Journey music composer Austin Wintory scores Grammy nomination

Composer Austin Wintory, perhaps best known for his outstanding scoring of thatgamecompany’s Playstation exclusive, Journey, has been nominated for a Grammy. This is the first time since games became eligible for nominations back in 2000 that a game score has actually been nominated.

So why exactly did it take so long? There have certainly been games since then with some epic scores worthy of at least serious consideration. Ask any Final Fantasy or Halo fan and they will tell you these games would not be nearly as memorable without their epic soundtracks. Up until 2011, games were relegated to the category “other visual media” but recently the Recording Academy has decreased the number if nomination categories as well as reworded them to make inclusion of video games a reality.