5 indie games that deserved Grammy for their scores

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Indie games have forever been the canvas for showcasing creativity and imagination while pushing the envelope. The genre has seen numerous excellent releases in the last few years, with not only beautifully crafted stories and visuals to accompany it but also scores that drive player immersion further and deserve recognition.

Thus, the announcement that The 2023 Grammys will have a new category of 'Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games and Other Interactive Media' is welcome news. Slowly but surely, video games are getting recognition from mainstream awards and ceremonies for the immense possibilities of the medium as a cultural product and their ability to express complex human emotions and narratives.

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Nobuo Uematsu, Jeremy Soule, Yoko Shimomura, and Koji Kondo are some iconic names among music composers who have left indelible marks on video game history. Their tunes will forever be associated with the titles they worked on.

This article notes five indie games that had numerous exemplary scores that not only accompanied them but played a pivotal role in the user experience, effectively becoming an integral part of the gameplay process.

Coming from Mobius Digital, the 2019 time loop indie game Outer Wilds has made its mark as one of the best titles in recent years. Players take on the role of an astronaut stepping out for the first time into space with the contained solar system to play around in.

The clues for what has happened are scattered across various planetary bodies revolving around a sun. The music, by Andrew Prahlow, plays an integral part in the Outer Wilds' experience.

Users will be given a signal scope to listen to the music played by astronauts who have flown out before them. Each earlier astronaut