ResetERA Game Soundtracks of the Year 2020 - RESULTS

[Grexeno]

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Results

1. Final Fantasy VII Remake - 316 points, 34 votes

Composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu, Mitsuto Suzuki, Shotaro Shima, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Yoshinori Nakamura, Tadayoshi Makino, Yasunori Nishiki, Keiki Kobayashi, Takafumi Imamura, Daiki Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Ayumu Murai, Nozomi Toki

The Airbuster
Hollow Skies
The Valkyrie

I can't get over how good this soundtrack is. Its soaring heartfelt energy, its joyful variety, its delightful enhancement of every scene, every familiar area, every astonishing boss fight. It's hard not to dissolve into a stream of hyperbolic praise, because this music is such a powerful example of how to take the emotional palette of a classic game that is embedded in the collective psyche of a generation of players and bring it back to vivid life, better than ever before.

Not only does FF7R's soundtrack reprise major themes from the original in a way that perfectly captures their essence while heightening their nostalgic potency, but it's full of bold creative remixes and new additions that absolutely slap. This music makes the scenes and settings pop with personality and tap into the full array of feelings from the original game. It makes you fall in love with the characters and the story all over again. And don't even get me started on the spectacular boss themes, which are easily the best in the medium since Metal Gear Rising.

What the composers achieved here is nothing short of extraordinary. They didn't merely remake the FFVII soundtrack for the modern ear. They used players' memories of the original to add little wisps of suggestion, hinting at the events to come. The music is peppered with subtle references to character arcs and origin stories, places and times we haven't seen in the Remake, yet we know well from the classic game. It's a remarkable thread of purposeful design that confirms this brilliant soundtrack was tailor made by and for passionate fans of Final Fantasy VII.

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2. Hades - 155 points, 21 votes

Composer: Darren Korb

Out of Tartarus
God of the Dead
Good Riddance (feat. Ashley Barrett)

On top of audio design, singing, voice direction, and voice acting, Darren Korb composed yet another incredible score for Supergiant Games with Hades. In comparison to Korb's previous works, Hades has a heavy metal feel to many of the tracks used in combat, and it is this, along with a thrilling combination of electric guitar, Mediterranean instruments, and folk influences that give the soundtrack of Hades a unique tone. Ashley Barrett once again lends her voice to certain tracks, and her performance is as strong as ever. Even after eighty-nine escape attempts from the Underworld, the music of Hades is a delight, and my breath still catches every time the final boss music goes into its second phase.

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3. Ori and the Will of the Wisps - 135 points, 17 votes

Composer: Gareth Coker

Mora the Spider
Luma Pools
In Wonderment of Winter

An absolutely beautiful soundtrack that propels every single action in the game. The way the boss fight tracks escalate from oppressive to triumphant as the battles press on made them some of my favorite moments this year.

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4. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - 108 points, 15 votes

Composers: Hitoshi Sakimoto, Mitsuhiro Kaneda, Yoshimi Kudo, Rikako Watanabe, Yukinori Kikuchi, Kazuki Higashihara, Azusa Chiba

-(ISOLEUCINE)-
-[DEOXYRIBOSE]-
Seaside Vacation

That title music is so good and Its amazing how much the music added to the tone and different sections of the game. The battles, while I enjoyed the gameplay a lot during them, felt at the core a bit simplistic when you have your upgrades going but its great credit to the music that those sections have a lot of epic atmosphere to them that had me enjoy them more. In the Doldrums is a brilliant track that hits you from the start of the game and does a great job accurately accompanying that beautiful art in conveying the feeling and tone of those story chapters. Overall more than enough incredible music that plays a pivotal role in conveying the world and story throughout 13 sentinels.

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5. Persona 5 Royal - 107 points, 14 votes

Composer: Shōji Meguro

I Believe
Take Over
Throw Away Your Mask

Persona 5 has one of my favorite OSTs of all time, and Royal's new tracks are right there with it.

