GDC 2011: Red Dead, Battlefield Big Winners at GANG Awards

The winners of the ninth annual Game Audio Network Guild awards have been announced, with Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption and DICE's Battlefield: Bad Company 2 taking home multiple awards. Held last week at the Game Developers Conference 2011, the awards represent "the best audio in video games from 2010". The final winners were chosen from a 70 person advisory committee, made up of members of the non-profit GANG organization. Red Dead Redemption was the big winner of the event, bagging the Audio of the Year, Music of the Year, Best Interactive Score and Best Dialogue awards. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 won two awards, while LucasArts' Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge, Blizzard's StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and 2K Games' Bioshock 2 took one award each. GANG president Paul Lipson said "The quality bar from 2010 was so high across the board, it was impossible to predict specific wins. With over 350 submissions this year, just making it to the final nomination process is something all the teams and publishers can be proud of". Here are the results in full: Audio of the Year Red Dead Redemption Rockstar Games Composers Bill Elm & Woody Jackson Lead Audio Designer Jeffrey R. Whitcher Audio Designers Steven von Kampen, Christian Kjeldsen, Corey Ross Audio Programmers Corey Shay, Robert Katz Music of the Year Red Dead Redemption Rockstar Games Bill Elm, Woody Jackson Best Audio Other Halo: Waypoint "The Return" 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios Kristofor Mellroth, Senior Audio Director, Microsoft Game Studios Paul Lipson, Audio Director, Pyramind Studios Peter Steinbach, Steve Heithecker, David Earl, Michael Roache Sound Design of the Year Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Electronic Arts/DICE Stefan Strandberg, Ben Minto, David Mollerstedt, Thomas Danke, Mari Saastamoinen, Olof Stromqvist Best Soundtrack Album Video Games Live - Level 2 Tommy Tallarico, Jack Wall Best Interactive Score Red Dead Redemption Rockstar Games Bill Elm, Woody Jackson Best Handheld Audio Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge LucasArts Tom Bible, Jesse Harlin, Wilbert Roget II, Jeff Ball, Dan Reynolds, Andrew Aversa Best Cinematic/Cutscene Audio StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Blizzard Entertainment Russell Brower, Paul Menichini, David Farmer Best Dialogue Red Dead Redemption Rockstar Games Lead Audio Matthew Smith Additional Dialogue Editing Will Morton, Allan Walker, Jon McCavish Audio Designer George Williamson Dialogue Assistant Lindsay Robertson Best Original Instrumental "Athens Harbour Chase" - James Bond 007: Blood Stone Activision Richard Jacques Best Original Vocal - Choral "Invincible" - World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Blizzard Entertainment Music by Russell Brower, Jason Hayes; Lyrics by Derek Duke, Neal Acree Best Original Vocal - Pop "I'll Take it All" - James Bond 007: Blood Stone Activision Dave Stewart Best Use of Licensed Music Bioshock 2 2K Games/2K Marin Michael Kamper, Audio Lead and the 2K Marin Audio Team Best Game Audio Article, Publication or Broadcast "The Weight of Silence - How Silence Can Indicate a Character's Importance" - Game Developer Magazine Jesse Harlin Best Use of Multi-Channel Surround In a Game Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Electronic Arts/DICE Stefan Strandberg, Ben Minto, David Mollerstedt, Thomas Danke, Mari Saastamoinen, Olof Stromqvist G.A.N.G. Recognition Award Sumthing Else Musicworks G.A.N.G. Distinguished Service Award Dren McDonald, Jacquie Shriver Rookie of the Year Award Woody Jackson, Bill Elm Lifetime Achievement Award Chris Huelsbeck Diamond Sponsor/Partner Awards Sumthing Else Musicworks Game Developers Conference Pyramind Studios