The fact that 12 years later people play this game and have such visceral reactions. I wouldn't have thought it possible.
I can't ever overstate what it means. It's so beyond lucky, I will never repay the debt I owe to the world for this.
I'm delighted to stand alongside some esteemed colleagues at the Golden Joystick Awards, for Sword of the Sea!
Now let's all go vote for Expedition 33!
This makes me happy. For 3.5 years I got to see Giant Squid put *everything* into making this game. They really believed in it and dug deep to try and make something remarkable. My goal with the music was to rise to their level, and hopefully do justice to their artistry.
Getting to co-write a bunch of new, massively orchestral music with @DarrenKorb for @SupergiantGames HADES 2 has been a LIFE highlight!
Every year we've managed to raise the bar on our ongoing friendship and collaboration but this blew it into orbit. "Grateful" doesn't cut it...
It's SWORD OF THE SEA launch day! I'm *SO* happy to be sharing this one at long last! We started work on it 2021 & it's been a major labor of love that whole time. @GiantSquidology always pushes to make something poignant, artful & unique and I only hope the music follows suit
I'm beyond honored to see STRAY GODS nominated at the Grammys, above all because I get to share this with my wonderful friends from @TripodActual and @actualmontaigne. This was a quintessential team effort. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Excited to see you this week Melbourne!! Doing some HADES 2 (@SupergiantGames) and ABZU (@GiantSquidology) including a first-ever live performance of ABZU's massive grand finale music! Gargantuan piece for choir and orchestra!
The latest Game Maker's Notebook is live and this was a very inspiring chat indeed. This time I had the distinct joy of discussion with @santaolallaok, esteemed composer of THE LAST OF US, parts 1 and 2. Huge thanks to @Neil_Druckmann for connecting us!
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Play as a being of unbalanced energy, on its journey towards awakening in Strayed Lights, an atmospheric action-adventure game with fast-paced, rewarding combat scored by Austin Wintory.
Available now on #NintendoSwitch:
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Here's a look at the first big #StrayGods song, in which we meet @kharypayton as Pan. This whole game was nuts. "How would an interactive musical work?" turned out to be a daunting question
Ahhh!!!! Insanely stoked :)
Also thrilled that the full scope of my shenanigans with @DarrenKorb on this will at last be fully unleashed. What a privilege it's been....
HADES II v1.0 is coming September 25!🌒
Battle beyond the Underworld in our launch trailer.🏔️
Play in blazing-fast 120fps in TV Mode on Nintendo Switch 2, or 60fps on Nintendo Switch (w/ free upgrade to Switch 2). Transfer PC progress from Steam or Epic with Cross Saves.
Hades II - v1.0 Launch Trailer
Battle beyond the Underworld starting September 25, 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, Steam, and the Epic Games Store.
Tonight I heard an 88 year old man tell a crowd of us that he thought the art of film scoring was still in its adolescence and that he hoped to be around another 50 years to see how it evolves.
Cheers to that Maestro.
One of my favorite qualities of Alan Wake 2 was feeling like I was playing a Lynch world. Few games have ever captured that particular feeling, but yet wasn't mindlessly derivative of Lynch either and just trying to be a clone.
Today, 89 years ago, a young kid with some considerable musical talent, eventually playing piano for some prominent composers before being given a chance of his own. Not too long after he used 2 notes to portray a shark and 7 for the Force and humanity hasn't been the same since
The album "Traveler - A Journey Symphony" can be found here!
austinwintory.bandcamp.com/a…
or all the online retailers (Spotify, etc). Likewise my Youtube channel has lots of content coming :)
Happy launch day HADES 2 / @SupergiantGames !! I know I have said it repeatedly but working on this score with @DarrenKorb and @kasavin has been as pure a joy as anything in my life. We unleashed MAYHEM at Abbey Road last summer and it's glorious for all to finally hear it!
It remains an incredible privilege to continue my now decade+ collaboration with @matt_nava and @GiantSquidology. This game is something special.
