Remaining Fantasy VII: Rebirth beat some robust competitors to select up The Recreation Award for Finest Rating and Music this 12 months. However outdoors of this 12 months’s distinctive TGA shortlist, what different recreation soundtracks deserve your consideration?
To search out out, we battered the inboxes of composers from everywhere in the world and requested them to decide on the most effective online game music from 2024. The foundations are easy: composers may solely have one high choose, and their alternative needed to be from a recreation OR official recreation soundtrack launched in 2024. We’re cool with DLC, too (sorry, Awards police).
Along with shining a highlight on some improbable soundtracks and composers, we hope this round-up encourages VGC readers to take a look at some video games and soundtracks you may need missed in any other case. That will help you try this, we’ve included hyperlinks to the related platforms the place you possibly can pay attention to those soundtracks in full.
If you wish to instantly help these composers, Bandcamp waives its income share on the primary Friday of each month (known as Bandcamp Fridays) so a mean of 93% of any purchases attain the artist/label. Indie composers stand to learn from this essentially the most, as 56% of indie composers retain copyright possession of their music, based on the 2023 Recreation Audio Survey.
As at all times, thanks to all of the composers who contributed to this. Let’s leap in!
Gordy Haab
(Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order + Survivor, Star Wars Battlefront, Indian Jones and the Nice Circle)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Star Wars: Outlaws by Wilbert Roget, II, Jon Everist, Cody Matthew Johnson, Kazuma Jinnouchi
“As somebody who is not any stranger to the pressures of composing music for the world’s most beloved franchise, I’m at all times appreciative of listening to a brand new perspective. I really feel Wil introduced an fascinating perspective to this rating along with his inclusion of pulsing synths blended seamlessly with the orchestra.
“I really feel it may have been straightforward to solely lean on the trendy synths and musical approaches, however discovered it good to listen to that he nonetheless honored the complexity of the orchestra. A fantastic instance of that is the observe ‘Kay Vess, The Outlaw’ which opens the OST. The tone is about from the very opening. However the orchestra blossoms all through and takes us to some very fascinating and triumphant locations, musically!”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on YouTube and Spotify.
Stephen Barton
(1943: The Rise of Hydra, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Astro Bot by Kenny Younger
“This soundtrack is simply an absolute, top-drawer, top-notch banger. It’s the takes on the traditional franchises it riffs on that get me; the “Bot of Battle” music is past good. Infectious, intelligent, and gloriously foolish, I couldn’t cease smiling whereas enjoying this. The extraordinarily close-run second was m’colleague Gordy Haab’s phenomenal “Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle”. However the singing bots must take it…
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Apple Music and Spotify.
Lena Raine
(Beastieball, Celeste 64, Minecraft: Tough Trials)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: 9 Sols by FFXX, Im Baek Hun, Troy Lin, Vincent Yang, and Collage.
“From minute one, 9 Sols’ music caught my consideration and by no means let go. Absolutely the fantastic thing about conventional Taiwanese devices and vocals in opposition to the assault of chopped up vox and synths… Each single boss observe is scored with emotional depth and elevates the expertise to date past what’s already extremely partaking. I don’t have sufficient extraordinarily verbose phrases to clarify how a lot 9 Sols’ rating affected me.
“A number of moments stand out for me: the second you go underground and uncover the character of the world within the observe Beneath the Floor, introducing the economic percussion & stutter-gated vocals. The home beats, gamelan and throat singing in Jaw of the Machine. The gorgeous tragedy of the piano & chopped/screwed vocals in Smile at My Cursed Dream. The breakbeats in opposition to dissonant choral agony & attractive string writing in Lengthy Awaited Dying. And naturally, Collage’s tearful scream of a music within the true ending’s credit sequence.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Spotify and Steam.
