Then, before I could even finish processing that, the Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate's Fortune soundtrack was nominated for a Grammy!

I'm so incredibly proud of @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social, the team at Emperia, and everyone involved in the OST's creation!

@codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social's work on Outlaws makes him the single most prolific composer of diegetic Star Wars music, with 34 tracks. Kevin Kiner is next with 23, Deana Kiner with (approx.) 22, John Williams 21, and Harlan Hodges & Randy Kerber tying Michael Tavera with 19.

Bee Seliga Ben Hicks Gina Kouyoumdjian @topdollarpr.bsky.social and the rest of my team and musicians who helped shape this world.

Thank you to the Recording Academy for continuing to shine a light on video game music! #starwarsoutlaws #starwars #videogamemusic

This recognition is a tribute to my phenomenal team on Star Wars Outlaws and at Emperia Sound and Music, who poured their hearts into bringing this galaxy of music to life: @joneverist.bsky.social Alec Justice Nate Rich Dylan Love @jeffpennyaudio.bsky.social … (cont.)

Immense thanks to the wonderfully collaborative teams at Ubisoft, Massive Entertainment, and Walt Disney Records. I'm grateful and proud to be nominated alongside my fellow nominees, and more importantly friends: Austin Wintory Pinar Toprak Gordy Haab & Will (again)

This monumental achievement wouldn’t have been possible without the leadership of @wilbertroget.bsky.social Simon Koudriavtsev & Romain Brillaud, who championed the music of #StarWarsOutlaws every step of the way.

I'll be posting availability for general chats, impromptu mentoring sessions, and hangs soon. Can't wait to see you all and get some high quality time together for what will likely be yet another stellar GameSoundCon!

This year will mark my 7th consecutive GameSoundCon as a speaker and 8th consecutive GameSoundCon, My first attendance in 2018 was largely the deciding factor to pivot into the games industry and start @EmperiaSound

Every note, every rhythm, every layer of sound was built through trust, creativity, and collaboration — and I’m so proud to see it all celebrated in this FYC feature.

Huge thanks to everyone who lent their talent and passion to this project. It’s an honor to have been part of this galaxy. 🫶🏼

You guys absolutely deserve to win this. Outlaws has such good music I still listen to it daily 🤩

3/3 (cont.) translated syllable groups, and then reworked those new syllable compilations into a new "language" that flows well in context of the song and still feels appropriate the Myrra setting!

2/3 (cont.) eggs in the cantina music. Instead I wrote lyrics in English then used a custom script to auto-translate into a variety of equatorial-adjacent languages, broke those translations into syllables and character groups, and then used a script to compile new words based on those ...

1/3 yea! So Ive talked about this a little bit on podcasts, interviews, and the like, but effectively the hope was to not necessarily use an identifiable existing in-universe language - I didn't want to take players out of the intentional immersionof the cantinas by hiding too many easter ...

It's a pleasure to share this album with @wilbertroget.bsky.social @joneverist.bsky.social , and the teams that supported the DLCs for Star Wars Outlaws, including my awesome staff and crew at Emperia Sound and Music.

The final lap for Star Wars Outlaws continues as the soundtrack album from Wild Card and A Pirate's Fortune is currently up for consideration for the Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games or Other Interactive Media!

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