Nordic Game Awards
Game music composer wins dramatic music prize
Ola Strandh has been awarded a scholarship by SKAP for his tireless efforts and achievements within video game music.

Every year, SKAP - Swedish Society of Popular Music Composers awards scholarships and prizes to celebrate Swedish creativity across all musical genres. The awards ceremony takes place in tandem with SKAP's annual spring party which is organized with the composers in mind and creativity as the main focus. During the event, there will be 16 recipients of a scholarship valued at 40 000kr each. SKAP's spring party will be held on Monday May 24 at the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm.

This year Ola Strandh, composer and sound designer at Massive, will be presented with SKAP's dramatic music prize for 2010, a scholarship awarded to creators of film music, theatre music, video game music, all of which fall under dramatic music. He has written music for game titles that include: Ground Control, Ground Control 2, World in Conflict and World in Conflict: Soviet Assault.

Ola Strandh

Swedish Games Industry is a joint organisation of MDTS and Spelplan-ASGD.