John Famiglietti (AKA JOHNNY HEALTH)
(Max Payne 3, Grand Theft Auto On-line: Enviornment Battle, Cyberpunk: 2077)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Balatro by Luis Clemente
“A 20-minute loop that’s really PERFECT. It’s a excellent match for the gameplay, really feel and vibe of Balatro. It additionally by no means will get outdated, and solely will get filtered when you choose a brand new card, new mode or any kind of menu. Balatro is a real traditional and may come put in on each PC any more, the music makes it really iconic. OST and GOTY.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on YouTube and Steam.
Luis Clemente
(Balatro)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge by Masato Ohashi, Manaka Kataoka, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Ryotaro Yagi, Azusa Kato
“I really like the minimalist chamber music type that builds upon Hyperlink’s Awakening; the musical motifs are equal elements elegant, catchy, and unique, becoming the Nintendo system completely. The reimagining of the traditional Zelda melodies is completed with nice style and matches proper in with the remainder of the Zelda collection. I’d say the Hyrule Subject theme stands out for me. Shoutout to the Silent Hill 2 and Pizza Tower DLC soundtracks as effectively!”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on… Nintendo Music, sooner or later sooner or later, possibly?
Eddie Marianukroh
(Chained Echoes, Chained Echoes: Ashes of Elrant, Beneath the Island)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: 8-bit Adventures 2 by Sebastián Cruz
“Though 8-bit Adventures 2 technically was launched in 2023, the sport was ported and launched on consoles this 12 months, giving me an opportunity to play the sport on the PlayStation. This recreation is stuffed to the brim with allure and really clearly crafted with love, together with its great soundtrack.
“Sebastián Cruz did a improbable job composing the music for this recreation, because it very a lot embodies the rationale why we fell in love with tunes from the classics; lovely melodies and vibes that transports you into the sport’s narrative. You’ll be able to hear examples of this with the songs: ‘Over That Horizon,’ ‘A Purpose to Battle!’, ‘A World of Journey,’ ‘Metropolis Beneath Siege,’ and ‘The Burdens We Bear.’”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on YouTube and Bandcamp
Berlinist (Marco Marco Albano)
(Gris, Neva, Wordless)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Animal Effectively by Billy Basso
“The Animal Effectively soundtrack is a mesmerizing journey into sound. Its textures whisper secrets and techniques, evoking marvel and unease in equal measure. Minimalist and profound, it mirrors all the sentiments you possibly can expertise within the recreation’s labyrinth. The audio panorama is a real triumph of atmospheric storytelling by way of music.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on YouTube.
Fingerspit (Paula Ruiz)
(The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood. The Crimson Strings Membership. Gods Will Be Watching)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: 1000xResist by Drew Redman & Line Katcho
“Are you aware when a recreation seems to be a particular, distinctive expertise? A recreation that touches one thing deep within you and adjustments who you’re at coronary heart? You wish to share it with these round you, even when they may not join with it as strongly as you. 1000xResist made me snort and cry—generally each on the similar time. To this present day, after I play its lovely soundtrack, I nonetheless maintain my tears with among the tracks. 1000xResist was my recreation of the 12 months, and its soundtrack performed a extremely huge half in that.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Bandcamp
Wilbert Roget, II
(Helldivers 2, Pacific Rim, Star Wars: Outlaws, Mortal Kombat 11)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree by Tsukasa Saitoh, Yuka Kitamura, Shoi Miyazawa, Tai Tomisawa, Soma Tanizaki
“There have been many improbable soundtracks this 12 months, and for me, essentially the most thrilling had been Shadow of the Erdtree and Remaining Fantasy 7: Rebirth. FromSoft continued its custom of aggressive and relentlessly artistic boss themes with this DLC growth to Elden Ring, however the standout this time was a easy and heartbreakingly attractive character theme known as “St. Trina.” Written by collection veteran Yuka Kitamura, it’s a tear-jerking cello melody – an unexpectedly but good alternative for the scene it accompanies.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on YouTube and Spotify.