Working with Matt and this fabulous team genuinely makes me a better musician and artist
Good LORD, the new album is literally at #1 on all of Bandcamp!!! Never thought I'd see that...
Thank you again to all who've checked out the album and helped push it there! 😭
Goddamn, TLOU ep5 did not hold back across any dimension. Each week I continue to be astounded at the nuance and love that's gone into it, and the savvy ways it's departed from / expanded on the source. Just excellent stuff
As someone who spends most of his time writing music meant to enhance the experience of a game, film, TV show or whatnot, it's utterly astounding that the music has such life outside. THANK YOU to everyone for listening ♡
And yes I've been assured JOURNEY will be back!
It is a rare breed of composer / person who gets nominated for an award and publicly points to a fellow nominee over themselves.
Immensely gracious @bearmccreary. I'm honored by the shoutout and grateful for our friendship.
Thrilled & honored to announce having scored @LEGOFortnite! What a privilege to work on a canvas as grand and creative as this one!
Big love to my partners in crime at Epic, & musical cohort Chuck Myers + Phil Boucher for scoring the announce trailer & subtly quoting my theme!
It blows my mind that ANDOR exists. It's pure atmosphere, methodical pacing, cold realistic depiction of authoritarianism, believable characters...
It's so wildly different from the rest of Disney era SW. I can't remember the last time I looked forward to new episodes this much
Today's nomination of Joe Hisaishi at the Golden Globes marks his FIRST EVER western award nomination. No prior Globes, and *never* nominated for an Oscar or Grammy.
Better late than never I suppose, but good lord. The very definition of "overdue"
10 years ago today exactly I was at @SonySantaMonica monitoring the orchestral recordings for Journey, which was due to come out a few months later. The whole time I kept thinking "boy I hope people like this game..."
It really didn't feel even remotely assured
FINALLY!! Announcing my Kickstarter for A LIGHT IN THE VOID. I can't overstate how personal and ambitious this project is. Years in the making, a fusion of science + music, live on-stage, broadcast to the world.
Please consider backing, sharing, etc🕯️
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Performing this live with @LauraBaileyVO and Ashley Johnson was truly a career highlight. Pure bliss. It was an absolute joy to recreate as a studio single as we barrel towards #StrayGods' release!
Game Informer can exclusively reveal "Adrift," a full track from Stray Gods: The Role-Playing Musical featuring Laura Bailey and Ashley Johnson. Listen here: bit.ly/3K5yZZ2
Hey everyone guess what?? JOURNEY is back on Spotify!! Thanks to everyone who's reached out over the last few months to check on it; I'm grateful that so many still keep it in regular rotation. ENJOY! <3
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1. @Ubisoft proved to be the most magnificent collaborators
2. The performances of @VictoriaAtkin + @PaulRogerAmos were a joy to work with
3. The songwriting partnership with @TripodActual was one of the most personally meaningful of my life
FYI to all streamers, there should be NO issues with DMCA, ContentID etc and if there is PLEASE TAG ME. I've been kicking over every rock behind the scenes to preemptively make sure there are no issues, and fingers crossed, but lemme know ASAP otherwise so we can address !
Hey @summerfallgames - wanted to say that Stray Gods looks super neat! I just wanted to check if the game is safe to stream on Twitch, being so musically based?
7 days into the release of Traveler & it's somehow, bafflingly, STILL #1 album on Bandcamp. I've never had something get this sort of reception. 💖 to all!!
Couple other things! 1) Yes I will make vinyls; 2) Yes I will release sheet music score book 3) Yes coming to Apple Music
Seeing John Williams at the bowl is *always* humbling, motivating and moving-beyond-words. I get teary-eyed every few seconds. It feels like witnessing history every time.
But last night, celebrating his 90th (while the bowl itself celebrates 100!) was beyond special
Legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu doesn't 'have the physical and mental strength' to create full game soundtracks anymore: 'I'd rather use the time I have left to work on other projects I love'. trib.al/69VpXQ1
This almost seems like satire. I mean ... how could anyone be this absent-mindedly stupid and try to represent it like it's pro-artist when (as far as I can tell) not a single artist consented to their work being made available here?
