You need to know a couple things about how the Recording Academy (who runs the grammy's) works.
It's made up of US artists, songwriters, and engineers. They are the ones who submit initial nominations and then vote for the winner. Whomever gets the top number of nominees sent in (there's no "list") gets the nomination.
I doubt many members are avid gamers, so indie's have little chance (unless there's buzz or they are actively campaigning).
And the biggest thing is....members tend to nominate themselves or projects they worked on or for ppl they know closely.
So a electronic soundtrack written, composed, performed and mixed by 1 Korean artist (and probably not a voting member)
VS:
A score composed by a known composer, played by 60 piece orchestra, recorded, mixed and edited by a dozen engineers. (All voting members)
Look, i love them both, but the system is just set up to always nominate the later. Sorry for the bursted bubble.
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Re: Grammy Nominees for Best Video Game Soundtrack Revealed
You need to know a couple things about how the Recording Academy (who runs the grammy's) works.
It's made up of US artists, songwriters, and engineers. They are the ones who submit initial nominations and then vote for the winner. Whomever gets the top number of nominees sent in (there's no "list") gets the nomination.
I doubt many members are avid gamers, so indie's have little chance (unless there's buzz or they are actively campaigning).
And the biggest thing is....members tend to nominate themselves or projects they worked on or for ppl they know closely.
So a electronic soundtrack written, composed, performed and mixed by 1 Korean artist (and probably not a voting member)
VS:
A score composed by a known composer, played by 60 piece orchestra, recorded, mixed and edited by a dozen engineers. (All voting members)
Look, i love them both, but the system is just set up to always nominate the later. Sorry for the bursted bubble.