From ‘Astro Bot’ to ‘Arcane’: Inside the Game Awards’ Plan to Honor Gaming Industry Music With Twenty One Pilots, Snoop Dogg and In-House Orchestra
variety.comJennifer Maas TV Business Writer The nominations for the 2024 Game Awards were revealed Nov. 18 — less than a month out from the show itself.
And seeing as one of the key moments of the Geoff Keighley-hosted annual event is the giant montage performance of that year’s best score and music noms, it’s a good thing Game Awards Orchestra conductor Lorne Balfe started preparing for the Dec.
12 well before he knew which games would even make the cut. “You’re constantly checking in every couple of months to see what new games are coming out,” Balfe told Variety. “It’s like Oscar buzz, people are talking about a great movie six months before the awards.
So it’s about familiarizing yourself when a new game comes out, and if everybody’s talking about it and enjoying it, there’s a chance this could be it.
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