Persona 5 Battle Theme Nominated for a Grammy Thanks to Cover by a Jazz Orchestra

The Persona 5 battle theme, officially called Last Surprise, has been nominated for a Grammy award thanks to a cover by jazz orchestra The 8-Bit Big Band.

Charlie Rosen, who arranged the cover alongside Jake Silverman, celebrated the nomination on X/Twitter. “Just nominated for my fourth Grammy in a row,” he said. “So thrilled to be nominated alongside [Silverman] for our co-arrangement of Last Surprise from Persona 5 for The 8-Bit Big Band. Long live video game music.”

Last Surprise has been nominated for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals and is up against the likes of John Legend’s Always Come Back, Willow’s Big Feelings, and more. The winner will be announced on February 2.

Fans of Persona 5 will be familiar with Last Surprise because, as mentioned, it is the main battle theme of the 100 hour plus role-playing game. Those who’ve played through even a small portion of it will therefore recognise its jazzy beats, and it’s also featured in Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight and Persona 5 Strikers.

Persona 5 arrived in 2016 and, despite its critical acclaim, with the enhanced version being dubbed a masterpiece in IGN’s review, developer Atlus hasn’t released another entry since. The team behind Persona 3, 4, and 5 did recently release Metaphor: Refantazio, however, a very Persona-esque RPG set in a fantasy world.

Nothing has been announced regarding the next mainline Persona game, but a somewhat bizarre and incredibly subtle tease seemingly alludes to a green color theme for the next game.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.