Does any game in 2020 have music as good as Ori: Will of the Wisps?

[Servbot24]

I love platformers and Metroidvanias. Sadly I did not love Ori 1. I had a lot of complaints about it mostly relating to gameplay and level design. But one thing I could never complain about is the incredible production value.

I'm about 3 hours into Ori 2 and I'm very happy to say that it seems to be a big step up from Ori 1 in the gameplay department so far. And of course the graphics are still completely incredible (although I will maintain that all the glowing effects flashing everywhere are a detriment. There are so many effects clouding up the screen I am basically guessing where I am swinging my sword and where the enemy is).

But the true stand-out of the game? The music! HOT DAMN. It is just unbelievably good so far. Perhaps it is standing out because I played Ori in handheld mode on Switch, and Ori 2 I am playing with my full sound system (Switch docked). Ori 1 had good music too but it was often a bit in the generic "sweeping orchestral for magical animation feature" area that I hear for lots of different movies and games. So far Ori 2 is much more interesting, layered, and full of intriguing detail. It's really tickling my senses.

I haven't played very many 2020 games (Animal Crossing, TLOU2, Hades... FFVII is up next after Ori) but I haven't heard anything this good so far this year. What is the consensus around here on Ori having the best game music of 2020? More importantly, what's your feeling on it?

 

[bert muscle]

Streets of Rage 4 has a sick OST. As does Hades.

 

[valinthyne]

Paradise Killer. I havent even played the game and its a daily listen.

 

[FrsDvl]

No

 

[RealDealRusty]

I did love the music in AC and honestly, the music in the Age of Calamity sounds pretty great but holding out judgment so far. This really makes me want to play Ori though.

 

[striderno9]

Streets of Rage 4 has the best soundtrack this year, IMO, but Will of the Wisps is VERY good.

 

[Diogo Arez]

Yes

 

[RocketDarkness]

I'd probably throw Streets of Rage 4, Paradise Killer, and Genshin Impact up there for certain.

 

[EggmaniMN]

FF7R, 13 Sentinels, Streets of Rage 4, Trials of Mana Remake, many games yes

 

[Etrian Darkness]

We have Hades, 13 Sentinels and Streets of Rage 4. And that's out of the games I've played.

13 Sentinels probably has my favourite of this year.

 

[Spiderhead]

Animal Crossing New Horizons and Astrobot would like a word with you.

 

[Lotus]

Genshin Impact seems to be king this year

 

[An Army of Bees]

FF7R, Hades, Ghost of Tsushima, Bugsnax, Demon's Souls...

 

[Mr. Lemming]

13 Sentinels, Paper Mario Origami King, FFVII. Ori has a great soundtrack to from the little I've heard of it.

And I know that its re-release of an old game but Mr. Driller Drill Land continues to have one of the best soundtracks ever.

 

[leng jai]

This year has been extremely strong when it comes to music. Even then I'd say Will of the Wisps might still have the best one out of all of them.

 

[Dolce]

It's always going to come down to personal tastes.

 

[Owlet]

Animal Crossing New Horizons and Astrobot would like a word with you.

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That AC main theme still haunts my dreams in the best way possible.

 

[TheSpaceBetween]

Streets of Rage 4 and Paper Mario: The Oragami King.

 

[JoyeuxMoel]

Can we count Hearts of Melody in this ?

 

[super-famicom]

Hades

 

[Deleted member 56752]

Idk but the game has super sampled 6k on series x and the hdr is sublime. It's unconscionably gorgeous

 

[TechnicPuppet]

Very doubtful. Been playing for hours on XSX it's also the most beautiful game ever made. I can't think of anything that comes close.

 

[MeepMerp]

13 Sentinels is unmatched.

 

[ghostcrew]

if Tetris Effect Connected counts as 2020 then I might still vote for that.

Sackboy music sounds amazing from what I've heard.

But, yeah, I've gotta give Ori 2 props. Like the first game, superb soundtrack. I listen to it a lot.

