The 4th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards honored the top achievers in game audio at the Game Developers Conference last week in San Jose, California, and has now officially announced the winners of its multiple awards.
In the event, Sony Santa Monica's God Of War swept many of the major categories, including Music of the Year and Audio of the Year, but Harmonix's Guitar Hero also won out for Best Use of Licensed Music, and Best Original Vocal / Pop award went to "Katamari on the Swing" from We Love Katamari.
The full list of winners, including artist names, is available on the official G.A.N.G. website, but the synopsis is as follows:
Best Dialogue: God of War
Most Innovative Use of Audio: Guitar Hero
Best Use of Multi-Channel Surround In a Game: Call of Duty 2
F.E.A.R.
Best Arrangement of a Non-Original Score: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogies Revenge
Best New Audio Technology:
Microsoft XNA Audio Format
Best Audio Software:
Spectrasonics STYLUS RMX Realtime Groove Module
Best Audio Hardware:
M-AUDIO MicroTrack 24/96
Best Game Audio Article, Publication, or Broadcast:
The Treatment of Music in Games - Part I, II & III, by Jim Charne
Best Interactive Score: God of War
G.A.N.G. Recognition Awards:
Nile Rodgers and Jim Charne
Best Original Instrumental:
"The Tragic Hero" from Peter Jackson's King Kong
Best Cinematic/Cut-Scene Audio: God of War
Best Live Performance Recording: God of War
Best Original Vocal / Pop:
"Katamari on the Swing" from We Love Katamari
Best Original Vocal / Choral:
"Muse" from Advent Rising
Best Original Soundtrack Album: Jade Empire
Sound Design of the Year (Tie): God of War
Call of Duty 2
Best Audio/Other: Lumines
Best Sound Library:
East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Choirs
Best Sound Design in a Sports or Driving Game Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Rookie of the Year:
Gerard Marino
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Bobbie Prince
Distinguished Service Award:
Paul Lipson, Mark Guleno, Shiloh Hobel, Jerry Lyons, Michelle Sorger
Also honored at the awards with a Lifetime Achievement Award was veteran composer Bobby Prince, who made music for seminal early PC titles such as Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Duke Nukem 3D.
