'The 8-Bit Big Band' Wins Grammy For Kirby Arrangement

Massive congrats! Meta Knight's Revenge is an absolutely incredible SNES era song and they covered it phenomenally. Maybe people will start respecting video game music in the mainstream thanks to this winning a Grammy? HAH! What a thought....

Another 30th birthday present for Kirby!

Congratulations! Meta Knight might have had his revenge, but I can't imagine anyone plotting revenge about this win! ... I just jinxed it, I bet. Bravo, y'all!

Wow, congratulations! A few of their covers are in my Spotify favorites (Lonely Rolling Star is my personal number one) and you can feel the love they pour into each song. ❤️

I thought I recognised the bass player from the thumbnail. It's Adam Neely!
Never thought I'd see him on NintendoLife.

Woo, congratulations! 🎉

That's awesome! For Kirby games, I come for the gameplay and stay for the soundtracks. For someone to take the music and enhance the experience is something magical.

I should be happy about this, videogame music is getting recognized as something serious, just as good as mainstream music, but awards like Oscar, Golden Globes, Emmy, Grammy and The Game Awards are basically this:

Less and less people are interested in those awards, they no longer trust them, these shows are losing ratings, The Game Awards must be the only one that keeps getting bigger ratings every year, if it wasn't for Will Smith slapping Chris Rock, many people wouldn't even know the Oscars were happening.

I can't change my mind and start praising those awards just because something I like won.

@victordamazio Peers recognizing peers can be a distinct and valuable award. No one understands better the work that is being rewarded than others that do similar work.

All the hullabaloo around it and the marketing value is a distraction from that, but the Oscar’s and all these awards could go to a private, closed event and still be valuable.

When 8-bit big band was nominated I added a bunch of their stuff to my music library. Still Alive is one of my faves. They don’t just show a great deal of care for the material, they are pretty amazing musicians technically.

YES 👏. Fave game, gets a Grammy from my fave franchise, on the 30th anniversary year of Kirby. THIS IS TRULY THE YEAR OF KIRBY CONGRATS 🎉

@aaronsullivan Hey Mr. Sullivan, should have known you'd show up for some classic tunes. Was just thinking about you a couple of mornings ago, assumed you outgrew this place w/ most of the others. I probably caught a glimpse of that Splatoon water pistol I keep over my bed. Anyway good to see you survived covid, I figure that's all anyone can ask for these days. Well that and non-drifting Joy-con and new Switch hardware. 😉

Well that is video game music, that I can tell. About 1:40 it reminded me of Cowboy Bebop and my wife said "That's jazz." so I guess all jazz is Cowboy Bebop to me know. 😂 Congrats to them. 👍

But can they finish Elden Ring with a guitar controller?

@bimboliquido Not sure, but they will run Doom.

Congratulations to the 8-bit Band! Massive score when your own industry recognizes your talent.

That being said, I wonder if Nintendo will also congratulate them, or ask their Grammy to be taken down 😅😂