12 Apr, 2011
Video games take another leap forwards in crossing genre lines, first with an introduction to a festival solely dedicated to indie films, and now recognition at the Grammy Awards.
The Recording Academy has finally decided to start featuring video games alongside film and television for the very first time on a larger stage than that of the Tribeca Film Festival. Next year, some of our favorites will be added to four categories – Music for Visual Media, Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, and Best Song Written for Visual Media.
In an interview with IndustryGamers, VP of awards at the Recording Academy, Bill Freimuth, said, “I think this could be viewed as a first step in the direction of video games getting their own category.”
“Many people from the game community have been asking us to create a special category for games over the years, but the main reason we haven’t is because we have received very few entries from game publishers.”
Let’s hope that this will encourage our favorite titles and developers to put their best foot forwards when it comes to a great soundtrack.
Said Steve Schnur, the worldwide executive for music at EA, “This acknowledges that film, TV, and games can stand side by side and be indepenedently recognised. Hopefully this will create an even playing field when people vote next year. I expect there to be a tidal wave of submissions from the game industry.”
The barrier was already pierced when Civilization IV’s opening theme “Baba Yetu” won a Grammy in Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists category just this past February.
Who says video games can’t be art or anything more than just a game?
To read the Grammys’ announcement on the category restructuring, read their news post.
Via CVG.
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