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6. Ghost of Tsushima - 75 points, 11 votes

Composers: Ilan Eshkeri, Shigeru Umebayashi

The Way of the Ghost
Sacrifice of Tradition
Jin Sakai

Exceptionally moving and at times exhilarating. Impeccably produced.

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7. Streets of Rage 4 - 72 points, 10 votes

Composers: Yuzo Koshiro, Olivier Deriviere, Groundislava, XL Middleton, Keiji Yamagishi, Harumi Fujita, Motohiro Kawashima, Yoko Shimomura, Scattle, Das Mörtal

Main Theme
Call the Cops
Rising Up

A remarkable OST created by several people that not only lives up to the high praise of it's predecessors but actually comes close to matching them. Truly special.

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8. Paper Mario: The Origami King - 67 points, 8 votes

Composers: Yoshito Sekigawa, Shoh Murakami, Yoshiaki Kimura, Hiroki Morishita, Fumihiro Isobe

Autumn Mountain
Exploring the Great Sea
Origami Castle

Yet another Paper Mario game with a fantastic OST. Origami King has a dazzling quality and variety of music to match the game's immense range of locales, action, and mood. Keeping pace with the game's madcap action and emotional story moments is a tall order, but managing that across a variety of musical genres and packing in some really impressive dynamic compositions (such as the "thinking" combat theme variations that seamlessly fade in and out every single turn) just feels like showing off. Origami King is an easy choice for my favorite soundtrack in 2020.

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9. The Last of Us Part II - 60 points, 8 votes

Composers: Gustavo Santaolalla, Mac Quayle

Beyond Desolation
Unbroken
The Last of Us Part II

Haunting and sparse, like the game itself, and drawing upon themes of the first game only when needed, I thought this was a very good soundtrack if not a bit more in the background than the first game. Great use of licensed music throughout as well.

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10. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 59 points, 10 votes

Composers: Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayako Doi, Masato Ohashi

Welcome Horizons
6 A.M.
5 P.M.

Animal Crossing thrives on chill, laid back music, not least that produced in game by wandering musician K.K. Slider. While most of the game's OST can be sourced to previous entries, there's a lot of new stuff to love. Of course, the bulk of this comes from the hourly music, which is consistently chill, if not overly impressive. My favourites are 8AM, 5PM, and the always lovely 2PM, which I will never tire of. My favourite piece in the game is the Fishing Tournament music, which is jazzy in all the right ways, and has the best insertion of the omnipresent main theme. I always love that the incremental content updates drip feed us with new music, even if they are often arrangements of older tracks. The goofy take on Haloween is almost perfect.

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11. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - 53 points, 7 votes

Composers: Kumi Tanioka, Reo Uratani, Ryotaro Yagi, Haruki Yamada

Main Theme
The Champion Mipha
The Champion Revali

12. Yakuza: Like a Dragon - 49 points, 7 votes

Composers: Hidenori Shoji, Yuri Fukuda, Chihiro Aoki, Saori Yoshida

Cold-Blooded
Yokohama Battle Theme
Receive and Turn You

13. Genshin Impact - 45 points, 6 votes

Composer: Yu-Peng Chen

Symphony of Boreal Wind
His Resolution
Rapid as Wildfires

14. Astro's Playroom - 44 points, 8 votes

Composer: Kenneth C M Young

GPU Jungle
SSD Speedway
CPU Plaza

15. Sackboy: A Big Adventure - 44 points, 6 votes

Composers: Joe Thwaites, Jay Waters, Nick Foster, Lena Raine, George King, Glen Brown, Brian D'Oliveira, Winifred Phillips, Jim Fowler, OPIUO, 2 Mello, Si Begg, Tokyo Machine

Stitches of Steel
The Gardens
The Final Showdown

16 (Tie). Demon's Souls - 43 points, 7 votes

Composer: Shunsuke Kida

Flamelurker
One Who Craves Souls
Tower Knight

16 (Tie). Spider Man: Miles Morales - 43 points, 7 votes

Composer: John Paesano

I'm Ready
The Underground
Main Theme

18. Spiritfarer - 40 points, 7 votes

Composer: Maxime Lacoste Lebuis

Spiritfarer
What Will You Leave Behind (End Titles)
Last Voyage

19. Paradise Killer - 37 points, 4 votes

Composer: Barry Topping

Paradise (Stay Forever)
Knife & Crystal
Breeze With U

20. Nioh 2 - 34 points, 5 votes

Composers: Yugo Kanno, Akihiro Manabe

William
Tokichiro
Enenra

 