Cody Matthew Johnson
(Resident Evil 2, Bayonetta, Trek to Yomi, AFK Journey, Star Wars: Outlaws)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Pacific Drive by Wilbert Roget, II
“In a 12 months of upset in our trade, it looks like indie video games, and significantly indie recreation soundtracks like Pacific Drive, composed by Wilbert Roget, II (feat. D’Anthoni Wooten and Sam Suggs), take the cake! Pacific Drive was such an unsuspecting rating from Wilbert — for weeks on finish it popped up on my VGM Radio and New in VGM playlists with out understanding what the sport was or who composed the soundtrack.
“After I sought out the soundtrack I discovered to my chagrin my pal Wilbert Roget, II composed the OST. This led me to play the sport — a service any good soundtrack ought to do: maintain the eagerness for the sport evergreen.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on YouTube and Spotify.
Salla Hakkola
(Conflict of Clans, Merge Mansion, Indignant Birds)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Silent Hill 2 by Akira Yamaoka
“Within the present world scenario, I discovered this soundtrack consoling, versus the numerous extra epic and aggressive recreation soundtrack releases of 2024. Aside from the clearly totally different, upbeat first observe, Yamaoka depends on hauntingly superbly and intriguingly created sounds, each natural and digital, in minimalist repetition and in ambivalent moods that go away area for private interpretation. Silent Hill OST invitations listeners to replicate one’s personal feelings and the world with respect and compassion – one thing the world at present is clearly missing.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Spotify and Apple Music.
Peter McConnell
(Grim Fandango, Psychonauts 2, Hearthstone)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Beastieball by Lena Raine
“An actual standout this 12 months for me is Lena Raine’s rating to Beastieball, simply launched in November. Accessible on Bandcamp, the electro-pop rating ranges from gloriously free-wheeling enjoyable to pointillistic sonic abstraction. It has a allure that brings to thoughts pop icons like Lara Shigihara, an exquisite sense of area and pacing, and it grooves exhausting.
The title observe ‘Welcome to Beastieball’ is an uninhibited sensory delight held collectively by a easy but catchy bass line. And tracks like ‘Trails of Amberstone’ are simply straight-up enjoyable, dishing up a retro music vibe loaded with ear sweet. And ‘NOW THAT’S! BEASTIEBALL!!!’ is a harmonic and sonic tour de power. I hardly ever get to listen to a rating that delivers this a lot enjoyable with this a lot depth.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Bandcamp and YouTube.
Barry Topping
(The Wants, Paradise Killer, Birdcage, Thatcher’s Tech Base)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Remaining Fantasy VII: Rebirth by Shotaro Shima, Shoya Sunakawa, Junnosuke Usui, Reo Uratani, Ryo Furukawa, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Yoshinori Nakamura, Tadayoshi Makino, Keiki Kobayashi, Nozomi Toki, Shingo Kataoka, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Ryo Yamazaki, Yuki Hirose, Nobuo Uematsu.
“Remaining Fantasy VII Rebirth is a recreation that made me spend 20 minutes dragging round a feed clanger to lure a rooster again to its dwelling, the place the rooster was then killed and eaten. Remaining Fantasy VII Rebirth can be a recreation with greater than 9 hours of music written and organized by greater than 20 composers.
“There are such a lot of stand-out tracks (Let’s Go Mt. Corel, Stamp Rebirth, Queen’s Blood, Hole Skies – Midgar Area, Jungles of Gongaga, Subterranean Grind and so on.) that the soundtrack is repeatedly bringing the sport as much as a degree that makes you wish to maintain enjoying, feed clanger be damned. Additionally, the Beastieball soundtrack is extraordinarily good.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Apple Music.
Obadiah Brown-Seaside
(Arknights, Honor of Kings, PUBG Cell, Overwatch 2)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Star Wars: Outlaws by Wilbert Roget II, Jon Everist, Cody Matthew Johnson, Kazuma Jinnouchi
“The superb themes coupled with orchestration and instrumentation that matches so effectively into the Star Wars universe, whereas additionally bringing one thing wholly new to the desk is absolutely spectacular. The mix of conventional and fashionable sounds serve each the underscore and the brand new characters and plots so effectively. And to high it off, the mega eclectic, vibey cantina tunes are so enjoyable.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Spotify and Apple Music.
