Martin Stig Andersen

Martin Stig Andersen (born 1973) is a Danish composer and sound designer with a background in "acousmatic music, sound installations, electro-acoustic performance, and video art." In 2010, he composed the score for Playdead's video game Limbo which won Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design at the Interactive Achievement Awards, the IndieCade Sound Award 2010, and was nominated for Use of Audio at the BAFTA Video Games Awards 2011. Following the release of Limbo, Andersen created and directed the audio for Playdead's Inside which won Best Audio at the Game Developers Choice Awards, and has received audio and music nominations at The Game Awards, the Interactive Achievement Awards and British Academy Film Awards.

Martin Stig Andersen
Born1973 (age 48–49)
GenresVideo game score
Occupation(s)Composer, sound designer
Websitemartinstigandersen.dk

Discography

Albums
  • Essential Tree Work (2001–2002)
  • Sleepdriver (2004)
  • Rabbit at the Airport (2006–2008)

Soundtracks
Year Title Notes Ref.
2006 Seven Tales of Misery Performance installation
2006 Ring Road A141 Short film [1]
2009 The Finish Line Short film [2]
2012 Rocketman Short film [3]
2010 Limbo Also sound designer [4]
2016 Inside Composed with SØS Gunver Ryberg, also audio director [5]
2017 Das Heuvolk Performance installation [6]
2017 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Composed with Mick Gordon [7]
2019 Wolfenstein: Youngblood Composed with Tom Salta [8]
2019 Control Composed with Petri Alanko [9]
2021 Back 4 Blood Composed with Nathan Whitehead [10]
TBA Braid: Anniversary Edition Music and sound remastering, with Hans Christian Koch [11]

Awards and nominations
Year Ceremony Category Work Result Ref
2011 British Academy Games Awards Best Use of Audio Limbo Nominated
2016 The Game Awards Best Music/Sound Design (shared with SØS Gunver Ryberg) Inside Nominated [12]
2017 D.I.C.E. Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design Nominated [13]
British Academy Games Awards Best Music (shared with SØS Gunver Ryberg) Nominated [14]
Audio Achievement Nominated
Game Audio Network Guild Best Audio for an Indie Game Won [15]
Audio of the Year Nominated
Best Interactive Score (shared with SØS Gunver Ryberg) Nominated
Best Audio Mix Nominated
Sound Design of the Year Nominated
2018 New York Game Awards Best Music in a Game Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
(Shared with Mick Gordon)		 Nominated
D.I.C.E. Awards Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Nominated

References
  1. "Ring Road A141". YouTube. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  2. "The Finish Line". YouTube. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  3. "Rocketman". Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. "Limbo sound design: Ambiguity is the key to atmosphere". Gamasutra. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  5. "THE MAD SCIENCE BEHIND INSIDE'S SOUNDTRACK". Kill Screen. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  6. "'Das Heuvolk' Installation Scored by Martin Stig Andersenat National theaters Mannheim". Air Edel. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  7. "Wolfenstein II creative director reveals more about a Nazified America". VentureBeat. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  8. "AMA: We're Wolfenstein developers Machine Games, ask us anything!". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  9. "Control - Composers Reveal (Reboot Develop Blue Trailer 2019)". Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  10. "BACK 4 BLOOD". Martin Stig Andersen. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  11. "BRAID, ANNIVERSARY EDITION". Martin Stig Andersen. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  12. Makuch, Eddie (November 16, 2016). "All the 2016 Game Awards Nominees". GameSpot. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  13. Makuch, Eddie; Imms, Jason (February 23, 2017). "Overwatch Wins DICE Game of the Year, Full Nominees List". GameSpot. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  14. wbber, Jordan Erica (March 9, 2017). "Bafta games awards 2017: Inside and Uncharted 4 lead the way". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  15. "2017 G.A.N.G. Awards Winners - Game Audio Network Guild". Game Audio Network Guild. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
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