Awards
2014 | Game Music Online Awards | Best Album – Chiptune | The Glory Days | won |
2014 | Shorty Awards | Kickstarter of the Year | The Glory Days | nominated |
2014 | Canadian Video Game Awards | Best Original Music | Pocket Mine | nominated |
2013 | Canadian Video Game Awards | Best Original Music | Extreme Road Trip 2 | nominated |
2012 | Spike VGAs | Best Original Score | Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 | nominated |
2012 | BioWare Best of the Citadel Awards | Best Overall | Mass Effect trilogy | nominated |
2012 | SquareEnixMusic Awards | Outstanding Acheivement (Independent Composer) | Puzzlejuice / Extreme Road Trip 2 | nominated |
2011 | Canadian Video Game Awards | Best Audio | Mass Effect 2 | nominated |
2011 | BAFTA Video Game Awards | Best Original Music | Mass Effect 2 | nominated |
2011 | G.A.N.G. Awards | Best Soundtrack Album | Mass Effect 2 | nominated |
2010 | Spike TV Video Game Awards | Best Original Score | Mass Effect 2 | nominated |
2010 | Game Focus Awards | Best Musical Score | Mass Effect 2 | won |
2010 | Golden Joystick Awards | Soundtrack of the Year | Mass Effect 2 | nominated |
2010 | SquareEnixMusic Awards | Best Album – Chiptune | Impostor Nostalgia | nominated |
Accolades
MASS EFFECT 2
Team XBox – (page 2) Audio – 10.0 “the most distinctive science fiction genre score of any medium in recent years.”
Gamespy – (page 2) “strong sense of atmosphere throughout, the distinct synth-heavy sounds in combat and the soothing background themes“
Game Daily - “Mass Effect 2 has an outstanding soundtrack that’s a great mix of thunderous orchestral tracks and stuff that seems ripped from 80s sci-fi flicks“
IGN - Audio – 10 “outstanding voice acting and music”
Gamer Node – “The best soundtrack in the business is right here.”
Gamer Limit - Sound – 9.5 “score is excellent“
Gamespot – “The fantastic musical score and sound effects do more than their share to enhance the production”
Game Informer – “The score also flows beautifully in both the story and action sequences”
Game Revolution - “+ Well-constructed soundtrack”
Video Gamer - (page 4) Sound – 10. Stunning audio
Action Trip – “thumbs up for the music and sound effects” Sound – 10
Cheat Code Central – (page 2) “the musical score is tremendous, nicely capturing not just the overall feel of the title perfectly but individual moments, as well.”
Game Trailers (video review) – (at 8:55) “It’s a straight-up space-opera soundtrack”
Game Zone – “Head and toe above the rest of the genre, Mass Effect 2 proves to be nirvana to the ears.”
SUPER STREET FIGHTER 2 TURBO HD REMIX
IGN - “The music in this game is sweet and a great tribute to the original soundtrack.”
Nerve.com – “Big Giant Circles put together a really kicking take on Guile’s theme”-djpretzel, founder, ocremix.org
Icronic – “The new music for the game is INCREDIBLE!”
PERSONAL KUDOS
“the work that Jimmy did on “Club Showdown” blew my mind. [He has] some serious talent”
- Alexander Brandon (Unreal Tournament, Deus Ex)
“Jimmy is a real find. He’s got a very song-centered musical vocabulary that I really enjoy listening to.”
- Jack Wall (Mass Effect, Jade Empire)
“Jimmy taught me everything I know. It was a pleasure working with him on the Star Wars films”
- John Williams (ok, so I made this one up…) :)