Winnie Waldron Explained

Winnie Waldron
Background:non_performing_personnel
Occupation:Music producer
Label:Sumthing Else, WaterTower, E.A.R.S. EA Recordings

Winnie Waldron is an American music producer for video games, a producer for radio, a radio script editor / adapter, a manuscript editor and a radio host.

Career

Radio

Waldron began her professional relationship with National Public Radio via the radio drama series Tales from the Other Side, a science fiction speculative series which aired as a part of NPR Playhouse in 1992. For this series, Waldron served as script editor, actress, on-air host and co-producer with her long-time creative partner Winifred Phillips.[1]

From 1992 to 2003, Waldron served as on-air host, producer and script editor / adapter for a series of radio dramas, first presented on National Public Radio Playhouse under the title Generations Radio Theater Presents,[2] and then later as Generations Radio Theater Presents: Radio Tales.[3] This anthology series adapted classic works of American and world literature, and was a recipient of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. The programs air regularly as the Radio Tales series on the Sirius XM Book Radio channel of Sirius XM Satellite Radio.[4]

Video games

Waldron's latest project is the Jurassic World: Primal Ops video game, developed and published in 2022 by Behaviour Interactive in association with Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment.[5]

Her most recent previous projects include the Lineage M: The Elmor video game DLC released in 2021 from publisher/developer NCSoft,[6] and the video game, developed by Sumo Digital and published in 2020 by Sony Interactive Entertainment.[7]

Waldron also produced music for the Sumo Digital developed game Spyder, released in 2020 for the Apple Arcade platform.[8]

Waldron produced music in 2016 for the videogame, developed by DS Dambuster and published by Deep Silver.[9]

In 2015, Waldron produced music for the Total War Battles: KINGDOM video game, developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega.[10]

Waldron served as music producer for the video game LittleBigPlanet 3: her work on this project earned a Hollywood Music in Media Award in the category of "Best Song in a Video Game."[11]

To date, Waldron has produced music for seven games in the LittleBigPlanet franchise, including LittleBigPlanet 2,[12] LittleBigPlanet 2: Cross Controller,[13] LittleBigPlanet 2: Toy Story (DLC),[14] LittleBigPlanet Karting, LittleBigPlanet PS Vita[15] and LittleBigPlanet 3.

LittleBigPlanet 2 was nominated for the 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards in the category of 'Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition'.[16] LittleBigPlanet 2 was also nominated for the 2011 Game Developers Choice Awards in the category of 'Best Audio', which recognizes the overall excellence of audio in a game - including musical composition, orchestration, sound design, sound effects, etc.[17] The 10th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards nominated the original music track, Victoria's Lab from LittleBigPlanet 2 in the category of 'Best Original Vocal - Pop'.[18] Kotaku named the score of LittleBigPlanet 2 as one of the best video game soundtracks of the year. In the article "The Best Game Music of 2011: LittleBigPlanet 2", Features Editor Kirk Hamilton praised both the collection of licensed tracks and the original score, singling out theVictoria's Lab and Eve's Asylum tracks as his favorite original music of the game.[19]

Waldron produced the music for the video game, which was also released as a soundtrack album on October 30, 2012. She won a 2012 Hollywood Music in Media Award[20] and a GameFocus Award[21] for producing the music score for Assassin's Creed III: Liberation. The main theme music of the Assassin's Creed III: Liberation video game won a G.A.N.G. Award from the Game Audio Network Guild in the category of "Best Original Vocal Song - Choral."'[22] As the music producer for this game, Waldron also received nominations in several year-end award competitions, including the GameZone Awards,[23] the Best of IGN Awards,[24] and the G4TV X-Play Best of 2012 Awards.[25]

Waldron's first project as a music producer for video games was the God of War adventure game from Sony Computer Entertainment America.[26]

In 2007, Waldron worked with creative partner Winifred Phillips to produce a cover version of the theme song from the Super Mario Bros. video game for the compilation CD entitled Best of the Best: A Tribute to Game Music, Volume I, released by GameMusicCentral.[27]

In 2008, she was music producer for the Speed Racer video game.[28]

In 2009, Waldron produced the music of the Spore Hero videogame from Electronic Arts.[29]

Also in 2009, Waldron served as music producer for the video game "SimAnimals" for the Wii.[30] The music of "SimAnimals" was released as a downloadable soundtrack album by the record company E.A.R.S. EA Recordings on January 13, 2009.

