GRAMMY Submission: Required Information
The information below is preliminary as of June 29, 2026. Please check back on July 9 for final details:
At least two-thirds of the musical tracks for the album must have been used in the shipped game product, as either in-game, live action play or Cinematics within the video game or interactive media product. Album releases will adhere to the same timing guidelines delineated in the Music For Visual Media Field whereby the media product and the soundtrack album often are not in the same eligibility year. The Academy recognizes these timing discrepancies, evaluates them and adjusts accordingly. Eligible scores may include vocal coloring (not songs) when used in the overall texture of the composition, such as choral groups or solo voices with or without words or syllables.
Greater than 50% of the music on an otherwise eligible Video Game Soundtrack or Interactive Media soundtrack must be derived from new episodes or new programming that is released during the GRAMMY eligibility year for which it is entered. This will apply to new DLC (downloaded content in-game) and Seasonal Expansions as well as brand new content.
Albums and songs that are released during the current eligibility period but belong to a visual media that will be released during the next eligibility period and after the deadline for the First Round of GRAMMY voting will have three options:
1. Enter them during the current year in Categories other than the ones in the Music For Visual Media Field. They will not be eligible the following year in the Music For Visual Media Field if this option is chosen.
2. Enter them the following year as long as they do not get entered in any Category during the current year. Albums will only be eligible in their respective Category: Compilation or Score. Songs will be eligible in Song Written For Visual Media. They will also be eligible in other song Categories as long as they fulfill the “track from a previous year is eligible” rule.
3. If the video game was released before the soundtrack, it must be within the current eligibility period or the previous eligibility period. If the video game was released before that, it is not eligible.
The information below is necessary to make your submission. Before you begin your submission, we recommend you:
1) Gather all the information below
2) Create prepare a pdf file of ‘liner notes’ which will be uploaded as part of your submission.
3) Create a pdf file detailing a “Contributing Statement”, which will be uploaded as part of your submission
Submission Information
Items with a * are mandatory.
*Your name
* Email address
* Recording Date
* Album Title
* Album Release Date
* Album UPC
NOTE: If you do not yet have a UPC because the album is not yet released, you can still make the submission. In that case you will provide that information after you receive the UPC code, and we will update your submission.
Album ISNI (optional)
* Credited Record Label
* Distribution (eg “Spotify”, etc.)
* Composer(s) names and email addresses
* Game U.S. Release Date
* Game Platform(s)
* Number of tracks on Album
* Number of Album tracks used in the Game
* Streaming Links (at least one is required, Spotify preferred)
Note: Bandcamp is not sufficient as a streaming link
— Amazon
— Apple
— Spotify
— Tidal
— Other
* Brief description of your involvement with the creation of the soundtrack album
* Answer to the following question.
Please upload a contribution statement outlining what specifically each submitted credited individual contributed to the project with as much detail as possible (i.e. composers, producers, music supervisors, etc.). For Compilation Soundtrack, Principal Artist(s) with significant contributing performances, and/or in-studio Compilation Producer(s) of the majority of the tracks on the album and Music Supervisors are eligible. For Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Film and Television), for composers, only those that composed at least 50% or more of the total playing time of the album are eligible. For Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Video Games and Other Interactive Media) only those that composed at least 33% or more of the total playing time of the album are eligible. Staff may reach out to confirm the information entered or to ask for additional information. Provide your answer in a pdf file with the name <SubmitterLastName>_ContributingStatement.pdf, with <SubmitterLastName> replaced with the submitter’s last name (pdf file 1)
* Liner Notes (pdf file 2)
Liner Notes
The Liner Notes must be submitted as a pdf document and must be called “<SubmitterLastName>_<Album_Name>_LinerNotes.pdf” where <Album_Name> should be replaced by the name of the soundtrack album.
Liner notes should include:
Composer(s) full name
Album Title
Release Date
Game Name
Record Label (if applicable)
Music Publisher
UPC or ISRC #
Track Listing, including, for each track:
— Track Name
— Composer(s)/Artist
— Duration
— Recording Date(s)
— Producer(s)
— Engineer(s)
— Mixer(s)
— Mastering Engineer(s)