Murderer’s Creed Valhalla: Daybreak of Ragnarök received the primary Grammy Award for Greatest Rating Soundtrack for Video Video games and Different Interactive Media final night time (February 5).
The model new class noticed composer Stephanie Economou – who scored the Siege Of Paris (2021) and Daybreak of Ragnarök (2022) DLCs – take house the inaugural award, although the sport’s pronunciation proved to be a wrestle for the presenter.
Comic Randy Rainbow – who was nominated within the Greatest Comedy Album class for ‘A Little Brains, A Little Expertise’ – was tasked with studying out the winner within the new class, and tripped up over the pronunciation of Valhalla, which is named the “corridor of the slain” in Norse mythology.
You may watch how Rainbow really learn out the online game identify beneath.
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— Wendell (@RhodeToLove) February 5, 2023
Different nominees within the class for Greatest Rating Soundtrack For Video Video games And Different Interactive Media included: Austin Wintory (Aliens: Fireteam Elite), Bear McCreary (Name Of Responsibility: Vanguard), Christopher Tin (Previous World), Richard Jacques (Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy).
Taking to the stage to simply accept the historic award, Economou stated: “I wish to say I’m so grateful to Ubisoft and [music superviser] Simon Landry for inviting me into the wealthy, wealthy legacy of Murderer’s Creed.”
She additionally thanked the “exceptional musicians” who had a hand in “shaping the sound of this rating”.
She continued: “Lastly, I simply wish to recognise all the individuals who fought tirelessly to deliver this class of online game music into existence.
“Thanks for acknowledging and validating the ability of sport music. That is really such an honour.”
You may watch the acceptance speech in full beneath.
Whereas video video games have obtained Grammy nominations earlier than – with Christopher Tin’s Civilization IV intro profitable the Grammy for Greatest Instrumental Association Accompanying Vocalists again in 2011 – this yr was the primary time sport soundtracks had their very own devoted class.
The unique Murderer’s Creed Valhalla soundtrack, in the meantime, additionally options an unique music by Einar Selvik of steel band Gorgoroth, who labored on the present Vikings.
Reviewing Murderer’s Creed: Valhalla in 2020, NME described the sport in a five-star evaluate as a “daring and bloody departure for the seminal stealth collection”, including that, for the primary time in years, “Murderer’s Creed feels important once more”.