Waldron is credited as music producer for the 2009 XBLA game The Maw.[31]

Other video games for which Waldron served as music producer include Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole,[32] Shrek the Third,[33] The Da Vinci Code,[34] and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.[35]

Waldron produced the music for the Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole video game soundtrack album, which was released on October 26, 2010 by WaterTower Music, a division of Warner Bros.[36] One of the tracks on the album, entitled "With Hearts Sublime", is a winner of a 2010 Hollywood Music in Media Award in the category "Best Original Song - Video Game".[37]

Other

Waldron served as the first manuscript editor of the book, A Composer's Guide to Game Music, which was published by MIT Press in March 2014.[38]

Awards

Nominations

Works

Video game soundtracks

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.winifredphillips.com/bio.htm "Winifred Phillips Official Site: Biography"
  2. http://www.mninter.net/~jstearns/nprPH.html#top "NPR Playhouse - January - March, 2001"
  3. National Public Radio: "NPR Quarterly Program Guide, Spring 2001". NPR Marketing, Vol. VII, No. II
  4. http://www.xmradio.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=XM/Channel/ChannelProgramList&chid=1224020054691&c=Channel "Program List for Channel Sirius XM Book Radio"
  5. Web site: Jurassic World: Primal Ops (Video Game 2022) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDB . The Internet Movie Database . 6 July 2022.
  6. Web site: Lineage M (2017) Android credits - Mobygames . MobyGames . 6 July 2022.
  7. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12497322/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast "Sackboy: A Big Adventure (Video Game 2020) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb"
  8. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13440822/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ql_1 "Spyder (Video Game 2020) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb"
  9. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4115498/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast "Homefront: The Revolution (Video Game 2016) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb"
  10. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4554120/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast "Total War Battles: Kingdoms (Video Game 2015) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb"
  11. Web site: Hollywood Music in Media Awards: 2014 HMMA Winners . HMMAwards.org . 2014-11-07.
  12. Web site: The Music of LittleBigPlanet 2. 8 December 2010 . Media Molecule . 23 January 2011.
  13. Web site: Tunes to Play By: How Video-Game Music Gets Made. 23 January 2013 . SoundWorks Collection . 7 November 2014.
  14. Web site: LittleBigPlanet 2: Toy Story Features the Music of Winifred Phillips. 2 August 2011 . WinifredPhillips.com . 7 November 2014.
  15. Web site: LittleBigPlanet PS Vita Details and Credits for PlayStation Vita - Metacritic. 18 September 2012 . Examiner.com . 18 October 2012.
  16. Web site: Uncharted Nominated in 12 Categories for Interactive Achievement Awards - Industry Gamers . industrygamers.com . 2012-01-13. 2012-01-13.
  17. Web site: Game Developers Choice Awards . gamechoiceawards.com . 2012-01-09. 2012-01-09.
  18. Web site: Game Audio Network Guild Announced 10th Annual Award Nominees - Industry Gamers . industrygamers.com . 2012-02-08. 2012-02-08.
  19. Web site: The Best Game Music of 2011: LittleBigPlanet 2 . kotaku.com . 2011-12-16. 2011-12-17.
  20. Web site: Music Awards - Hollywood Music in Media Awards . hmmawards.org . 2012-11-20.
  21. Web site: The best video games of 2012 in GF by categories - Special Reports . GameFocus.com . 2012-12-26.
  22. Web site: ACIII Liberation Score Brings Home Another Award - Inside Gaming Daily Blog . InsideGamingDaily.com . 2013-04-14.
  23. Web site: GameZone's Game of the Year 2012 Nominations . gamezone.com . 6 December 2012. 2012-12-26.
  24. Web site: Best PS Vita Sound - Best of 2012 - IGN . ign.com . 2012-12-05.
  25. Web site: X-Play's Best of 2012 Awards Results - 2012 Game of the Year and More! - G4tv.com . g4tv.com . 2012-12-05.
  26. http://ps2.gamezone.com/news/04_15_05_05_18PM.htm "Winifred Phillips Discusses Her Journey to Composing the Music for God of War"
  27. http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=4497 "SoundtrackNet: Best of the Best: A Tribute to Game Music, Volume 1 Soundtrack"
  28. http://www.mobygames.com/game/wii/speed-racer-the-videogame/credits "Speed Racer: The Videogame (2008) Wii credits - MobyGames"
  29. http://www.mobygames.com/game/wii/spore-hero/credits "Spore Hero (2009) Wii credits - MobyGames"
  30. http://news.ea.com/portal/site/ea/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&ndmConfigId=1017092&newsId=20081120005829&newsLang=en "The Sims Label Announces Winifred Phillips as the Composer of the Original Score for SimAnimals"