[Grexeno]

Archive

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Hitoshi Sakimoto, Mitsuhiro Kaneda, Yoshimi Kudo, Rikako Watanabe, Yukinori Kikuchi, Kazuki Higashihara, Azusa Chiba
-(ISOLEUCINE)-
-[DEOXYRIBOSE]-
Seaside Vacation

A Short Hike
Mark Sparling
Beach Buds (Short Hike)
Snow, Lots of Snow (Short Hike)
Hello?

A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986
Oracle and Bone, Crystal Cola, Stevia Sphere, Timecop1983, PengusStudio, ArtHaiz, Jared Stevenson
2:30 AM [ VHS Skyline ]
Smooth Funk
Summer Night

Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayako Doi, Masato Ohashi
Welcome Horizons
6 A.M.
5 P.M.

Arknights
Bao.Uner
patriot
tech
shop

Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
Jesper Kyd, Sarah Schachner, Einar Selvik
Out of the North
Ezio's Family - Ascending to Valhalla
Assassin's Creed Valhalla Main Theme (feat. Einar Selvik)

Astro's Playroom
Kenneth C M Young
GPU Jungle
SSD Speedway
CPU Plaza

Biomass
Final Scene Dev
West City Outer Wall
Drifters Den
Inside the Lighthouse

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
Michiru Yamane, Ippo Yamada, Aoi Takeda, Takumi Sato, Hiroaki Sano, Ryo Kawakami, Ryo Yoshinaga
Raging Chariot
Chains of Fire
The Demon's Crown

Bugsnax
Seth Parker
Escape From Snaxburg
Sunrise Over Snaktooth Island
Megamaki Attack

Cook, Serve, Delicious 3?!
Jonathon Geer
It's Dangerous to Go Alone
A La Idavay!
Iron Cook Speedway 1

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Walter Mair
Stay Frosty
Hole in Space
Stage Dive

Crawlco Block Knockers
OSC
Block Knockers (Title Theme)
Girls on Blocks (Level Theme 1)
Knockturnal (Level Theme 4)

CrossCode
Deniz Akbulut
Autumn's Rise
Lea!
Hack Your Way!

Crusader Kings III
Andreas Waldetoft
The Dynasty
Charge of the Knights
Knights of Jerusalem

Cyberpunk 2077
Marcin Przybyłowicz, P.T. Adamczyk, Paul Leonard-Morgan, Mattias Bärjed, David Sandström, Kristofer Steen
The Rebel Path
V
Extraction Action

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
Satoshi Okubo
Main Theme
The Clarksons Theme
La Vie Continue

Demons' Souls
Shunsuke Kida
Flamelurker
One Who Craves Souls
Tower Knight

Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition
Kota Suzuki
Bury the Light



Doom Eternal
Mick Gordon, Bobby Prince
The Only Thing They Fear is You
Meathook
Cultist Base

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
Yasushi Asada, Noriko Murakami, Keisuke Ito, Eisei Kudo
WE GOTTA POWER (Instrumental)
Fight to the Death (vs Frieza)
Prologue II

Dreams
Ed Hargrave, Jim Fowler, Joe Thwaites, Tim Colvin, MJ Cole, Todd Baker, Lisa Devon, Thomas Wild
To the Treehouse
Rumours of a Revolution
The Studio

Exit the Gungeon
Doseone
EXIT THE GUNGEON
GUNGEON PROPERER
FISTS FOR GUNS

Fall Guys
Jukio Kallio, Daniel Hagström
Everybody Falls
Survive the Fall


Fairy Tail
Ayana Hira, Hiromu Akaba, Hikaru Yamada, Masako Otsuka, Masato Koike, Ayako Toyoda
Recollection
Battle Theme
Boss Theme

