A B O U T
"Gaming’s Eclectic Outspoken Maestro"
-Game Informer Magazine
Curiosity and exploration lay at the core of 3x GRAMMY-nominated and BAFTA-winning composer Austin Wintory’s career. Known principally for his work in videogames, his music can be heard in a wide range of titles: from the critically acclaimed innovators (Journey, ABZU, Stray Gods, The Banner Saga) to AAA blockbusters (Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Aliens Fireteam Elite, LEGO Fortnite, Towerborne).
After nearly a decade scoring independent films and games, Austin’s career took a leap forward on the back of thatgamecompany’s hit PS3 title Journey. The soundtrack album debuted on the Billboard charts higher than any prior game’s original score, and in December 2012 became the first game score ever nominated for a GRAMMY. The music has been performed by orchestras around the world in concert, frequently with Austin on the podium and toured through the US as a complete playthru show called “Journey LIVE.” In 2022, to celebrate its 10th anniversary, the entire score was reimagined by Austin, and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices choir and cellist Tina Guo (who was the featured soloist in the original as well).
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On the heels of Journey, subsequent game scores of Austin’s include The Banner Saga trilogy; Giant Squid’s debut title ABZÛ and its followup, The Pathless; Ubisoft’s Victorian-era Assassin’s Creed Syndicate; the innovative FMV game Erica; the co-op squad shooter ALIENS: Fireteam Elite; Pocketwatch Games’ indie darlings Monaco and Tooth and Tail; the remake of the infamous 80s romp Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded; Mike Bithell’s strategy/action John Wick Hex, Epic Games’ open world LEGO Fortnite; EA’s mobile reimagination of the 90s RTS classic Command & Conquer - Rivals; and Sloclap’s stylized martial arts debut Absolver. Austin also made additional contributions to major titles such as Counter Strike: Global Offensive, The Order: 1886, Saint’s Row Gat out of Hell, and Supergiant’s megahit title Hades. In 2020 Austin wrote one of League of Legends’ most popular champion themes, “Volibear: The Relentless Storm.”
In 2024 Austin re-teamed with Supergiant Games’ composer Darren Korb and contributed orchestral music to the forthcoming Hades 2, amongst multiple other upcoming releases: Giant Squid’s Sword of the Sea, Yellow Brick Games’ Eternal Strands, Stoic Studio’s Towerborne, and Pocketwatch Games’ Monaco 2.
Nearly 20 years in games has led to considerable, and deeply generous, peer recognition. In total Austin has garnered 2 BAFTA’s (among 7 nominations), a historic first-ever videogame soundtrack GRAMMY nomination (plus 2 additional nominations), an Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences DICE award (among 3 other nominations), 19 Game Audio Network Guild awards (among 45 nominations), 2 ASCAP Composer Choice awards (among 7 nominations) and 3 nominations from the Society of Composers and Lyricists. His albums have received well over 100 million plays online, streaming millions of times per month.
In the world of film, Austin has scored over 60 features including multiple indie hits: Captain Abu Raed (2008 Sundance winner), Grace (2009 Sundance hit, starring Jordan Ladd), The Last Movie Star (Burt Reynolds’ final film), A Little Help (the leading role debut of The Office’s Jenna Fischer), Bullet Head (starring Adrien Brody, John Malkovich and Antonio Banderas), several acclaimed documentaries such as Tread and the EMMY-nominated Chowchilla (CNN films), and the continuous-take action films One Shot and One More Shot (directed by James Nunn, starring Scott Adkins). His TV work includes the Netflix international hit Thai Cave Rescue and Amazon’s Big Dogs.
Recent work includes Clark Baker’s 80’s horror Test Screening, and Michael Russell Gunn’s political drama Reykjavik (starring Jeff Daniels, JK Simmons and Jared Harris).
Also an avid podcaster, Austin’s conversations across the shows The Game Maker’s Notebook (for which he is a periodic guest host leading long-form chats with fellow composers and audio folks in games), Play Watch Listen (co-hosted with writer Alanah Pearce, and director Mike Bithell), Brushes & Keys (dissecting art / life topics with visual artist / wife Angela Bermudez), and You Gotta Hear This (a nerdy music analysis show with actor Troy Baker), all of which reach hundreds of thousands of listeners per month.
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