Yuko Komiyama
(Monster Hunter collection / Mega Man X7 / Contra: Operational Galuga)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Kirby and the Forgotten Land Sound Choice by Hirokazu Ando, Jun Ishikawa, Yuki Shimooka, Yuuta Ogasawara.
“As a Kirby lover, I used to be completely satisfied to see the discharge of the soundtrack. I get pleasure from watching my youngsters play it and enjoying it with them. I really like this recreation as a result of there are a lot of cute characters resembling Waddle Dee, Dedede, and Meta Knight. Kirby’s music has an important steadiness of custom and newness. The renewed style of music whereas retaining the Kirby type at all times makes me wish to take heed to extra and immerse myself in Kirby. Once more, the music for each scene was pop and Kirby-like, and there have been many songs that I can nonetheless keep in mind even after the sport’s launch.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack by choosing up the CD.
Motohiro Kawashima
(Streets of Rage 2/3/4, Oh, Deer!, Eye of the Beholder)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Wangan Midnight Most Tune 6RR & 6RR Plus Original Sound Observe by Yuzo Koshiro
“I labored with Yuzo Koshiro on Streets of Rage 2, 3, and 4. This was in 1993, 1994, and 2020. I believed that Koshiro was an excellent composer who was in a position to compose songs of varied genres. After I take heed to the current Wangan collection, I believe it sounds extra like unique recreation music of very prime quality moderately than membership music. I believe he’s acquired his personal sound. From trance, EDM, disco, and eurobeat to EDM and hyperpop, outdated and new dance music has gracefully intersected to create a style all its personal. Personally, I like Koshiro’s thick synthesizer trance songs, however I additionally love the playful disco sounds at occasions.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on YouTube and Apple Music.
Goomin “Nauts” Nam
(Ragnarok On-line / DJMAX / TalesWeaver)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Astro Bot by Kenny Younger
“Astro Bot was essentially the most memorable recreation soundtrack of 2024 for me. Nowadays, it’s uncommon to search out recreation music that’s each so vigorous and has such a memorable melody. The Astro Bot soundtrack stands out observe by observe, whereas superbly mixing into the sport’s emotional temper. I’m hoping that their subsequent title will characteristic music nearly as good as this.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Spotify and Apple Music.
José Ramón “Bibiki” García
(Arco, Alex Kidd In Miracle World DX, UnderDungeon)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Eastward Octopia by Joel Corelitz
“Even with all of the video games I’ve performed this 12 months, this DLC that behaves as a very new farming recreation with its personal soundtrack caught with me because the starting. The distinctive instrument colors mix fashionable devices with older soundfont types, the coolness temper all through all of the tracks, the comfy melodies… There are a number of elements that make Eastward Octopia a singular soundtrack that continues to outline Eastward’s rampant character whereas letting you escape actual life’s duties for some time.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Masayoshi Soken
(FInal Fantasy XIV, Remaining Fantasy XVI)
Favourite online game soundtrack from 2024: Fantasian: Neo Dimension by Nobuo Uematsu
“I’m the type of individual to take heed to a variety of genres with no specific restrict, having rock, bossa nova and classical music as my pillars, however I’ve been listening to recreation soundtracks much less and fewer not too long ago. Huh? I believe I wrote that phrase final 12 months too… It appears a 12 months has handed within the blink of an eye fixed… Regardless of this, there may be one recreation title that made me suppose ‘I ought to take heed to this recreation’s soundtrack fastidiously’. That’s FANTASIAN.
“Why? This can be a huge deal as a result of Uematsu-san, a senior colleague whom I tremendously respect, commented that ‘this would be the final time I’ll be in command of a recreation’s music from begin to end alone’. This work was launched on Apple Arcade, however it has now been launched on a number of platforms as FANTASIAN Neo Dimension, so you possibly can choose it up simply as effectively. This recreation, which is filled with Uematsu-san’s all-out music, does in fact have gameplay that must be cherished too, however I wish to pay attention fastidiously to each piece of music that has been applied in it!”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on YouTube and Spotify.
