Why a 43-year-old video game just won a Grammy

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8 pointsadrian_mrd3 comments

The correction says "Nominated" not won, but it's still a really interesting story.

I would also recommend everyone see Christopher Tin's acceptance speech for the Grammy for "Baba Yetu" https://youtu.be/TM_WzFnmtac , the first piece of videogame music to win a Grammy - There's an awkward silence as he mentions it, and I remember articles at the time about artist who felt "Cheated" because it went to a Videogame score, because they felt it was somehow lesser.

> There's an awkward silence as he mentions it

... other than the scream and the applause?

https://youtu.be/TM_WzFnmtac?t=87

Yes, actually - You can hear how individual that scream is and how small the applause is compared to the rest of the clapping, and how the crowd goes more silent as he brings up that point.

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