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. Her music production credits include Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, God of War, and the LittleBigPlanet franchise. Waldron won the Grammy Award for her music production for the video game Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.
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."Winifred Phillips Official Site: Biography" Winifredphillips.com. Accessed March 22, 2008.
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,"NPR Playhouse - January - March, 2001" MNinter.net. Accessed March 21, 2008. and then later as Generations Radio Theater Presents: Radio Tales.National Public Radio: "NPR Quarterly Program Guide, Spring 2001". NPR Marketing, Vol. VII, No. II 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."Program List for Channel Sirius XM Book Radio" XMRadio.com. Accessed March 9, 2010.
Video games Waldron's latest project is the Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord video game, for which she won a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media. Other recent projects include the Jurassic World: Primal Ops video game, developed and published in 2022 by Behaviour Interactive in association with Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment.
Waldron produced the music for the Lineage M: The Elmor video game DLC released in 2021 from publisher/developer NCSoft, and the Sackboy: A Big Adventure video game, developed by Sumo Digital and published in 2020 by Sony Interactive Entertainment."Sackboy: A Big Adventure (Video Game 2020) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb" IMDb.com. Accessed February 5, 2021.
Waldron also produced music for the Sumo Digital developed game Spyder, released in 2020 for the Apple Arcade platform."Spyder (Video Game 2020) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb" IMDb.com. Accessed February 5, 2021.
Waldron produced music in 2016 for the Homefront: The Revolution videogame, developed by DS Dambuster and published by Deep Silver."Homefront: The Revolution (Video Game 2016) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb" IMDb.com. Accessed May 31, 2016.
In 2015, Waldron produced music for the Total War Battles: KINGDOM video game, developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega."Total War Battles: Kingdoms (Video Game 2015) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb" IMDb.com. Accessed July 10, 2015.
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."
To date, Waldron has produced music for nine games in the LittleBigPlanet franchise, including Sackboy: A Big Adventure, LittleBigPlanet 3, LittleBigPlanet 2, LittleBigPlanet 2: Cross Controller, LittleBigPlanet 2: Toy Story (DLC), LittleBigPlanet Karting, LittleBigPlanet PS Vita and LittleBigPlanet 3. The music of Sackboy: A Big Adventure was nominated in the British Academy Games Awards in 2021. LittleBigPlanet 2 was nominated for the 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards in the category of 'Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition'. 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. 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'. 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.
Waldron produced the music for the video game Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, which was also released as a soundtrack album on October 30, 2012. She won a 2012 Hollywood Music in Media Award and a GameFocus Award 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."' As the music producer for this game, Waldron also received nominations in several year-end award competitions, including the GameZone Awards, the Best of IGN Awards, and the G4TV X-Play Best of 2012 Awards.
Waldron's first project as a music producer for video games was the God of War adventure game from Sony Computer Entertainment America."Winifred Phillips Discusses Her Journey to Composing the Music for God of War" Ps2.gamezone.com. Accessed March 22, 2008.
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."SoundtrackNet: Best of the Best: A Tribute to Game Music, Volume 1 Soundtrack" Soundtrack.net. Accessed January 31, 2009.
In 2008, she was music producer for the Speed Racer video game."Speed Racer: The Videogame (2008) Wii credits - MobyGames" Mobygames.com. Accessed October 27, 2010.
In 2009, Waldron produced the music of the Spore Hero videogame from Electronic Arts."Spore Hero (2009) Wii credits - MobyGames" Mobygames.com. Accessed October 27, 2010.
Also in 2009, Waldron served as music producer for the video game "SimAnimals" for the Wii."The Sims Label Announces Winifred Phillips as the Composer of the Original Score for SimAnimals" Electronic Arts. Accessed March 9, 2010 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."EL33TONLINE: News - Exclusive: The Maw Q and A with Twisted Pixel" EL33TONLINE.com. Accessed January 31, 2009.