Daniele Zandara
(Vampire Survivors)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge by Masato Ohashi, Manaka Kataoka, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Ryotaro Yagi, Azusa Kato
“The small ensemble harmonizes superbly with the sport’s artwork and visuals, delivering preparations which can be each polished and wealthy with nods to earlier themes. A really pretty instance of state-of-the-art music that provides depth and emotion to the sport’s world and narrative.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on…Nintendo Music, sooner or later sooner or later, in all probability… possibly?
Grant Kirkhope
(Mario + Rabbids, GoldenEye, Banjo-Kazooie, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Astro Bot by Kenny Younger
“It needs to be Astro Bot by Kenny Younger. Listening to this OST was like a breath of contemporary air, it was so nice to listen to a enjoyable soundtrack once more, a lot of melody and bouncy as bouncy will be! We do are inclined to get a number of huge orchestral scores nowadays, which is nice, however listening to this actually put a smile on my face … brilliantly performed Kenny!”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Spotify and Apple Music.
Marcus Hedges
(Age of Ashes – Ary and the Secret of Seasons – Override 2: Tremendous Mech League)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Helldivers 2 by Wilbert Roget, II and Ross Tregenza
“My favourite online game soundtrack launch for 2024 is Helldivers 2. The primary few occasions I heard it, it made me nostalgic a couple of recreation that I hadn’t even totally performed but. I’m a sucker for an earworm and I really feel like Roget captured that ‘magic’ within the Helldivers theme making it extremely catchy but in addition evergreen on the subject of listening to it over and over. I discover the entire thing very inspiring from the orchestration to layering of synths all through.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Spotify and Apple Music.
Jesse Zuretti
(2XKO)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Penny’s Huge Breakaway by Tee Lopes & Sean Bialo
“You see Tee Lopes’ title, you already know the music is gonna bop. Penny’s Huge Breakaway hit me proper within the 90s/early 2000s console feels, full with these juicy funk/home/techno meets jazz fusion/prog moments that make you alter your total wardrobe to match Ruby Rhod (Chris Tucker) from The Fifth Aspect.
“The trumpet second in ‘Tutto Finisce a Tarallucci e Vino’ is definitely worth the value of admission to expertise this OST in recreation – which I’ve but to do – that’s how good the OST is! I haven’t even performed it. I simply see: Tee is concerned, take heed to the music. I’d add all of his work in 2024 to this record if I may. That wouldn’t be truthful – however I’d do it.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Jukio Kallio
(Minit, Fall Guys: Final Knockout, Dave the Diver, Nuclear Throne)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Voidwrought by Jouni Valjakka
“The music has such a large palette: from large cinematic brass and aggressive steel riffs to ambient sci-fi fantasy vibes. It evokes lovely however harmful historic histories for forbidden alien locations. The Theme offers an important view of what’s to return and my favourite is ‘Outdated Waters’, a observe that would simply be in a contemporary Castlevania. This soundtrack is a type of uncommon gems the place simply the music is making me wish to play the sport.
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Chloe Kwok
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Hauntii by Michael Kirby Ward
“Even in case you simply take heed to the title observe, ‘Hauntii’, the instrumentation is comparatively easy however efficient, with a number of emotion translated in that pretty melody line, which is so superbly performed by Gregory Orosz. There’s a number of breadth and depth within the musicality that runs by way of this soundtrack. For instance ‘Rickety Experience to Wickland’, may be very totally different from the title theme by way of tone, however fascinating nonetheless. Once more on that observe, superb efficiency from Isabella Reyes on the violin.
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Tomoya Ohtani
(Sonic Frontiers, Sonic Journey 2, Sonic Forces, Sonic Colours)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Splatoon 3: Facet Order by Toru Minegishi and Ryo Nagamatsu
“The Splatoon collection is a recreation collection that I actually get pleasure from. This 12 months, I had a number of enjoyable with the Grand Pageant, in addition to the Facet Order DLC. They each had great further soundtracks. I significantly loved the extremely transferring mashup observe “Rainbow Coloration Incantation” by Now or By no means Seven!”
