Cody Matthew

Johnson

Emperia Sound
Composer, Creative Director + Co-Founder //
Games

Cody Matthew Johnson is an GRAMMY®, BAFTA, DICE and Game Award nominated music producer, songwriter, and composer known for his work on Star Wars Outlaws, Trek to Yomi, Bayonetta 3, Marvel Rivals and Devil May Cry 5.

As an in-demand composer and producer, Johnson’s irreverent and creative fusion of contemporary styles has led his work to be featured in a wide cross section of some of the world’s largest video game titles and franchises, such as: Star Wars Outlaws, Trek to Yomi, Bayonetta 3, Resident Evil 2, Arknights, Synced, Devil May Cry 5, PUBG: Mobile, Call of Duty: Mobile, Honor of Kings, Quantaar, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, and more.

His works have garnered critical acclaim, live concerts, accolades, nominations, and awards from The Game Awards, BAFTA Gaming Awards, DICE Awards, SXSW Gaming Awards, Game Audio Network Guild Awards, NAVGTR Awards, Hollywood Music in Media Awards, and Digital Dragon Awards.

Johnson is a frequent lecturer at video game, technology and music conferences as well as universities: Devcom Developers Conference, Digital Dragons, Soundtrack Cologne, PAX East, GameSoundCon, NAMM, SuperMAGfest, Tokyo Game Show, Berklee College of Music, George Mason, Musicians Institute, LIU, USC, MTSU, Vanderbilt, CSU, and more.

Cody is the CEO, Creative Director, and Co-Founder of Emperia Sound and Music, an interactive audio solutions company, and Emperia Music Group, a label group dedicated to music for and from interactive media.

Cody Matthew

Johnson

2026

Judge

Composer, Creative Director + Co-Founder //
Games
Emperia Sound

Cody Matthew Johnson is an GRAMMY®, BAFTA, DICE and Game Award nominated music producer, songwriter, and composer known for his work on Star Wars Outlaws, Trek to Yomi, Bayonetta 3, Marvel Rivals and Devil May Cry 5.

As an in-demand composer and producer, Johnson’s irreverent and creative fusion of contemporary styles has led his work to be featured in a wide cross section of some of the world’s largest video game titles and franchises, such as: Star Wars Outlaws, Trek to Yomi, Bayonetta 3, Resident Evil 2, Arknights, Synced, Devil May Cry 5, PUBG: Mobile, Call of Duty: Mobile, Honor of Kings, Quantaar, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, and more.

His works have garnered critical acclaim, live concerts, accolades, nominations, and awards from The Game Awards, BAFTA Gaming Awards, DICE Awards, SXSW Gaming Awards, Game Audio Network Guild Awards, NAVGTR Awards, Hollywood Music in Media Awards, and Digital Dragon Awards.

Johnson is a frequent lecturer at video game, technology and music conferences as well as universities: Devcom Developers Conference, Digital Dragons, Soundtrack Cologne, PAX East, GameSoundCon, NAMM, SuperMAGfest, Tokyo Game Show, Berklee College of Music, George Mason, Musicians Institute, LIU, USC, MTSU, Vanderbilt, CSU, and more.

Cody is the CEO, Creative Director, and Co-Founder of Emperia Sound and Music, an interactive audio solutions company, and Emperia Music Group, a label group dedicated to music for and from interactive media.

Cody Matthew Johnson is an GRAMMY®, BAFTA, DICE and Game Award nominated music producer, songwriter, and composer known for his work on Star Wars Outlaws, Trek to Yomi, Bayonetta 3, Marvel Rivals and Devil May Cry 5.

As an in-demand composer and producer, Johnson’s irreverent and creative fusion of contemporary styles has led his work to be featured in a wide cross section of some of the world’s largest video game titles and franchises, such as: Star Wars Outlaws, Trek to Yomi, Bayonetta 3, Resident Evil 2, Arknights, Synced, Devil May Cry 5, PUBG: Mobile, Call of Duty: Mobile, Honor of Kings, Quantaar, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, and more.

His works have garnered critical acclaim, live concerts, accolades, nominations, and awards from The Game Awards, BAFTA Gaming Awards, DICE Awards, SXSW Gaming Awards, Game Audio Network Guild Awards, NAVGTR Awards, Hollywood Music in Media Awards, and Digital Dragon Awards.

Johnson is a frequent lecturer at video game, technology and music conferences as well as universities: Devcom Developers Conference, Digital Dragons, Soundtrack Cologne, PAX East, GameSoundCon, NAMM, SuperMAGfest, Tokyo Game Show, Berklee College of Music, George Mason, Musicians Institute, LIU, USC, MTSU, Vanderbilt, CSU, and more.

Cody is the CEO, Creative Director, and Co-Founder of Emperia Sound and Music, an interactive audio solutions company, and Emperia Music Group, a label group dedicated to music for and from interactive media.