2026 Grammy Awards Video Game Music Recap

It feels a bit crazy to be talking about video game music community representation at the Grammys, and for actual game music soundtracks and arrangements, at that. This year, the 68th annual Grammys had an excellent selection of artists with ties to the game music community up for nominations. First up, Wilbert Roget II picked up 2 nominations in the Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media, for both Helldivers 2 as well as his soundtrack for the Star Wars Outlaws […]

https://thasauce.net/2026/02/03/2026-grammy-awards-video-game-music-recap/

I’m still trying to process this… I just won my first ever Grammy 🏆

Winner for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for Super Mario Praise Break, arranged by Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen, and myself with The 8-Bit Big Band. Deeply grateful to God, my collaborators, and everyone who’s supported this journey.

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Skatune Sunday: The Moon Theme (Ducktales NES) SKA cover

The energy and joy of Ducktales (Oooh-ooooh!!!) shines through in this fresh take on the Moon Theme.

https://medi-nerd.com/2026/02/01/skatune-sunday-the-moon-theme-ducktales-nes-ska-cover/

VIDEO – The 8-Bit Big Band *LIVE* Full show NYC – 12/27/25

This concert came across my YouTube feed this afternoon, so I cranked the volume and had fun jamming to incredible big band arrangements of video game music performed by the Grammy award winning (and 2026 Grammy nominee!) 8-Bit Big Band!

https://medi-nerd.com/2026/01/20/video-the-8-bit-big-band-live-full-show-nyc-12-27-25/

VIDEO - The 8-Bit Big Band *LIVE* Full show NYC - 12/27/25
Have fun jamming to incredible big band arrangements of video game music performed by the Grammy award winning 8-Bit Big Band!

#Music #8BitBigBand #VideoGames http://youtube.com/watch?v=mzjqdhWxg8M&feature=youtu.be https://medi-nerd.com/b/BwJ

The 8-Bit Big Band *LIVE* Full show NYC - 12/27/25

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The 8-Bit Big Band

The 8-Bit Big Band is a Grammy Award–winning symphonic jazz orchestra dedicated to celebrating and reinventing the iconic soundtracks of video games. Blending contemporary jazz with bold, imaginative...

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This song got nominated for a Grammy 

Super Mario Praise Break - Gospel Mario Bros Medley
By: The 8-Bit Big Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBIo5QuEeaA

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Super Mario Praise Break - *Gospel Mario Bros Medley* (The 8-Bit Big Band)

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Orchestrator Emulator, by The 8-Bit Big Band

14 track album

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Gonna try and get back on board with VGMWednesday

8-Bit Big Band is releasing a new album next week! In the meantime, they released "Super Mario Praise Break." When the video description starts with "Luigi lock the doors, nobodies leaving until we get 100 gold coins in the offering plate!!" You know it's gonna be good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBIo5QuEeaA

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Super Mario Praise Break - *Gospel Mario Bros Medley* (The 8-Bit Big Band)

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#8bitbigband publishes #WiiSports theme cover for #NintendoWii which they performed at Benoroya Hall in Seattle a few weeks ago. https://youtu.be/E6xEzTdcpk4 #VGMusic
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