Hearken to the total soundtrack by grabbing the CD.
Shota Nakama
(Remaining Fantasy XV, No Straight Roads, God Eater 2)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Marvel Rivals by Masahiro Aoki, Netease Sound, H.Ok.H
“It’s a huge soundtrack my staff labored on. We traveled everywhere in the world to report the most effective musicians, attempting to take advantage of natural, genuine, and unbelievable musical artwork that you would be able to ever discover from a online game. We delivered a spectacular end result and needed to point out it right here as a result of it actually is likely one of the greatest that got here out this 12 months.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Spotify and Apple Music.
Tomas Palazzi
(Bread & Fred, Outpath, Tsuki Journey 2)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Arctic Eggs by Cameron Ginex
“Arctic Eggs is the weirdest and most fascinating recreation I’ve performed this 12 months, and the music is an enormous a part of why it’s such a wierd and distinctive expertise, in the absolute best approach. Gritty however refined psychedelic components blended with funky and jazzy touches, it’s the precise type of rating that I really like and hope to listen to extra of in video video games sooner or later. Particular point out additionally to Metaphor: Refantazio, ATLUS Sound Workforce knocked it out of the park with an operatic rating that I’ve by no means heard in one other recreation to that degree, their stuff is at all times top-notch however this one is absolutely particular”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Nicklas Hjertberg (Two Feathers)
(Steel: Hellsinger, Vampire: The Masquerade Justice, Aragami)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Remaining Fantasy VII: Rebirth by Shotaro Shima, Shoya Sunakawa, Junnosuke Usui, Reo Uratani, Ryo Furukawa, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Yoshinori Nakamura, Tadayoshi Makino, Keiki Kobayashi, Nozomi Toki, Shingo Kataoka, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Ryo Yamazaki, Yuki Hirose, Nobuo Uematsu.
“To me, It’s unimaginable to not select this title. When the unique launched again in 1997, it already featured one of many best online game soundtracks ever made in my view. And this remake’s soundtrack is just beautiful. It gives lovely new takes on the traditional tracks everyone knows and love, whereas additionally introducing new compositions that collectively maintain the musical journey really feel contemporary and distinctive in an exquisite approach. It’s a soundtrack I maintain coming again to months after ending it, and one thing I’m positive I’ll do for a very long time.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Apple Music.
Aivi and Surasshu (Aivi Tran and Steven “Surasshu” Velema)
(Cryptmaster, Ikenfell)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Surmount by quarkimo.
“Our favourite recreation soundtrack this 12 months is Surmount by quarkimo! It has super vary, from intimate, catchy melodies harking back to Nintendo UI music, to very large, breathtaking textures that seize the sensation of ascending a mountain. Better of all is how effortlessly quarkimo weaves these sounds collectively. The soundtrack welcomed us in warmly, then shocked us with its considerate complexity.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Jon Everist
(Star Wars Outlaws, Future Rising, GRAFT, The Lamplighters League, Overwatch 2)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Helldivers 2 by Wilbert Roget, II.
“I could also be biased as a result of Will is an expensive pal of mine – however I really consider Helldivers 2 couldn’t have achieved such intergalactic ranges of success had it not been for Will’s very good rating.
“Hearkening again to the golden period of really iconic motion film scores from the 90’s and early 2000’s (with refined nods to Basil Poledouris and Jerry Goldsmith), Will’s music and motifs are indelible, self-aware, and unflinchingly vital of the comedically excessive capitalistic jingoism on show, all whereas nonetheless making danger-close orbital napalm strikes really feel actually rattling cool. A really tough activity to nail this effectively as a composer. Favourite observe ‘A Cup of Liber-Tea’”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Spotify and Apple Music.