 

[Tak(●´ϖ`●)]

Astro's Playroom

 

[CerealKi11a]

No. Needs poll though.

 

[mnk]

I've been pretty impressed by Paper Mario: Origami King.

 

[Affrogamer]

Spider-Man MM

 

[Aladan]

There is so much music this year that I really love like the fantastic Final Fantasy 7 Remake Soundtrack, 13 Sentinels, Ghost of Tsushima, Miles Morales or Demon's Souls.

 

[jman912]

Most of the Ikenfell soundtrack is by aivi & surasshu



Bravely Default 2 would have stole the spotlight for me if it wasn't delayed.

 

[jett]

There has been A LOT of varied, high quality soundtrack released this year.

 

[SunBroDave]

Yes

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Ding ding ding

Unless you count P5R, then it's that

 

[Yuntu]

Paper Mario ToK, Final Fantasy 7R and Genshin Impact are my 3 picks for 2020.

Ghost of Tsushima has a great OST as well but completly underused it imo.

 

[behOemoth]

The last of us was just phenomenal.
Especially the contrast to Santaolalla's acoustic melodies to Quayle's synthetic ambient music.

 

[Foreign Jackass]

Ori's music is the best I've heard this year, other contenders are PM:TOK and TLOU2.

 

[Shadow_FFVI]

I'll eco Final Fantasy VII Remake.

 

[MrGiraffe]

Quite a few.

Streets of Rage 4
Ghost of Tsushima
Last of Us 2
Short Hike
FFVII Remake
Paper Mario
Hades
Astro Playroom



Will of the Wisps was a decent soundtrack, but ultimately a significant step down from Blind Forest.

 

[Jo-awn]

If you count Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition's remastered music, it's great! Mechanical Rhythm, Satorl Marsh evening theme, and Gaur Plain all sound fantastic. Future Connected adds new, original music that takes it another level. My crappy TV speakers can't capture how amazing it is. These are two of the best tracks from Future Connected:





And remastered Mechanical Rhythm from the base game

 

[reKon]

FFVII remake has probably some of the best boss tracks in all of gaming. They really outdone themselves

 

[jb1234]

It's my score of the year.

 

[Bucéfalo]

I did 100% in Ori: Will of the Whisp. A great game, and great OST, but there are other games with far better music this year: FF7 REMAKE, Persona 5 Royale...

 

[Jo-awn]

Even Yakuza: Like A Dragon has some killer tracks and I haven't played it yet. The Yokohoma Battle theme sounds like a slick techno track. Then there's the Kamurocho Battle Theme which has some dubstep mixed with techno and house music. I love how it builds up. And Urgent really dials up the dubstep while throwing in some chiptune music and even some vocals. I'm listening to the other tracks and they're all incredibly good.

 

[The Electric Wizard]

Am I really the first to mention Doom Eternal ?
Era, come on now

 

[prodyg]

Nope, even after checking out the examples here. Its not even close.

 

[TolerLive]

I honestly think its one of the most beautiful soundtracks I've heard in gaming. Both of the Ori games are just fucking stellar in the music department (and also everywhere else).

Maybe a crazy idea:
Id love to see Gareth Coker compose for something in the lord of the rings universe. His emotional work gives me the same shivers that howard shores lotr scores do.

 

[FreddeGredde]

I've been pretty impressed by Paper Mario: Origami King.

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Yeah, I gotta say the Origami King probably as my favorite soundtrack so far. I don't remember a single track from Ori. Wasn't bad, but nothing stood out to me either.

But yeah, tastes of course!

 

[sredgrin]

Too many people haven't played Paradise Killer.

 

[craven68]

Ori clearly the winner, but genshin impact, ff7 remake and xenoblade are really good too.
There IS a reason why the Guy that did ori music is doing also halo Infinite music.

 

[carlosrso]

Tetris effect connected

 

[Pascal]

For me it's between Streets of Rage 4, FFVII Remake, Hades, and moon: Remix RPG Adventure.