Final Fantasy VII Remake
Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu, Mitsuto Suzuki, Shotaro Shima, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Yoshinori Nakamura, Tadayoshi Makino, Yasunori Nishiki, Keiki Kobayashi, Takafumi Imamura, Daiki Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Ayumu Murai, Nozomi Toki
The Airbuster
Hollow Skies
The Valkyrie

Fire Emblem: Three Houses - Cindered Shadows
Takeru Kanazaki, Hiroki Morishita, Rei Kondoh, Yuka Tsujiyoko, Yoshito Hirano, Masato Kouda
Woven by Fate
The Shackled Wolves (Rain)
At What Cost? (Rain)

Genshin Impact
Yu-Peng Chen
Symphony of Boreal Wind
His Resolution
Rapid as Wildfires

Ghost of Tsushima
Ilan Eshkeri, Shigeru Umebayashi
The Way of the Ghost
Sacrifice of Tradition
Jin Sakai

Granblue Fantasy Versus
Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Nishiki, Tsutomu Narita, Hidenori Maezawa, bassy, picnic, Nao Tokisawa, Azusa Chiba, Cygames, Johnny Kawahata
Existence
Party People
Butterfly Girl

Hades
Darren Korb
Out of Tartarus
God of the Dead
Good Riddance (feat. Ashley Barrett)

Half-Life: Alyx
Mike Morasky
Strider Battle
Antlion Combat
Ending Triumph

Haven
Danger
Source
Move It Muffin!
Blooting Hornets

Horizon's Gate
None
Deep Woods
Minamo 2
Seanchas

Hylics 2
Chuck Salamone
Them's Fightin' Words
Xeno Arcadia


Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
Kumi Tanioka, Reo Uratani, Ryotaro Yagi, Haruki Yamada
Main Theme
The Champion Mipha
The Champion Revali

If Found...
2 Mello, Eli Rainsberry, Maurice Foley, Stano, Roger Doyle, Jack Talty, Neil O'Loghlen
Planet X
Space 3
Where Are You?!

Ikenfell
aivi, surasshu, Sabrielle Augustin
It's Showtime! - Gilda's Theme
Between the Lines - Rook's Theme
Yearn to Bloom - Aeldra's Theme

Immortals Fenyx Rising
Gareth Coker
Heart of the Hero
Fenyx's Dawn
The Gods' Vault

Journey to the Savage Planet
Brian D'Oliveira
Start Your Journey
Landing Site
Teratomo

Kentucky Route Zero
Ben Babbitt
You've Got To Walk
This World Is Not My Home
I'm Going That Way

Kine
Mitchel Wong
Practicing the Accordion
Playing Trombone Solo Full


Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind
Yoko Shimamura
Nachtflügel
L'Oscurita dell'Ignoto
Vector to the Heavens

LUNA The Shadow Dust
Qian Wang
LUNA The Shadow Dust
The Islands
Isolation, the Theme of Üri

Mad Rat Dead
Kazuya Takasu, Dyes Iwasaki, Camellia, a_hisa, Zizz Studio
Drain
Mad Heart
Underground Hug

Marvel's Avengers
Bobby Tahouri
Every Hero Has to Start Somewhere
No More Heroes
It's a Thing You Do

Minecraft Dungeons
Peter Hont, Samuel Åberg, Johan Johnson
Halland
The Arch-Illager
Dalarna

moon: Remix RPG Adventure
Hirofumi Taniguchi, Miki Higashino, Taro Kudo, Masanori Adachi
I'm Waiting for the Night
The Other Jet
Kera-Ma-Go

Murder by Numbers
Muse Sound, Masakazu Sugimori
Puzzle ~The Unbeatable Duo~
Honor's Theme
Puzzle ~On the Right Path~