James Elsey
(Past Hanwell, Evil Lifeless The Recreation, Beatstar/Chrome Valley Customs)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Nonetheless Wakes The Deep by Jason Graves
“It’s tempting to select one among my favourite OSTs of all time reimagined/rerecorded in Silent Hill 2, however I’m going to stay with one thing totally unique in 2024. Jason Graves is thought to be top-of-the-line on the subject of horror and that is one other instance of why. He expertly locations the rating inside the claustrophobic, scary setting of the Oil Rig, by way of the usage of a customized constructed Rig Sculpture that produces a wide range of eerie textures and the low screeches of a Moog Mannequin D Synthesizer.
“It’s the fragile use of small sections of strings and woodwinds nonetheless that set the rating aside; connecting with the participant on the deep emotional degree required with the heavy narrative themes of human loss and isolation from household. The ending of the sport caught with me for a very long time after the credit rolled and the music is an enormous purpose why.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Spotify and Apple Music.
Amos Roddy
(Citizen Sleeper, Kingdom, In Different Waters, The Wild at Coronary heart, Cloud Gardens.)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Flock by Eli Rainsberry
“This was a 12 months of unbelievable soundtracks, however I believe I’ve to select Eli Rainsberry’s great rating to Flock as my favourite. The music is such a beautiful companion to the sport, imbued with a lot curiosity and lightweight, and this playful sense of being suspended in area. I really like how ordered but spontaneous the preparations really feel, in addition to the mixture of acoustic and artificial timbres. It’s great music for happening walks. Thanks for the gorgeous OST, Eli!”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Bandcamp and Apple Music.
Borislav Slavov
(Baldur’s Gate III, Divinity Unique Sin II, Crysis 3)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Tales of Kenzera: ZAU by Nainita Desai
“In a 12 months filled with superb online game music, nothing captured my coronary heart fairly just like the soundtrack of Tales of Kenzera: ZAU by Nainita Desai. That is a type of soundtracks which can be able to telling me a narrative even when I shut my eyes and let the music stream and feelings take me away. Superbly crafted, imaginative, deep, and most significantly, music with an enormous soul.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Spotify and Apple Music.
James Landino
(Omega Strikers, No Straight Roads, Fortnite Rocket Racing, Cytus II)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Tekken 8 by mifumei, HIROSHI OKUBO, AJURIKA, Yoshihito Yano, Go Shiina, sanodg, Rio Hamamoto, Sho Okada, Yuu Miyake, Shogo Nomura , Ayako Saso, Mitsuhiro Kitadani, Shinji Hosoe, Yoshinori Hirai, Qing Yan
“I’ve at all times felt combating recreation soundtracks don’t get sufficient reward they deserve from the media for a way stellar the music is, and Tekken 8’s music is likely to be the perfect but. With music path by mifumei, the music masterfully blends genres of digital, dance, rock, steel, and orchestral right into a seamless experience- and it simply so occurs to be top-of-the-line combating video games on this fashionable period too.”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Spotify and Apple Music.
Darren Korb
(Bastion, Transistor, Pyre, Hades, Hades 2)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle by Gordy Haab
“I’m a complete sucker for the unique Indiana Jones motion pictures, and specifically, the music. Gordy does an unbelievable job of capturing the essence of the unique film scores, and elaborating in a significant approach, applicable for the brand new interactive context. No straightforward feat! The execution is absolutely great, and makes me really feel like I did seeing Raiders of the Misplaced Ark for the primary time as a child!”
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Spotify and Apple Music.
Joshua Taipale
(Omega Strikers, Date Every little thing, Apex Legends Cell)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Persona 3 Reload by Atsushi Kitajoh, Yosuke Uda, Shoji Meguro
“Reload’s music left an important influence on me in 2024 — I haven’t even had the prospect to play it however I personal each the primary and DLC soundtracks on CD! It’s the type of soundtrack that may’t exist with out ardour and a sure braveness. The subject material has a depth that may solely be expressed if the author really understands it. Consequently, it speaks to the hearts of the wounded in a approach that solely those that perceive can do. ‘How lengthy it might final… How quick it might final…’ To the wounded, enterprise life.’
