2022 Nominees and Winners
Listeners' Choice Award
Won – Qumu, “File Select”
Acoustic/Chamber
The Game Brass, “Kass’s Theme”
Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra (feat. Jacob Coppage-Gross), “Chopin’s Castles”
Won – 88Bit “Main Theme (From Final Fantasy VII)”
David Peacock, Laura Platt, “Overture”
Caleb Gomes, feat. Harpsona & Kristin Naigus, “Pure Imagination / The Great Fairy Fountain”
Jazz
Won – Dom Palombi, Patrick Bartley, Brian Sheu, “Corridors of Time”
Multiplayer Big Band, “Hydrocity Zone Act II”
Laura Platt & insaneintherainmusic “Victory (Resolution)”
DiscoCactus, “No Pain, No Game”
Julia Henderson, “Song of the Ancients”
Electronic
Vector U, “Hyrule Castle”
Won – Qumu, “Kraid’s Lair”
Game & Sound, “Techno Syndrome”
MET∆TRON, “Forest Temple from Sunrise and Moonfall by Pixel Mixers”
Ronin Op F and Delicious Nick, “Make or Break (Shatter the Past)”
Metal
Viking Guitar (ft. Angel Hernandez), “Bowels of Torment”
Won – Pokérus Project, Cristian Rev, Sebastian Vera, Milton Jara, Paulina Devia, Thennecan, Animatissimo, MaripaPls, “Dancing Mad”
Mattmatatt, “One Man’s Space Junk is Another Plumber’s Treasure”
Tournament Arc, “Last Surprise (feat. Casey Lee Williams)”
The Tiberian Sons, “This is Holloween”
Hybrid
Laura Platt & Pascal Michael Stiefel, “Victory (Divergence)”
Game & Sound, “Route 209”
TeraCMusic, “Listen to the Cries of the Planet”
Won – Jillian Aversa feat. Harpsona, Andrew Aversa, Legend of Zelda: “Fairy Fountain”
The Limit Breakers, “Shifty Boo Mansion”
Hip Hop
Mason Lieberman, Donna Burke, Substantial, Zaid Tabani, Kokayi, Omega Sparx, Richie Branson, Mega Ran, JohnStacy, K-Drama Beats, Alvin Wee, “The Name Is…”
Won – Ronin Op F, “Owari-Hajimari (Hajimari-Owari)”
Qumu, “File Select”
Vocals
Ian Cowell, The Arkadian, “The Legend of Little Wyvern (James McCloud’s Theme)”
Won – ACappellaVGM, “Mario Kart 64 – A Cappella Medley”
Tournament Arc, “Live & Learn”
Julia Henderson, “Build That Wall”
The Game Brass, “Frog’s Song of the Soul”
Symphonic
The Marcus Hedges Trend Orchestra, “Title Theme”
The Tiberian Sons, “This is Holloween”
Won – Virtual Video Game Orchestra, Game Music Ensemble at UCLA, “Adventure Awaits! A Sea of Thieves Medley”
The Marcus Hedges Trend Orchestra, “Good Riddance”
TeraCMusic, Brooke Ferd, “Beneath the Surface”
Music Video
Tournament Arc, “Last Surprise (feat. Casey Lee Williams)”
Won – Virtual Video Game Orchestra, “Prologue (Book One)”
Lame Genie, “Mortal Kombat Theme (featuring Gilbert Gottfried)”
Jules Gabriel, Anthony Darreux, Romain Choisy, Léna Boussellier, Léonie Gabriel, “Song of the Ancients”
Jillian Aversa feat. Harpsona, Andrew Aversa, Legend of Zelda: “Fairy Fountain”
Album
TeraCMusic (album has many collaborators), Crossing Worlds: Music From Chrono Cross
Won – Mahn, The Old Blood: A Bloodborne Concept Album
Dom Palombi, Tony Dickinson, Dave Pollack, Insaneintherainmusic (Carlos Eiene), Jasper Dutz, Ryan Slatko, Button Masher, Max Boiko, Patrick Bartley, Brian Sheu, Adam Neely, Charlie Rosen, Super Soul Bros, Game Night!
The Game Brass, Horns of Hyrule
ConSoul Lone Star, ConSoul