Necrobarista
Kevin Penkin, Jeremy Lim
Gamble
Cat and Mouse
Nostalgia Trip

Nioh 2
Yugo Kanno, Akihiro Manabe
William
Tokichiro
Enenra

Omori
Pedro Silva, Jamie Lynne
You Were Wrong. Go Back.
Trees...
Gator Gambol

One Step from Eden
Keisuke Hayase
Battle of Ice I
The Forest
Battle of Flames I

Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Gareth Coker
Mora the Spider
Luma Pools
In Wonderment of Winter

Panzer Dragoon: Remake
Yoshitaka Azuma
Episode One
Episode Three
Main Theme

Panzer Paladin
Patrice Bourgeault, Powerglove
USA
Canals
Greece

Paper Mario: The Origami King
Yoshito Sekigawa, Shoh Murakami, Yoshiaki Kimura, Hiroki Morishita, Fumihiro Isobe
Autumn Mountain
Exploring the Great Sea
Origami Castle

Paradise Killer
Barry Topping
Paradise (Stay Forever)
Knife & Crystal
Breeze With U

Persona 5 Royal
Shōji Meguro
I Believe
Take Over
Throw Away Your Mask

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
Keisuke Ito
Sky Tower
Great Canyon
Run Away, Fugitives

Resident Evil 3
Kota Suzuki, Azusa Kato
Nemesis Final Metamorphosis
Save Room
Invincible Nemesis

Risk of Rain 2
Chris Christodoulou
The Rain Formerly Known as Purple
…con lentitud poderosa
You're Gonna Need a Bigger Ukulele

Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Joe Thwaites, Jay Waters, Nick Foster, Lena Raine, George King, Glen Brown, Brian D'Oliveira, Winifred Phillips, Jim Fowler, OPIUO, 2 Mello, Si Begg, Tokyo Machine
Stitches of Steel
The Gardens
The Final Showdown

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Hiroyuki Oshima
Winding Roots
Battle Theme (Mayhem)
Yanato Planting Song (Oracle)

Shantae and the Seven Sirens
Mark Sparling, Professor Sakamoto, Gavin Allen
Armor Town
Sunken Shipyard
Coral Mine

Shinsekai: Into the Depths
Chikara Aoshima
Coral Reef -Epipelagic-
Eunice Aphroditois
The Decision -Chaos-

Signs of the Sojourner
Christopher Wilson, Steve Pardo
Main Theme
Hara
Anka

Spelunky 2
Eirik Suhrke
Dwelling
City of the future
Molten factory

Spider Man: Miles Morales
John Paesano
I'm Ready
The Underground
Main Theme

Spiritfarer
Maxime Lacoste Lebuis
Spiritfarer
What Will You Leave Behind (End Titles)
Last Voyage

Star Wars: Squadrons
Gordy Haab, Marco Valerio Antonini, ET Chen, Vincent Oppido, Samuel Smythe
Main Theme
The Dockyard
Imperial Ceremony and Briefing

Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
Masahiro Aoki, Hideyuki Fukasawa, Keiki Kobayashi, Takatsugu Wakabayashi, Zac Zinger
Theme of Lucia
Ring of Justice
Holly Jolly Beatdown

Streets of Rage 4
Yuzo Koshiro, Olivier Deriviere, Groundislava, XL Middleton, Keiji Yamagishi, Harumi Fujita, Motohiro Kawashima, Yoko Shimomura, Scattle, Das Mörtal
Main Theme
Call the Cops
Rising Up

Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1
Cosmo D, Jerome Ellis
Tales From Off-Peak City - Theme
No-Rez
Jan and Clarice

Tenderfoot Tactics
Michael Bell
The Battle for Siren Peak
Goblin Town: Hogglesderry
The Battle for Salamander Creek

The Last of Us Part II
Gustavo Santaolalla, Mac Quayle
Beyond Desolation
Unbroken
The Last of Us Part II

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero
Falcom soundteam_JDK Masanori Osaki, Saki Momiyama, Takahiro Unisuga, Hayato Sonoda
Afternoon in Crossbell
Lemonade in Hand
Ancient Pulsation

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV
Falcom Sound Team jdk (Hayato Sonoda, Takahiro Unisuga, Saki Momiyama), Yukihiro Jindo, Mitsuo Singa
Ashita Eno Kiseki (Opening Size)
To the Future
Deep Carnival

