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Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G) 2007 awardees

Posted Mar 13, 2007 at 9:23AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: News Tags: G.A.N.G., GDC, Koji Kondo, Nintendo

While a good game will often get top merits for good graphics, gameplay, and storyline, we can't forget to mention one other aspect that rounds out this winning combo: good sounds. With that in mind, the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) announces this year's G.A.N.G. Awards winners.

The 5th Annual awarding were concluded last Tuesday, March 8, with candidates being selected by members of the game audio industry, and G.A.N.G.'s own crop of 1,200 members.

Xbox 360 fans will be very delighted to know that Gears of War can happily lancer-up another notch in its growing list of achievements, as Epic's runaway hit game for the 360 bags "Audio of the Year," followed closely by Call of Duty 3, Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, Tomb Raider: Legend, and Splinter Cell: Double Agent.

Moving on to specific gaming personalities, we find G.A.N.G. giving Nintendo composer Koji Kondo a much-deserved "Lifetime Achievement" award, even as they hand out a "Rookie of the Year" award to upcoming composer Christopher Tin, whose musical score "Baba Yetu" for the Civilization IV game wins the "Best original vocal - choral" award. Read on for the rest of the finalists (winners are in bold):

Audio of the year

Call of Duty 3
Gears of War
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Tomb Raider: Legend

Music of the year

Dreamfall
Destroy All Humans! 2
Hitman: Blood Money
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II
Tomb Raider: Legend

Sound design of the year

Call of Duty 3
Gears of War
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Splinter Cell: Double Agent

Best interactive score

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
Need For Speed: Carbon
Red Steel
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Tomb Raider: Legend

Best original soundtrack album

Earthworm Jim Anthology
Halo 2: Volume Two
Hitman: Blood Money
Psychonauts
Sly Cooper III: Honor Among Thieves

Best dialogue

24
Call of Duty 3
Dead Rising
Scarface: The World Is Yours
Tomb Raider: Legend

Best cinematic/cut-scene audio

Gears of War
Half-Life 2: Episode 1
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
The Godfather

Best audio - other

Assassin's Creed (website)
Cartoon Networks Re-animated: Fit to be Pie'd
Happy Feet
Hexic
Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Website)

Best original instrumental

"Theme" - Dreamfall
"Gates of Stonehelm" - Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Â“TitanÂ” - ParaWorld
"Main Theme" - Star Trek: Legacy
"Main Title" - Hitman: Blood Money
"Titan" - Paraworld

Best original vocal - pop

"All My Life" - Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
"Angel's Heaven" - Red Steel
"Dr. Kunkle's Funnkle Cake" - Thrillville
"Let It Go" - NBA 07
"Shadow Song" - SpellForce 2

Best original vocal - choral

"Ajikistan Theme" - SOCOM: Combined Assault
"Apocalypse" - Hitman: Blood Money
"Baba Yetu" - Civilization IV
"Elven Morning" - Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II
"Main Theme" - Heroes of Might and Magic V

Best use of licensed music

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Guitar Hero II
Need for Speed: Carbon
Scarface: The World is Yours
The Godfather

Best arrangement of a non-original score

"All Along the Watchtower" - Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
"Amazing Grace" - Left Behind: Eternal Forces
Jaws: Unleashed
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
The Godfather

Most innovative use of audio

Every Extended Extra
Guitar Hero II
Loco Roco
Lumines II
Singstar: Rocks

Best use of multi-channel surround in a game

Black
Call of Duty 3
Gears of War
Rainbow Six: Vegas
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Tomb Raider: Legend

Best game audio article, publication or broadcast

"2006 GDC Audio Boot Camp" by Scott Selfon & others*
"Musical Symmetry" by Jesse Harlin, Audio Column - Game Developer Magazine
"Settling the Score" by Daniel Kayser - Hardcore Gamer Magazine
"SiN Episodes: Emergence music study" by Zak Belica - Music4Games.Net
"Play On: The Composers Behind Today's Game Music" by Russ Pitts - The Escapist

Rookie of the year

Christopher Tin

G.A.N.G. recognition award

Audiokinetic - Wwise
Gene Semel

Lifetime achievement award

Koji Kondo

Distinguished service award

Scott Gershin
David Murrant
Scott Selfon

Student contest winners:

Sound Design: "Necromancing," by Vince Iannelli
Music Comp: "Anura" by JJ Lee

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