THE GREAT VIDEOGAME SONGBOOK

As a member of the Recording Academy, Rosen self-nominated the arrangement, with Silverman’s permission. He had no expectations (“worst case scenario, it’s on there and maybe a couple of people listen to it as they’re voting”) but was understandably proud of his band’s work. He believes videogame music is overdue appreciation from award bodies. “Film scores, Broadway cast albums and songs from shows, the Great American Songbook – we have these bodies of works that have been recognised as canons of musical material for years and years,” he says. “It seems high time we give this vocabulary of musical works the same professional treatment and adoration, and love and respect to these composers who have defined the sound of our generation, like those composers did for generations past.”