Other video games for which Waldron served as music producer include Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole,"Video" Winifredphillips.com. Accessed October 26, 2010. Shrek the Third,"Game Credits for Shrek the Third" MobyGames.com. Accessed March 21, 2008. The Da Vinci Code,"Game Credits for The Da Vinci Code" MobyGames.com. Accessed March 21, 2008. and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."Game Credits for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" MobyGames.com. Accessed March 21, 2008.
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."Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (Original Videogame Soundtrack) by Winifred Phillips" iTunes. Accessed October 26, 2010. 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"."2010 HMMA Winners" Hmmawards.com. Accessed Nov. 20, 2010.
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."A Composer's Guide to Game Music" Google Books. Accessed November 7, 2014.
Awards Grammy Award 2025: Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media - Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Society of Composers & Lyricists Award 2025: Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media - Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Telly Award 2024: Best Music - Immersive, Interactive, & Mixed - Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord NYX Game Award 2024: Best Original Game Soundtrack - Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord NYX Game Award 2024: PC Game Best Music - Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord NYX Game Award 2023: Mobile Game Best Music - Jurassic World Primal Ops Global Music Awards 2022: Best Game Music - Jurassic World Primal Ops"September 2022 | Global Music Awards" GlobalMusicAwards.com. Accessed May 15, 2025. Global Music Awards 2021: Best Video Game Soundtrack - "Waltz of the Bubbles" from Sackboy: A Big Adventure"Global Music Awards - Music Competition" GlobalMusicAwards.com. Accessed February 5, 2021. Global Music Awards 2021: Best Video Game Soundtrack - Spyder Global Music Awards 2015: Best Game Music - Total War Battles: Kingdom"Winners-July-2015" GlobalMusicAwards.com. Accessed May 9, 2016. Hollywood Music in Media Award 2014: LittleBigPlanet 3 Global Music Award 2013: Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Hollywood Music in Media Award 2012: Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Game Audio Network Guild Award 2012: Best Original Vocal Song - Choral (Assassin's Creed III: Liberation) Game Audio Network Guild Award 2012: Best Use of Licensed Music - LittleBigPlanet Karting"G.A.N.G. Awards 2013 Awards" audiogang.org. Accessed August 2, 2015. GameFocus Award: Best Music - Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Hollywood Music in Media Award 2010: Best Original Song: Video Game - "With Hearts Sublime" (Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole) Movie Music U.K. Music Awards 2009: Best Score: Game - Spore Hero (Honorable Mention)"Movie Music U.K. Music Awards 2009". Accessed Oct. 24, 2010. Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Interactive Achievement Award: Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition (God of War)"Video Game News - 9th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Winners Announced by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences" GameZone.com. Accessed March 9, 2010. Game Audio Network Guild Award 2005: Music of the Year (God of War)"4th Annual G.A.N.G. Award Winners Announced" Gamasutra.com. Accessed March 22, 2008. Game Audio Network Guild Award 2005: Best Interactive Score (God of War) Game Audio Network Guild Award 2005: Best Cinematic / Cut-Scene Audio (God of War) Game Audio Network Guild Award 2005: Audio of the Year (God of War) GameSpot's Best of 2005: Best Original Music (God of War)"GameSpot's Best of 2005 - Special Achievement Awards" GameSpot.com, as indexed by the Internet Archive at Archive.org. Accessed September 16, 2008. PAX Gamers: Game of the Year Awards 2005: Best Sound (God of War)"PAX Gamers - GOTY Awards - 2005 Features :: All" PAXgamers.com, as indexed by the Internet Archive at Archive.org. Accessed September 16, 2008. IGN PS2 Best Original Score (God of War)"IGN.com presents The Best of 2005" IGN.com. Accessed September 16, 2008. GameZone 2005 Game of the Year Awards: Best Original Score (God of War)"2005 Game of the Year - Best Games of 2005" GameZone.com. Accessed September 16, 2008. American Women in Radio and Television Gracie Award 2004: Best National Network Drama (Radio Tales)"AWRT Press Release" AWRT.org, as accessed by the Internet archive at Archive.org. Accessed March 9, 2010. American Women in Radio and Television Gracie Award 2003: Best National Network Drama (Radio Tales)"NPR Productions Win Gracie Allen Awards" NPR.org. Accessed March 22, 2008.