G.A.N.G. Award Finalists Announced

THE GAME AUDIO NETWORK GUILD has recently had their award finalists published over at MUSIC4GAMES.NET. The list is quite interesting...below you'll see the original score category nominees. Many of the noms are to be expected: Bioshock, Crysis, Halo 3, but John Debney's LAIR with only one nomination and NO noms for Michael Giacchino's MEDAL OF HONOR: AIRBOURNE is more than a little head-scratching-incident. I'd call it - next to outrageous. Suffice it to say that this provided my top "WHAT THE?" moment of the week. Nice to see Jamie Christopherson's THE GOLDEN COMPASS get some recognition though. Anyway, here is a portion of the list.

MUSIC OF THE YEAR

Assassin’s Creed
BioShock
God of War II
Halo 3
The Golden Compass

BEST ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTAL

"Welcome To Rapture" – BioShock"
Infiltrating The Eagle’s Nest” – Blazing Angels 2
"Main Menu” – The Golden Compass
"Epilogue” – Lair
"The Citadel" – Mass Effect

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM

Dead Head Fred
God of War II
Halo 3
Mass Effect
Red Steel

Check out the full list at music4games.net

The winners will be announced at the annual G.A.N.G. Awards on February 21, 2008.