Best Soundtracks

 

The Legend of Zelda – Koji Kondo

Metroid – Hirokazu Tanaka

Castlevania – Kinuyo Yamashita & Satoe Terashima

Shadow of the Beast – David Whittaker

 

Phantasy Star II – Tokuhiko Uwabo

Thunder Force III – Toshiharu Yamanishi & Tomomi Ootani

Super Castlevania IV – Masanori Adachi & Taro Kudo

ActRaiser – Yuzo Koshiro

Final Fantasy IV – Nobuo Uematsu

Lunar: The Silver Star – Noriyuki Iwadare

Ecco the Dolphin (Sega CD) – Spencer Nilsen

Final Fantasy VII – Nobuo Uematsu

PaRappa the Rapper – Masaya Matsuura & Yoshihisa Suzuki

Final Fantasy Tactics – Hitoshi Sakimoto & Masaharu Iwata

Xenogears – Yasunori Mitsuda

Um Jammer Lammy – Masaya Matsuura, Yoshihisa Suzuki, and Shigeyoshi Kawagoe

 

Halo – Martin O’Donnell & Michael Salvatori

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Various Artists

Passage – Jason Rohrer

 

Demon’s Souls – Shunsuke Kida

VVVVVV – Magnus Palsson

The Binding of Isaac – Danny Baranowsky

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP – Jim Guthrie

Minecraft – C418

Problem Attic – Liz Ryerson

Ramble Planet – A. Hagen

Nier: Automata – Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi, and Kuniyuki Takahashi

Walking Simulator a Month Club Vol. 1 – Connor Sherlock

Tetris Effect – Hydelic

Lyrica – Han Chuang Culture and Art Inc.

Death Stranding – Ludvig Forssell, Low Roar, Silent Poets, et al.

 

Disco Elysium – Sea Power

Paradise Killer – Barry Topping

Streets of Rage 4 – Olivier Deriviere, Yuzo Koshiro, et al.

Gnosia – Q flavor

Rain World – James Primate & Lydia Esrig

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon – Kota Hoshino, Takashi Onodera, & Shoi Miyazawa

 

      Best Songs

 

“Underworld Theme” in The Legend of Zelda – Koji Kondo

“Title Theme” in Metroid – Hirokazu Tanaka

“Wicked Child” in Castlevania – Kinuyo Yamashita & Satoe Terashima

“Fire Caverns” in Wizards & Warriors – David Wise

“Ice Caves” in Blaster Master – Naoki Kodaka

“Palace Theme” in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link – Akito Nagatsuka

“Plains 1” in Shadow of the Beast – David Whittaker

 

“Secret Ways” in Phantasy Star II – Tokuhiko Uwabo

“The Place of Death” in Phantasy Star II – Tokuhiko Uwabo

“Truth” in Thunder Force III – Toshiharu Yamanishi

“The Grubby Dark Blue” in Thunder Force III – Toshiharu Yamanishi

“Armed Armor” in MUSHA – Toshiaki Sakoda

“Statts” in Sword of Vermillion – Hiroshi Kawaguchi

“Bloody Tears” in Super Castlevania IV – Kenichi Matsubara, Satoe Terashima, Masanori Adachi, and Taro Kudo

“Ending” in Super Castlevania IV – Masanori Adachi & Taro Kudo

“Fillmore” in ActRaiser – Yuzo Koshiro

“Sacrifices” in ActRaiser – Yuzo Koshiro

“Prelude” in Final Fantasy IV – Nobuo Uematsu

“Battle Theme 1” in Final Fantasy IV – Nobuo Uematsu

“Aqua Vistas” in Ecco the Dolphin (Sega CD) – Spencer Nilsen

“Motion E” in Ecco the Dolphin (Sega CD) – Spencer Nilsen

“Terra’s Theme” in Final Fantasy VI – Nobuo Uematsu

“Aerith’s Theme” in Final Fantasy VII – Nobuo Uematsu

“J-E-N-O-V-A” in Final Fantasy VII – Nobuo Uematsu

“Gerudo Valley” in Ocarina of Time – Koji Kondo

“Flight” in Xenogears – Yasunori Mitsuda

“Awakening” in Xenogears – Yasunori Mitsuda

 

“Truth and Reconciliation Suite” in Halo – Martin O’Donnell & Michael Salvatori

“Crazy” in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Willie Nelson

“Still Alive” in Portal – Jonathan Coulton & Ellen McLain

“Red Carpet Extend-O-Matic” in World of Goo – Kyle Gabler

 

“Lava Landing” in Kirby’s Epic Yarn – Tomoya Tomita

“One Who Craves Souls” in Demon’s Souls – Shunsuke Kida

“Potential for Anything” in VVVVVV – Magnus Palsson

“Overgrown” in Problem Attic – Liz Ryerson

“Padstow Farewell” in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – Nils Brown, Clayton Kennedy, and Sean Dagher

“Inexorable” in Axiom Verge – Thomas Happ

“The Fields of Ard Skellig” in The Witcher 3 – Marcin Przybylowicz

“Weight of the World” in Nier: Automata – Keiichi Okabe & J’Nique Nicole

“My Heart Will Go On – Recorder By Candlelight” in Butterfly Soup – Matt Mulholland

“Wilt” in Voez – VerseQuence (Mjq – Eri)

“Connected (Yours Forever)” in Tetris Effect – Noboru Mutoh & Takako Ishida w/ Kate Brady

“Always Been But Never Dreamed” in Tetris Effect – Noboru Mutoh & Takako Ishida w/ Kate Brady

“Wuyi Alley” in Lyrica – Chen Liang-Jie & Liu Yu-Xi

“Song of Everlasting Regret” in Lyrica – Ariel Yu & Bai Juyi

“Almost Nothing” in Death Stranding – Okay Kaya & Silent Poets

“The End” in Fortnite – Phill Boucher

 

“A Light Above Descending” in Disco Elysium – Sea Power

“Red Rock Riviera” in Disco Elysium – Sea Power

“Temple of Tears” in Paradise Killer – Barry Topping

“Call the Cops” in Streets of Rage 4 – Olivier Deriviere

“ULULO” in Gnosia – Q flavor

“Esquema Preferido – Ao Vivo” in Fortnite Chapter 2 – Os Barões Da Pisadinha

“Random Gods (Theme III)” in Rain World – James Primate

“Kuon: Memories of Waves and Light” in Final Fantasy X-2 – Noriko Matsueda & Takahito Eguchi

“Contact with You” in Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon – Kota Hoshino