Them's Fightin' Herds
Stuart Ferguson and Whitetail
Tianhuo (Character Theme)
Paprika (Character Theme)
Dark Cataclysm

Trials of Mana
Hiroki Kikuta
Nuclear Fusion
Powell
Swivel

Two Point Hospital
Phil French, Tom Puttick, Jack Le Breton
Midnight Blue
Bassinets
Miami Swing

Umurangi Generation
Thor High Heels
Mandala
Duskwalk
Swears in PS1

Vitamin Connection
Tommy Pedrini, Chiyoko chiyoco Yamasato, Maddie DJ Bouche Lim, Jake Kaufman, Floor Baba, Adriana Figueroa, Laura Serafine, Zorsy, Haru Shintani
Michi No Sekai ~ The Unknowable World (feat. Chiyoco)
Gummy Drop
Free Me (feat. Laura Serafine)

Watch Dogs: Legion
Stephen Barton, Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Welcome to the Resistance
Helen, the Bringer of War
A Hard Night's Day

XCOM: Chimera Squad
Phill Boucher, Drew Jordan
Take Down Sacred Coil
Take Down The Progeny
Got You Covered

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Yoko Shimomura, Kenji Hiramatsu, ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO), Manami Kiyota
Time to Fight!
Bionis' Shoulder
Fogbeasts

Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Hidenori Shoji, Yuri Fukuda, Chihiro Aoki, Saori Yoshida
Cold-Blooded
Yokohama Battle Theme
Receive and Turn You

 

[dipship31]

FF7 definitely deserved it this year, glad Hades got 2nd

 

[Dancrane212]

A lovely list, thanks for putting this together!

 

[Deleted member 23046]

Thank you for the ceremony Grexeno.

 

[mrmickfran]

Xenoblade Definitive was robbed

 

[Jencks]

FF7R deserved

 

[ClickyCal']

Astro Robbed.

 

[dipship31]

Xenoblade Definitive was robbed

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haven't played it but are the tracks remade? The og soundtrack is great? Love to check it out if there are some updated tracks

 

[Grexeno]

haven't played it but are the tracks remade? The og soundtrack is great? Love to check it out if there are some updated tracks

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The vast majority of the soundtrack is redone and Future Connected has brand new music

 

[mrmickfran]

haven't played it but are the tracks remade? The og soundtrack is great? Love to check it out if there are some updated tracks

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They redid the ENTIRE soundtrack.

Some songs are about as good as the original and some like Agniratha Night absolutely surpass the original

 

[Squid Icarus]

I can't believe noone picked Ghostrunner. It's one of the best and most intense soundtracks in years, perfectly fitting the stylish super fast platforming and katana action. Daniel Deluxe at his best. You don't even need to have played the game to enjoy the greatness that is this soundtrack.

 

[zashga]

Cool, thanks for putting this together.

Xenoblade Definitive was robbed

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Hey don't blame me, I voted for it! Even just based on the Future Connected OST I think it rates.

 

[Transistor]

FF7R absolutely deserves to win this. The way they expanded the original OST into ~100 tracks is amazing

 

[Dancrane212]

Folk want to talk about robbed titles, how about games that only got a single mention!

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[GamerJM]

Paradise Killer is far too low, but I guess I can partially blame myself for not voting.

 

[Aprikurt]

Glad Hades is getting its dues. Without spoiling anything, the vocal tracks in that game are genuinely beautiful.

Spelunky 2 should have been higher but man I don't know why they didn't do multiple tracks per world. The first game I never got sick of the music after like 8 years of play. The World 1 music from Spelunky 2 was good but really grating after 30 hours of replaying the same levels.

 

[mrmickfran]

Hey don't blame me, I voted for it! Even just based on the Future Connected OST I think it rates.

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It might've been just you and me I think lol

 

[RoKKeR]

Haven't played FF7R but those top 5 are all great. Glad Ori getting that #3 spot. Thanks OP.

