Assassin’s Creed Valhalla wins first video game Grammy

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At this year’s Grammyswhich took place on the night of February 5th to 6th, a new category dedicated entirely to video games was honored for the first time. The award for “Best Composed Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media” went to the game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and its composer Stephanie Economou.

More precisely, Economou and her team were responsible for the music for the “Dawn of Ragnarok” DLC. The soundtrack ultimately beat out four other nominees, including Call of Duty: Vanguard, Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and Old World.

2023 found the meanwhile 65th Grammy Awards took place and in this context also gave video games their due place. In previous years, video game soundtracks could occasionally take place at the award ceremony, but never in a separate category.

In her speech, the winner herself thanked all those who fought to ensure that video games and, in particular, the work of composers were appropriately acknowledged. It has been a long way to that point, as there is still a great deal of ignorance about interactive media and their artistic value in many areas.

For the publisher Ubisoft it is certainly also a welcome event to have received the first official award for a video game soundtrack. Because in the last few weeks, the company has increasingly attracted attention with negative headlines such as cuts and strikes among the workforce.

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