Spil kommer i stigende grad i fint selskab og er efterhånden ved at være en helt accepteret udtryksform. Ikke bare når det gælder omsætningen, men nu får spil også anderkendelse for deres “kunstneriske udtryk”. Industry Gamers kan nu fortælle, at at folkene bag Grammy uddelingen meget nøje overvejer at inkludere spilmusik på linie med musik fra tv-serier og film i en egen kategori allerede ved næste års show.

“I think this could be viewed as a first step in the direction of video games getting their own category,” said Bill Freimuth, Vice President, Awards, The Recording Academy. “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.” …

… “This acknowledges that film, TV and games can stand side by side and be independently recognized,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive, Music, Electronic Arts. “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.”

9 KOMMENTARER

  1. Og de kunne passende starte med at belønne det bedste spilmusik hidtil.

    Der findes fantastisk kandidater derude, ikke mindst Dungeon Siege main theme eller Ducktales Moon theme.