This year again, video games will be in the spotlight at the Grammy Awards

For more than 60 years, the Grammy Awards ceremony has rewarded every year the best artists and the best technicians in the field of American industrial Music of the disk. This is a prestigious ceremony with prizes awarded by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS). Since its creation in 1958, the Grammys have rewarded many legendary artists such as Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Beyoncé, Steve Wonder, U2 and even Taylor Swift and Billie Elish.

Today we learn that for the third year in a row, video game music composers will also be in the spotlight, from the next ceremony on February 2, 2025.

Video games at the Grammy Awards

Credits: PlayStation Studios

This is the third time that the award for Best Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media has been presented at the Grammy Awards. A third consecutive year after the grand premiere during the 2023 edition, then this year in 2024. On February 2, 2025, several composers will compete to win the statuette. Here are the games and composers nominated for this edition:

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Pinar Toprakcomposer
God of War Ragnarök : Valhalla – Bear McCrearycomposer
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – John Paesanocomposer
Star Wars Outlaws – Wilbert Roget, IIcomposer
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord – Winifred Phillipscomposer

It's almost flawless for Bear McCreary who is nominated for the third year in a row with the music from the Vahlalla DLC by God of War Ragnarök. This year, the composer was nominated for the music of Call of Duty Vanguardand in 2023 he had been nominated for the original game God of War Ragnarök. However, he never won the award.

In 2023, composer Stephanie Economou won the Grammy thanks to her work on the DLC Ragnarök d'Assassin's Creed Valhalla. This year, Stephen Barton and Gordy Haab took home the prize thanks to their work on the music of Star Wars : Jedi Survivor. Will this be the right year for Bear McCreary? Response in a little less than three months!