  • by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 03:46 PM

    While I'm sure the songs are deserving of the category, did anybody else chuckle when they Kinect Disneyland Adventures and Kinectimals Gold on the nominees list?

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    by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 03:53 PM
    Uncharted 3 and Portal 2 were the best games on that list.
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    by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 04:07 PM
    The only thing that I have any sort of opinion on is that Audio of the Year should go to Battlefield 3.
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    by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 05:17 PM

    Man, uncharted is everywhere, but my money is on battlefield three dominateing.

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    by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 05:33 PM

    Minecaraft for best music ever in a video game

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    by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 06:08 PM

    Audio of the year-Gears of War 3, Music of the year-Skyrim, Sound design of the year-Gears of War 3, Best soundtrack album-Skyrim, Best interactive score-Uncharted 3, Best handheld audio-Infinity Blade 2, best audio in casual/indie/social game-Bastion, Best cinematic/cutscene audio-Gears of War 3, Best dialogue-Uncharted 3 or Portal 2, Best original instrumental-Dead space 2, Best original vocal/choral-Skyrim, best original vocal pop-Plants vs Zombies, best audio mix-Crysis 2, best use of licensed music-Rocksmith, The last one I can't judge.

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    by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 06:22 PM

    I would be seriously disappointed if Lacrimosa doesn't win. Also, I'd love to know what the difference is between Music of the Year, and Soundtrack Album of the Year.

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    by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 06:24 PM

    Oh, no love for Portal's "Exile Vilify" in Licensed Music? Ah well, at least "Want You Gone" is there.

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    by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 06:27 PM

    Bastion with only one nomination?  Madness!

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    by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 06:28 PM
    Bastion isn't nominated for Best Soundtrack? I SPIT ON THESE AWARDS. No, but seriously, Bastion's soundtrack was phenomenal.
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    by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 07:47 PM
    My choices: Portal 2/ Skyrim/ BF3/ Portal 2/ Infinity Blade II/ Bastion/ BF3/ Portal 2/ Deus Ex/ Skyrim/ Portal 2/ Arkham City/ Shift 2
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    by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 08:28 PM

    Dragon Age 2 actually had a really good soundtrack too.

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    by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 10:11 PM

    Many are big winners to me already.  Hard to choose.

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    by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 10:28 PM

    Portal 2 for Audio and Dialog.  It made the game, and that game was one of last year's best.

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    by Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 11:19 PM
    LittleBIGPlanet 2 for best use of licensed music!! Woo!!! Wait, what do you mean I'm the only one excited about that category?
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    by Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 06:29 AM

    Great list of nominations! I always love the music in games and know all the hard work put into it. Everyone is deserving, can't wait to see who wins.

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    by Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 07:39 AM
    Seriously!!! No love for Zelda? Thats just wrong
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