Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Ghost of Tsushima were awarded for their music and sound design, respectively at the 2021 Bafta Games Award.
The winners of the 2021 BAFTA Games Awards were announced during a virtual ceremony hosted by television presenter Elle Osili-Wood.
Audio Achievement:
Astro’s Playroom development team: Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Ghost Of Tsushima: Rev. Dr. Bradley D. Meyer - Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe.
Hades: Darren Korb, Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games.
Half-Life: ALYX development team – Valve/Valve.
The Last Of Us Part II development team: Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe.
Marvel’s Spider Man: Miles Morales development team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe.
Music:
Ghost Of Tsushima: Ilan Eshkeri, Shigeru Umebayashi, Peter Scaturro - Sucker Punch Productions/ Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe.
Hades: Darren Korb, Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games.
The Last Of Us Part II: Gustavo Santaolalla, Mac Quayle, Scott Hanau - Naughty Dog/ Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe.
Marvel’s Spider Man: Miles Morales - John Paesano, Scott Hanau, Alex Hackford - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe.
Ori And The Will Of The Wisps: Gareth Coker - Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios.
Sackboy: A Big Adventure: Jay Waters, Joe Thwaites, Joanna Skorupa - Sumo Digital Sheffield/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe.
Sucker Punch Productions’ action-adventure game Ghost of Tsushima won the Audio Achievement category, with senior audio director Rev. Dr. Bradley D Meyer accepting the award.
“First off, thank you to the academy,” said Meyer. “And I also really want to thank all of the other nominees because each one of them has been a huge inspiration for our team – to really keep pushing ourselves and try to be better.”
Meyer also took to Twitter and added:
“So honored to represent my team for this award. And so proud of my teams [Sucker Punch Productions], [PlayStation], and [post-production facility Molinare]. I left a few people out, so apologies to them. [Game audio] takes a village.”
Insomniac Games’ action-adventure game Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales won the Music category.
“We strived to make a positive and lasting impact on people’s lives, and Mile Morales lives up to these ideals when he fights to protect Harlem and the people he loves,” said Insomniac Games creative director Brian Horton.
“Special thanks to our fans and our families who support us, and BAFTA for this incredible honour,” Horton added.
Paesano took to Twitter to express his gratitude:
“[W]ow!! [W]hat an honour. [T]hank you [BAFTA Games]. Big thanks to all my collaborators including [Boi-1da] and [Adam Hochstatter] and [the] whole Sony Music Team.”
The awards ceremony also presented the BAFTA Fellowship to Media Molecule studio director Siobhan Reddy.
The Fellowship is BAFTA’s highest accolade and was awarded to Reddy “in recognition of her pioneering work on advocacy for diversity, inclusion and creative and collaborative working culture.”