Stephanie Economou

Stephanie Economou is an American composer, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. Her score for Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok won the first Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media at the 65th annual ceremony.

Early life and education Economou grew up in Long Island, where she was involved in music programs at public school. She was inspired by her older sister Nicole to begin playing music, and chose the violin.

Economou attended the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied composition.

Career

Video games Ubisoft approached Economou and employed her to initially work on Assassin's Creed Valhalla: The Siege of Paris. Economou composed the soundtrack to the Dawn of Ragnarök expansion of Assassin's Creed Valhalla. The album for this soundtrack won the first ever Grammy award given to a game soundtrack. Economou was the only woman nominated in her category.

Films Economou's film credits include scores to the films About My Father, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 among others.

Filmography

Music department

As composer Year Title Director(s) Studio(s) Notes 2019 Step Up: High Water YouTube Premium Season 2 2020 Manhunt Spectrum Season 2, co-composed with Harry Gregson-Williams Marvel's 616 Disney+ Two episodes, Higher, Further, Faster and Spotlight 2021 Jupiter's Legacy Steven S. DeKnightChristopher J. ByrneCharlotte BrändströmMarc Jobst Netflix Assassin's Creed Valhalla: The Siege of Paris Ubisoft The Chair Daniel Gray Longino Netflix 2022 Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök Ubisoft Winner: Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media More Than Robots Gillian Jacobs Disney+ 2023 About My Father Laura Terruso Lionsgate Films Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken Kirk DeMicco Universal Pictures My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Nia Vardalos Focus Features 2025 Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie Ryan Crego Universal Pictures 2026 Lanterns James Hawes, Stephen Williams, Geeta Vasant Patel, Alik Sakharov HBO

Awards and honors Fellow for the Sundance Institute Composers Lab 2018 NBC/Universal Composers Initiative 2023: Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media Board member of the Alliance for Women Film Composers.