In addition to feature films, Austin has a tremendous passion for the world of game scoring. His first major game score for thatgamecompany's flOw in 2006 earned Austin a British Academy Award nomination and triple nominations at the Game Audio Network Guild awards ("Innovative use of Audio," "Best Interactive Score" and winning for "Rookie of the Year."). Perhaps most notably, his score for thatgamecompany's much lauded 'Journey' (2012) debuted as #1 in iTunes' game soundtrack charts, and made history as the only video game score to be nominated for the Grammy 2012 Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media. He also scored 'Assassin's Creed Syndicate' (2015), which won International Film Music Critics Association Awards's "Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media" award, and 'The Pathless' (2020), which won Game Audio Network Guild Awards's "Best Music for an Indie Game" award.
Austin also maintains a busy schedule writing concert music and composing/producing albums. In addition to more traditional chamber and orchestral music, in 2010 he released a meditation album entitled "Sounds of Darkness" using never-before recorded sacred Aztec chants. 2010 also saw the launch of Allogamy, an ambitious blog in collaboration with photographer Andrew Berglund which posts a new photo with a new piece of music for every single day in the year.
Since 2003, Wintory has composed over three hundred musical scores.
Onward
Austin Wintory Lyrics
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Veginn sem sólin eilífa lýsir
Og aðeins hinir hugdjörfu geta farið.
Áfram.
Hvert spjótalag og hver hrösun
á sér orsakir.
Friðþæging undir stjörnuhimni bíður
þeirra sem verðskulda næturhvíld.
The lyrics of Austin Wintory's "Onward" express a message of determination and perseverance. The repeated use of the Icelandic word "Áfram," which means forward or onward, emphasizes the need to keep moving forward. The first verse speaks of the sun shining brightly and how only those who are brave enough can take on the challenges ahead. This could be interpreted as a metaphor for the difficulties we face in life, and how we must be courageous in order to keep moving forward.
The second verse talks about how every battle and every setback has its reasons. This suggests that everything happens for a reason and that there is a bigger purpose behind our struggles. This provides comfort to those who are going through tough times and encourages them to move forward despite the obstacles they face.
The last verse speaks of peace awaiting those who deserve rest under the starry sky. This gives a sense of hope that, after all the struggles, there will be a moment of peace and tranquility. This message could be interpreted as a reminder that, no matter what we are going through, there is always light at the end of the tunnel.
Line by Line Meaning
Áfram
Continuing forward
Veginn sem sólin eilífa lýsir
The path illuminated by the eternal sun
Og aðeins hinir hugdjörfu geta farið.
And only the courageous can journey on.
Áfram.
Continuing forward.
Hvert spjótalag og hver hrösun
Every spear and every collapse
á sér orsakir.
Has its own reasons.
Áfram.
Continuing forward.
Friðþæging undir stjörnuhimni bíður
Tranquility beneath the starry sky awaits
þeirra sem verðskulda næturhvíld.
Those who deserve a night's rest.
Contributed by Liam R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@mateuszu8320
Onward,
As the endless sun lights a path
Only the brave can follow
Onward,
Every fighting step and stumble
Is not without reason
Onward,
Atonement rests beneath the stars
For those who earn the night
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Áfram
veginn sem sólin eilífa lýsir
og aðeins hinir hugdjörfu geta farið.
Áfram.
Hvert spjótalag og hver hrösun
á sér orsakir.
Áfram.
Friðþæging undir stjörnuhimni bíður
þeirra sem verðskulda næturhvíld.
@mateuszu8320
Onward,
As the endless sun lights a path
Only the brave can follow
Onward,
Every fighting step and stumble
Is not without reason
Onward,
Atonement rests beneath the stars
For those who earn the night
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Áfram
veginn sem sólin eilífa lýsir
og aðeins hinir hugdjörfu geta farið.
Áfram.
Hvert spjótalag og hver hrösun
á sér orsakir.
Áfram.
Friðþæging undir stjörnuhimni bíður
þeirra sem verðskulda næturhvíld.
@HamsterInMyHead
Malukah's voice surprised me a bit on this soundtrack. She sounds older, more mature - awesome as always of course :)
@KenHunter
I almost didn't think it was her. You are spot on with the 'more mature' comment.
@AndiaSsMc
Lucian Stoicescu Don't forget Taylor Davis ;) with violin
@YasashiiFuyu
I let Rook do it as well, sure Allete could have done it, but what kind of father wouldn't protect his daughter in this kind of situation and not do it himself? The ending was perfect.
@bonez9729
I had a friend who was protective of her little brother. During one skiing trip, he asked to split up and go on different ski runs. She wanted to stay with him but she realized that he needed the chance to make his own decisions. Sadly, her brother hit a tree while skiing down the slope and was knocked unconscious. He suffocated to death in the snow bank before someone found him. At the funeral she read "Oh the places you'll go" by Doctor Seuss, and talked about how she had to let him go so he could live his own life.
You ask "kind of father wouldn't protect his daughter in this kind of situation and not do it himself?". Yet I see him failing when he refuses to let her take risks and live how she sees fit. What kind of father would treat his daughter like a painted doll in a glass case, never to be scratched or dirtied?
@YasashiiFuyu
To me there is a huge difference between letting your child learn to do things on it's own, and letting your child do a mission that's basically suicide.Letting her join the warband as a fighter is alright, she would have had to fight anyways sooner or later, but going on a suicide run against an invulnearable monster? That's different...
You wouldn't let your child run back into your burning home to get the bloody cat still trapped inside, you'd do it yourself and let your child wait outside (assuming you're stupid enough to do that to begin with ;-P). Why? Because it's a parent's bloody job to do just that in this kinds of situations, and because every fibre of your body will tell you that that's how it's supposed to be.
At least it's like that for me, if other parent's find it ok to let their children do suicide missions while staying behind and watching them do it, that's their decision, but I couldn't live with myself standing at my childs grave if it could have been me instead and I decided against it..
@davidhahn2876
***** ^ this.
@jaspaulsandhu3196
The beauty of the choice the game offers is that both options are correct in their own way. Parents want to see their children grow and become powerful in their own right, but they also want to protect them from harm.
Each, parent or child, will suffer grief, and their response to that grief shapes them as a person, casts a pall over the second game of the power of rage and sadness and desperation and fear, all bound together with a single thread of hope.
@bookerharm4826
I was dumb to think that no one would die, had a feeling she would if i let her. Was depressed that I didn’t even play the second game until I accepted the route I took.