Thank you to everyone who's played SWORD OF THE SEA so far. There's no thrill quite like launch day when people actually seem to resonate with all that work! It's been so lovely reading the messages. This was a huge labor of love from all at @GiantSquidology !! ♥️🌊🙏
I should clearly be offering conducting lessons
PS again huge thank you to everyone for the support. The Traveler album is STILL #1 on Bandcamp. So deeply grateful ♡
These JOURNEY updates have me fondly looking back at those early days starting on the game, exactly 10 years ago. I found my old sketch where I'd jotted down an idea for the theme (alongside ideas for a film I was doing at the time). Sigh, memories ❤️ #Grateful
New "As Noted" from HADES 2, featuring my work with @SupergiantGames 's genius composer @DarrenKorb !
Some of the most fun I've ever had working on anything! Not to mention a dream, gargantuan orchestra at Abbey Road ...
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It's my birthday! For this whole weekend, 100% of my Bandcamp albums are free or Pay What You Want. If you pay, all the money goes to charity (@ETMLosAngeles@innocence)
Thank you ALL for the support and generousity, today and all other days ♡
austinwintory.bandcamp.com/
Today JOURNEY comes out on PC, thanks to @A_i. It brings so much to mind, but on reflection the thing I always come back is the amazing team I was so lucky to work with at both Sony and TGC. Here's the last team shot before we wrapped, in 2011. #EternallyGrateful
Utterly shocked to hear that Chadwick Boseman has died. What charisma he had. And astonishing to read that he'd been fighting this since 2016, through *all* of those MCU productions? What a beast. A true warrior worthy of the character he portrayed.
A new #IndianaJones adventure begins July 29, 2022. Phoebe Waller-Bridge joins the cast alongside Harrison Ford in the fifth installment of the iconic franchise. The inimitable John Williams will also return to score the film.
Few things would make happier than seeing @Borislav_Slavov get the love he's deserved for years and years and years. Here's us 11 years ago in Spain; I've been his fan ever since :)
Both Stray Gods by @summerfallgames and Baldur's Gate 3 by @larianstudios should be nominated for the GRAMMY.
@awintory and @Borislav_Slavov are actual magicians of this world, mastering their mythic tier of music spells.🎶
The soundtracks for both games are 🔥!
#GRAMMYs
8 years ago today this remarkable group and @SonySantaMonica (plus me, by some miracle) shipped JOURNEY and permanently changed my life.
I will never be the same.
This is SUCH a huge point. Most of my heroes didn't hit their stride until late 30s or well into 40s.
Ennio Morricone: scored GOOD BAD UGLY at 39. Same age as Goldsmith / PLANET OF THE APES
Williams: scored STAR WARS at 45.
Elfman: BATMAN at 36, atypically young!
Etc etc etc
I am OVERJOYED to finally officially announce my collaboration w/ @ColdIronStudios on the Xeno acid-drenched squad shooter ALIENS FIRETEAM ELITE (@AliensFireteamE)! Few franchises are more thrilling and intimidating as this one.
Here's a taste :)
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Thanks to @SonySantaMonica + @PlayStation for making JOURNEY free, I've been getting a ton more tweets lately abt the game / music. 1st, huge love and thank you to all!
2nd, for those unaware the entire OST is on my YT channel w/ text commentary :)
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We are so excited to announce Summerfall Studios' first game, CHORUS: AN ADVENTURE MUSICAL, in collaboration with Austin Wintory (@awintory) and Troy Baker (@TroyBakerVA)... starring Laura Bailey (@LauraBaileyVO)!
Help us out and support Chorus on fig.co/chorus!
Holy crap, this review by @SkillUpYT REALLY understood all of @GiantSquidology's aspirations with THE PATHLESS. So immensely happy about this. And very grateful for the shoutouts in here too <3
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Dear internet, I finally have one of those cliche crazy conductor photos, and it's ripe for some photoshop. Please have insane fun with this.
(Taken while conducting TOOTH AND TAIL at the recent @GamemusicF )