The video game industry’s leading organization, Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.), recently announced the 2019 G.A.N.G. Award finalists. Among the nominees were Garry Schyman, a USC Thornton Screen Scoring faculty member, as well as two USC Thornton alumni, Bear McCreary ’02 and Austin Wintory ’07.
Schyman was nominated in 3 G.A.N.G award categories for his virtual reality game, Torn, including Music of the Year, Best Original Soundtrack and Best Music for an Indie Game. Wintory is also a finalist for Best Original Soundtrack for Pode and is nominated for Best Original Song for “Only We Remember It Now” from The Banner Saga 3. McCreary is a finalist for Best Original Choral Composition and Music of the Year for his work on God of War.