Grammy Winner: Assassin's Creed

Tonight's Grammy Awards featured a category for videogame soundtracks for the first time. Ubisoft's "Assassin's Creed" was the first winner in this category. It was a momentous occasion for all involved.

Tonight's Grammy Awards featured a category for videogame soundtracks for the first time. Ubisoft's "Assassin's Creed" was the first winner in this category. It was a momentous occasion for all involved, but also for us as viewers, it was a very funny moment on live television.

Video games have been nominated (like Kirby in 2021), and even won Grammys before. However, Christopher Tin's Civilization IV intro in 2011-2023 saw the debut a new category called "Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games/Interactive Media".Austin Wintory, a veteran games composer, was nominated (hilariously considering his previous work for Aliens: Fireteam Elite), Bear McCreary for Call of Duty: Vanguard), Richard Jacques for Guardians of the Galaxy, Christopher Tin again (for the Civlike Old World), and Stephanie Economou to be nominated for Assassin's Creed: Valhalla's expansion Dawn of Ragnarok.

Economou, composer and violinist--who at the time of publication had a Twitter bio that simply stated "Non-award winning composer"--is now an Award-winning composer. Congratulations Stephanie! For everyone watching at home, the occasion was made even more memorable by Randy Rainbow, a comedian and presenter. He was given an envelope with "Assassin's Creed Vahalla" written inside. The envelope was then read like this:It can be nerve-wracking to announce awards when so many people are watching, even if it was the "premiere" ceremony. Imagine being asked to read "Beyonce" instead of "Assassin's Creed Valhalla Dawn of Ragnarok". This is a different situation than when you have been exposed to these words for three years and somehow managed to make them seem normal. It is not a normal collection. It would be difficult!