  31. http://www.el33tonline.com/past/2009/1/21/exclusive_the_maw_q_and/ "EL33TONLINE: News - Exclusive: The Maw Q and A with Twisted Pixel"
  32. http://www.winifredphillips.com/videos/video-quicktime-1.htm "Video"
  33. http://www.mobygames.com/game/xbox360/shrek-the-third/credits "Game Credits for Shrek the Third"
  34. http://www.mobygames.com/game/ps2/da-vinci-code/credits "Game Credits for The Da Vinci Code"
  35. http://www.mobygames.com/game/gamecube/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory/credits "Game Credits for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
  36. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/legend-guardians-the-owls/id393012164 "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (Original Videogame Soundtrack) by Winifred Phillips"
  37. http://hmmawards.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=197&Itemid=77 "2010 HMMA Winners"
  38. https://books.google.com/books?id=hObUAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Winnie+Waldron%22+%22A+Composer%27s+Guide+to+Game+Music%22&pg=PR7 "A Composer's Guide to Game Music"
  39. http://www.globalmusicawards.com/ "Global Music Awards - Music Competition"
  40. http://www.globalmusicawards.com/Winners-July-2015.html/ "Winners-July-2015"
  41. Web site: Music Talent Competition - Global Music Awards . thegma.net . 2013-03-07.
  42. http://www.audiogang.org/awards/2013-awards/ "G.A.N.G. Awards 2013 Awards"
  43. https://web.archive.org/web/20100721234233/http://www.moviemusicuk.us/award09.htm "Movie Music U.K. Music Awards 2009"
  44. http://www.gamezone.com/news/02_10_06_02_05PM.htm "Video Game News - 9th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Winners Announced by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences"
  45. http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=8700 "4th Annual G.A.N.G. Award Winners Announced"
  46. https://web.archive.org/web/20061219083321/http://www.gamespot.com/pages/features/bestof2005/index.php?day=2&page=1 "GameSpot's Best of 2005 - Special Achievement Awards"
  47. https://web.archive.org/web/20060110114242/http://www.paxgamers.com/id464.html "PAX Gamers - GOTY Awards - 2005 Features :: All"
  48. https://web.archive.org/web/20051223143803/http://bestof.ign.com/2005/ps2/14.html "IGN.com presents The Best of 2005"
  49. http://www.gamezone.com/goty/2005/goty_sa_ori.htm "2005 Game of the Year - Best Games of 2005"
  50. https://web.archive.org/web/20070705024537/http://www.awrt.org/press-releases/2004/Press_Release_+Announce_Winners.pdf "AWRT Press Release"
  51. https://www.npr.org/about/press/030402.gracie.html "NPR Productions Win Gracie Allen Awards"
  52. https://web.archive.org/web/20011126020253/http://www.awrt.org/awards/2000GracieWinners.html "2001 Gracie Allen Award Winners"
  53. https://web.archive.org/web/20050207122048/http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/res/pdf/2004RPwinners.pdf "2004 Winners, Radio Programming and Promotion, New York Festivals"
  54. https://web.archive.org/web/20010802161539/http://www.nfcb.org/2001reelsinfo.html "NFCB Announces 2001 Golden Reel Award Winners"
  55. https://www.bafta.org/games/awards/2021-nominations-winners#music "MUSIC | BAFTA"
  56. https://navgtr.org/2020-nominees/ "2020 Nominees | NAVGTR"
  57. http://www.audiogang.org/index.php?option=com_myblog&blogger=Winifred+Phillips&Itemid=47 "Game Audio Network Guild - Winifred Phillips' Blog"
    • G4TV X-Play's Best of 2012 Award: Best Soundtrack - Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (Nomination)
    • GameZone Awards: Best Original Soundtrack - Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (Nomination)
    • Best of IGN Awards: Best PS Vita Sound - Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (Nomination)
    • 10th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards: Best Original Vocal - Pop: "Victoria's Lab" from LittleBigPlanet 2 (Nomination)
    • 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Award: Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition - LittleBigPlanet 2 (Nomination)
    • Game Developers Choice Award 2011: Best Audio - LittleBigPlanet 2 (Nomination)
    • International Film Music Critics Association Awards 2009: Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media - Spore Hero (Nomination)[57]
  59. http://www.hmmawards.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=56&Itemid=108 "Visual Media Nominees"
  60. http://www.winifredphillips.com/awards.htm "Winifred Phillips, Awards"
  61. http://www.tblc.org/largo/audie99.html "Largo Library Virtual Reference Desk"
  62. http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=5687 "Gamasutra - G-Phoria 2005 Award Nominees Announced"
  63. http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-25-2005/0004194413&EDATE= "Samuel L. Jackson to Host; The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vin Diesel, The Rock, Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg & Ozzy Osbourne to Appear at Spike TV "Video Game Awards 2005"

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