The Audio award recognizes the overall excellence of audio in a game - including, but not limited to, sound effects, musical composition, sound design, orchestration, etc.

7th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2007)

Recipient
  • Guitar Hero II (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane)
    - Jeff Allen, Eric Brosius, Izzy Maxwell
Nominees
  • Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment / THQ)
    - Crispin Hands, John Johnson, Jennifer Lewis, John Tennant
  • DEFCON: Everybody Dies (Introversion Software)
    - Alistair Lindsay, Michael Maidment
  • Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (Crystal Dynamics / Eidos Interactive)
    - Troels Folmann, Karl Gallagher, Mike Peaslee, Gregg Stephens
  • LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment)
    - Kemmei Adachi, Tomonobu Kikuchi, Kouji Niikura, Nobuyuki Shimizu

6th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2006)

Recipient
  • Guitar Hero (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane)
    - Eric Brosius, Kasson Crooker
Nominees
  • Call of Duty 2 (Infinity Ward / Activision)
    - Mark Ganus
  • Electroplankton (Nintendo)
    - Toshio Iwai, Koichi Kyuma, Yuichi Ozaki
  • God of War (Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    - Brad Aldredge, Clint Bajakian, Chuck Doud, Dave Murrant
  • Project Gotham Racing 3 (Bizarre Creations / Microsoft Game Studios)
    - Nick Bygrave, Guy Whitmore, Nick Wiswell

5th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2005)

Recipient
  • Halo 2 (Bungie Software / Microsoft Game Studios)
    - C Paul Johnson, Marty O'Donnell, Jay Weinland
Nominees
  • Call of Duty: Finest Hour (Spark Unlimited / Activision)
    - Jack Grillo, Caleb Sweazy
  • Doom 3 (id Software / Activision)
    - Christian Antkow, John Carmack, Tim Willits
  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North / Rockstar Games)
    - Craig Conner, Allan Walker
  • Katamari Damacy (Namco)
    - Yu Miyake

4th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2004)

Recipient
  • Chuck Russom for sound effects in CALL OF DUTY
Nominees
  • Koji Igarashi and Ms. Michiru Yamane for composition in CASTLEVANIA: LAMENT OF INNOCENCE
  • David Henry and Stan LePard for composition in CRIMSON SKIES: HIGH ROAD TO REVENGE
  • Laurent Betbeder, Paul Gorman, Howard Shore, Charles Stockley, and Don Veca for composition in THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING
  • Christopher L. Clanin and Tim Larkin for sound design in URU: AGES BEYOND MYST

3rd annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2003)

Recipient
  • Jack Grillo, Rebecca Hanck, Erik Kraber and Yuan Liu for sound effects in MEDAL OF HONOR: ALLIED ASSAULT
Nominees
  • GTA Team for sound design in GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY
  • Takayuki Kawagoe, Hideki Naganuma and Fumitaka Shibata for sound design in JET SET RADIO FUTURE
  • Metroid Team for sound effects in METROID PRIME
  • Andrew Boyd, Chris Hegstrom, Robb Mills and Howard Shore for composition in THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS

2nd annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2002)

Recipient
  • Marty O'Donnell & team for sound effects in HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED
Nominees
  • Erik Kraber & Jack Grillo for sound design in CLIVE BARKER'S UNDYING
  • Harry Gregson-Williams for composition in METAL GEAR SOLID 2: SONS OF LIBERTY
  • Josh Randall for sound design in FREQUENCY
  • Thomas Engel, Rudolf Stember & Chris Huelsbeck for sound engineering in STAR WARS ROGUE SQUADRON II: ROGUE LEADER

1st annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2001)

Recipient
  • Matt Uelmen, Jason Hayes, Glenn Stafford & Andrea Pessino for composition in DIABLO II
Nominees
  • Michael Sweet for music in BLIX
  • Fumitaka Shibata for music in SAMBE DE AMIGO
  • Naofumi Hataya & Kenichi Tokoi for music in SPACE CHANNEL 5
  • Kemal Amarasingham & Eric Brosius for sound effects in THIEF II: THE METAL AGE