 

[Rommaz]

Not even made that FF7R won(tho it wasn't my top pick) its an amazing soundtrack

 

[Confused Cheeseburger]

Umurangi not even top 20.

SMDH

 

[Deleted member 2317]

Xenoblade Definitive was robbed

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That's not how you spell Paradise Killer 😂

 

[tiebreaker]

Nice list. I wasn't that impressed with 13 Sentinels OST. Maybe I'll have to give it another listen.

I also didn't vote this time as I don't have many game soundtracks I feel strongly about, except Mabuchi's theme in Yakuza 7. And it's up there :)

 

[ScreamingMadden]

Happy to see Hades and Ori in the top 3! Solid list overall. And happy to see an archive of all of the other games that got a vote or two in. Hey, check out that Cook, Serve, Delicious 3 and Them's Fightin Herds tracks. Good stuff there.

 

[Violence Jack]

Miles Morales should've been top 5 easily.

Glad to see Ori up there. That soundtrack was incredibly moving.

 

[Grexeno]

Folk want to talk about robbed titles, how about games that only got a single mention!

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I can't believe I'm the only person who voted for Ikenfell.

 

[Phendrift]

Xenoblade Definitive was robbed

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I didn't think it was eligible so I didn't vote for it lol

 

[dancingphlower]

Persona 5 Royal was robbed, I tell you!

 

[HououinKyouma]

FF7 and Royal were in their own galaxies this past year. Sublime.

 

[Andrew J]

I believe I was the only person to vote for Curse of the Moon 2. At least I helped it get into the archive.

 

[Joltik]

It might've been just you and me I think lol

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Hey now, I actually voted for it also.

 

[StarPhlox]

This could just as easily be the GOTY 2020 list. What amazing soundtracks.

 

[jett]

Nice, thanks for the hard work.

A fair list , all worthy.

 

[Phendrift]

Did P5 royal have a ton of new tracks or something?

 

[Phendrift]

wait I just noticed why do the Nintendo games not have pictures? Scrolled through thinking none of them made it at first and was surprised

 

[Xtortion]

Did P5 royal have a ton of new tracks or something?

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Think it's about 30 tracks with a handful being absolute bangers.

 

[Grexeno]

wait I just noticed why do the Nintendo games not have pictures? Scrolled through thinking none of them made it at first and was surprised

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No official releases to pull from.

 

[Nazgûl]

Nice to see my boy Gustavo made it to the top list

 

[Aurica]

Trials of Mana
Hiroki Kikuta
Nuclear Fusion
Powell
Swivel

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Unavailable links.

 

[Dwebble]

Good list.

Royal had the best soundtrack of the year, but it was standing on the shoulders of a giant, so I don't mind it being a little further down.

 

[Grexeno]

Unavailable links.

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Fixed

 

[Aurica]

Fixed

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Thanks! :D

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Nowhere near as hipster as my other years; i actually had 2 in the top 10!

Thank you for the ceremony Grexeno.

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Yes! Thanks.

 

[Jawbreaker]

Did P5 royal have a ton of new tracks or something?

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Yeah, it has a good number of new tracks, all of which are just as good as the base game.

 

[Nocturnowl]

Can't argue with that top 3

Oddly despite enjoying hades a lot, the music didn't do much for me, but I can respect its quality and how well it fits in the gameplay.
I do wish I dug the vocal tracks more though.

Nintendo messing up the top 10 visuals with their stubborn lack of OSTs and thus covers to utilise, shame them!

 

[Morrigan]

I'm still only in like, chapter 8 or so, but FF7R's OST is deeply disappointing, I don't understand why people gush over it so much. The original was better. 🤷‍♀️

Panzer Dragoon got robbed

 

[fanboy]

I dont remember single note from FFVII 7 soundtrack. I must be weird, but I didnt find it that great even while playing, but we.

 

[Plax]

I'm happy that Nioh 2 made the list!

 

[Rendering...]

Hell yeah, I approve. 👍

Thanks for using my blurb too!

 

[krossj]

I like this list!

Thank you to all the organisers!