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.

9th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2008)

Recipient

• Dead Space (EA Redwood Shores)

Nominees

• LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule)
• Metal Gear Solid 4 (Kojima Productions)
• Left 4 Dead (Valve Software)
• Gears of War 2 (Epic Games)

8th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2008)

Recipient

• BioShock (2K Boston / 2K Australia / 2K Games)
  - Eric Brosius, Pat Balthrop, Emily Ridgway, Justin Mullins

Nominees

• Call of Duty 4 (Infinity Ward / Activision)
  - Jason West, Grant Collier, Vince Zampella
• Everyday Shooter (Queasy Games)
  - Jonathan Mak
• God of War II (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Computer Entertainment)
  - David Murrant, Clint Bajakian, Chuck Doud, Phil Kovats
• Mass Effect (Bioware / Microsoft Game Studios)
  - Steven Sim, Michael Kent, Jack Wall, Sam Hulick

 

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