
This year's Grammy Award for the best video game soundtrack celebrated some excellent OSTs – but notably, the list of nominees did not include Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Even this year's winner is having a hard time believing that Sandfall's game didn't make the cut.
Austin Wintory, best known as the composer on Journey, won the 2026 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media thanks to his work on the wonderful hoverboarding indie adventure Sword of the Sea. As Wintory explains in a new YouTube video, he got the news about his win through "shaky wi-fi" on a plane trip.