Articles/Awards
Articles and Interviews with Lance
IGN Denmark Profile of Lance Hayes
Microsoft Research Video of AES Forza 5 Lecture
Propellerhead Rack Extensions Video
Audio Media Looks at Forza Motorsport 5
The Sound Architect Interview with Lance Hayes
BJ Shea’s Geek Nation Interview Podcast
Diversifying Your Music Career ASCAP Feature Article
Interview with Square Enix Music
Album Reviews
Rick Damigella reviews Forza Motorsport 3 Soundtrack for G4 TV
Stephen Fortner’s Keyboard Magazine Review of Forza 3 OST
Articles by Lance
“The Next Level” Game Music Article series for Andertons Music UK
Keyboard Magazine Blog Series (2010 – 2011)
Awards and Project Recognition
I’m honored that the Forza Motorsport 5 soundtrack has been nominated along with sound design for two Annual Game Music Awards. The soundtrack is up for “Outstanding Achievement – In-Game Music”
My article “How to Write Compelling Music for Games“, from my Andertons Music UK “Next Level” series, is a 2013 Game Audio Network Guild Award Nominee for “Best Game Audio Article/Podcast/Publication”. More here
- Forza Motorsport 5 Awards
- IGN’s “Best Xbox One Sound” award goes to FM5
- Forza 5 Soundtrack Nominated for a 2014 Golden Joystick “Best Audio” Award
- SXSW Gaming Awards Nominee for “Excellence in SFX”
- BAFTA Award Nominations for “Games | Strategy And Simulation” & “Games | Sport”
- “Best Racing Game” at the Spike VGX Awards
- Nominated for Game Developer’s Choice 2014 “Best Audio” Award
- IGN voted “Best Overall Racing Game”
- Awarded DICE Award for “Best Racing Game of 2013” (Also nominated for “Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering” DICE Award)
- Lance was the recipient of the ASCAP Bonus Award consecutively for the years 2004-2011
- Forza Motorsport 4 Awards (2011)
- Forza 4 ranked #92 on Popular Mechanics Top 100 Video Games of All Time
- Interactive Entertainment Sound Production – Nominee, The 28th Annual TEC Awards
- Best Driving Game, VGA
- Best Racing Game, G4 and X-Play
- Racing Game of the Year, Game Informer
- Metacritic Rating 91%
- Forza Motorsport 3 Original Soundtrack (Microsoft/Sumthing Else) – 5 out of 5 stars on iTunes and G4 dubbed it as “one of the best electronic albums of the past year” (2010)
- Forza 3 awards (2009/2010)
- Best Driving Game, Spike Video Game Awards
- Driving Game of the Year, Gamespot
- Mainstream Accessible Game of the Year, Ablegamer
- 9.5/10, Editors’ Choice award, Gamespot
- Best Xbox 360 Racing Game of the Year, IGN
- Best Racing Game of the Year, G4TV
- Best Racing Game, CNNTech
- Best Xbox 360 Game of the Year Nominee, GameSpot
- Crystal Award for Driving Game of the Year
- Best Racing Game, GameTrailers
- Forza 3 awards (2009/2010)
- “Build-A-Lot” – Zeeby winner “Best Innovative Game of 2007”
Affiliations
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
- The Recording Academy (GRAMMY)
- Interactive Audio Special Interest Group (IASIG)
- International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
- Game Audio Network Guild (GANG)
- DJDM Dot Com Music Publishing
