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Title: What have been your favorite game soundtracks this year?
Post by: Phil on December 08, 2013, 01:22:18 PM

I'm a big fan of game music in general, and this has been really nice year for game soundtracks. Do you have any that you have been particularly fond of this past year? For me, I have enjoyed the following. I can provide links to some song examples on YouTube later on.


Fire Emblem: Awakening
Super Mario 3D World
Sonic: Lost World
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Puppeteer
LEGO City Undercover
Rayman Legends


I'm told Metal Gear Rising has some great music, but I haven't played it yet.


What about you guys?

Title: Re: What have been your favorite game soundtracks this year?
Post by: Khushrenada on December 08, 2013, 03:28:07 PM

Tough one. Most of the games you listed, I haven't played yet except for Animal Crossing but unfortunately, I do not share your same enthusiasm for the music. It's pleasant and simple enough but I'm often hearing a lot of the same hours over and over and getting tired of it.

The only game that actually caused me to look it up on Youtube and listen to while working was Rhythm Thief and the Emperor's Treasure. However, listening to it, there were only a few songs I liked on their own. The majority worked best when playing along with them.

Pilotwings Resort likewise had a couple softer tracks I liked.

Otherwise, nothing else stands out in my mind.

Title: Re: What have been your favorite game soundtracks this year?
Post by: azeke on December 08, 2013, 10:50:12 PM

From games actually released in 2013 -- a few selected tracks here and there but nothing as consistently orgasmic in it's entirety as last year's Hotline Miami.

Wonderful 101 has a few good tracks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvHKxnMv04k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_moHXjH7pc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fhAwaeWtsI

Super Mario 3D World has some too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-OQg7ot_TE

This year's most solid soundtrack from i read on NeoGAF would be Mario & Sonic Olympic game of all things:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpDjbZ045ok

Of all games i played this year i find the best soundtrack to be Bayonetta but that was released a long time ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF49ZCjXygo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKWgJNm9Mg0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPHr9ghVyNU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVSYSfHo-MI

Honorable mention to Ninja Gaiden's 4-2 level music (on NES):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv0TSofXC1w

Title: Re: What have been your favorite game soundtracks this year?
Post by: magicpixie on December 08, 2013, 11:34:57 PM

Super Mario 3D World and A Link Between Worlds are both great.  I don't normally notice game soundtracks unless they are really good, or really bad, and I don't think I'm alone in that.

The Last of Us had a really subtle and appropriate soundtrack for me.  It wasn't ever flashy or the center of attention, but it really stood out for me(probably for that reason).

And I think Remember Me's soundtrack is very deserving of a mention.  The game won't be remember fondly by many people, but I really enjoyed it, and the soundtrack has a very cinematic feel to it.

Title: Re: What have been your favorite game soundtracks this year?
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on December 09, 2013, 01:26:14 PM

Windwaker HD!

Title: Re: What have been your favorite game soundtracks this year?
Post by: Phil on December 09, 2013, 02:31:03 PM

I totally forgot about A Link Between Worlds! That's so silly of me since it's only my favorite game this year!

Title: Re: What have been your favorite game soundtracks this year?
Post by: Shaymin on December 09, 2013, 10:01:50 PM

I only purchased one game soundtrack this year, so Pokemon XY.

Title: Re: What have been your favorite game soundtracks this year?
Post by: Pixelated Pixies on December 10, 2013, 06:24:42 PM

Although I'm not the biggest fan of the game (or the series for that matter), I thought New Leaf's soundtrack was exceptional. There were some incredible musical compositions in that game, particularly at night. I would often play it at different hours during the day just to catch ones of the tracks, or sometimes just to hear it transition from one theme to the next. The music in that game is perhaps my favourite take away.

I also really enjoyed the soundtrack to Fire Emblem: Awakening, but I honestly can't bring anything to mind at the moment. I do remember really digging it though.

I also thought that the music in Luigi's Mansion 2 was awesome. It struck the right chord of whimsy and haunted house, and I recall the music in that game being really quite dynamic in that it would react to how you played. If I'm remembering correctly, the music would include beats which corresponded to Luigi as he tiptoed around, and included jolts of sound when something surprising happened, and of course there was the fact that Luigi would hum along to the music (an acknowledgement from the Next Level perhaps that the music in that game was exceptionally catchy?).

Here's one of my favs! (although the below is a remix, I think it adds a new level to the already excellent track 'Outlandish Interruption')

Although I only played it for a few hours, I also thought that Rayman Legend's soundtrack was quite enjoyable. The renditions of licensed music in particular stood out to me (that Mariachi version of Eye of Tiger had me giggling like a kid).

As you might expect from Rhythm Games I also really liked both Bit.Trip Runner 2 and Harmoknight. Getting music to meld with gameplay might seem like a no-brainer but having played some terrible rhythm games I can tell you that there's a world of difference between a good rhythm game and a bad one, and both Bit.Trip Runner 2 and Harmoknight were really fantastic ones, and much of that has to do with their music and how it was integrated into the gameplay.

This song kicks ass.

More recently I've also been really digging Resogun. Each level has it's own unique sound, but the music of each stage also build in intensity so that by the last level the music perfectly matches the difficulty. On more than one occasion I have tried to take a moment to try to appreciate the music only to lose focus and smash right into a roving enemy ship. The music is arguably too good is what I'm saying.

I really like this one.

I also recently played Soundshapes and have had a big smile on my face since hearing this track. It's incredible.