Austin Wintory has confirmed in a recent interview that he will score the Kickstarter-funded remake Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded. Given the nature of the series, the score will have a very different feel to his Grammy-nominated Journey, and listeners should expect some "seedy, back alley kind of stuff". The composer has also scored Monaco and The Banner Saga, both due out in coming weeks.
The winners of the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards winners have been announced during an awards ceremony on December 7 in Culver City, California. The winners in the music-related categories were Journey (Austin Wintory) for Best Original Score and "Cities" from Sound Shapes (Beck) for Best Song in a Game. In an encouraging sign for independent gaming, the event&39;s two big winners were The Walking Dead: The Game and Journey with five and three award wins respectively. Austin WIntory also recently received a Grammy nomination and his score is a multiple nominee in the Annual Game Music Awards 2012.
Austin Wintory&39;s score for Journey has received a nomination in the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. He was nominated in the Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media category alongside the film scores The Adventures of Tintin, The Artist, The Dark Knight Rises, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Hugo. As a historic occasion, this marks the first time that a video game&39;s full soundtrack is nominated for a Grammy Award. The sole representation for video games at this year&39;s Grammys, Journey has received massive acclaim for its audio and visual presentation.