Hearken to the total soundtrack on Spotify and Apple Music.
Austin Wintory
(Journey, ABZU, Murderer’s Creed Syndicate, Stray Gods)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Star Wars: Outlaws by Wilbert Roget II, Jon Everist, Cody Matthew Johnson, Kazuma Jinnouchi
“I can’t say I used to be shocked I beloved Outlaws’ rating, since Wil and co at all times do nice work! They managed to fuse the John Williams aesthetic with one thing totally new to Star Wars, and only a few Star Wars initiatives have managed that efficiently. Additionally likewise huge like to Cody Matthew Johnson and the crew that did all of the Cantina music. All the factor was superb. It deserves an enormous viewers.”
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David Housden
(Disney Phantasm Island, Battletoads, Thomas Was Alone, Misplaced Phrases: Past the Web page)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Silent Hill 2 by Akira Yamaoka
“The unique Silent Hill 2 is one among my favourite video games and scores of all time, so I had very excessive expectations for the remake and am thrilled to say that it met them with aplomb. A really tasteful mix of re-imagined tracks and new materials, with improbable production-value created one thing pleasantly nostalgic, but contemporary on the similar time. Increasing upon the unique materials, Yamaoka-San attracts the melancholy unhappiness of the underlying story and visceral nature of the horror to the fore in equal elements, bringing his signature juxtaposition of magnificence and terror to a contemporary viewers.”
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Fats Bard (Patrick Crecelius and Zach Fendelman)
(Smite, Jet Lancer, Demon Turf )
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Arco by José Ramón “Bibiki” García
“The soundtrack is extremely lush, with some actually impressed manufacturing and association. It’s additionally large, such an enormous enterprise! Favourite observe must be Ikigai; when the claps and lead nylon string guitar are available it actually captures you. There’s additionally some nice exhausting bangers like Mud Seekers and Crimson Firm.”
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Eli Rainsberry
(A Monster’s Expedition, Flock, Wilmot Works It Out, Wilmot’s Warehouse)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Crow Nation by Ockeroid
“So there’s not just one Crow Nation soundtrack, however two! There’s a observe up that Ockeroid launched known as ‘Homicide of Crows’, that I had a extremely good time listening to recently. I beloved listening to the soundscape and sound design of the creatures (eg. ‘The Crypt Creature’) particularly, the way it looks like every creature’s calling or respiratory is being emulated so near you. You get bits of breathers with tracks resembling ‘Rain’ and ‘Simply Like I Keep in mind’ on the primary soundtrack too, however total, each soundtracks actually helped me get extra engrossed into the sport and set the temper of exploring Crow Nation scarily effectively.
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Mason Lieberman
(Overwatch 2, PUBG Cell, Apex Legends Cell, RWBY)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Penny’s Huge Breakaway by Tee Lopes & Sean Bialo
“Has Tee ever delivered something lower than peak? No? I didn’t suppose so. This soundtrack simply HITS. Sean and Tee ship my favourite platformer OST in current reminiscence (and in a 12 months that includes the completely stellar Astrobot AND Sonic X Shadow Generations, no much less!). That is all the pieces I really like about online game music; it’s colourful, wild, chaotic, and simply such an absolute blast.”
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Phil Boucher
(Fortnite, Civilization VI, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, Orcs Should Die! 3)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Remaining Fantasy VII: Rebirth by Shotaro Shima, Shoya Sunakawa, Junnosuke Usui, Reo Uratani, Ryo Furukawa, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Yoshinori Nakamura, Tadayoshi Makino, Keiki Kobayashi, Nozomi Toki, Shingo Kataoka, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Ryo Yamazaki, Yuki Hirose, Nobuo Uematsu
“I can’t consider a soundtrack that resonated with me as a lot this 12 months as Remaining Fantasy VII Rebirth. The unique’s music is deeply ingrained in me as a composer and listening to so many ingenious reharmonizations and rearrangements of Nobuo Uematsu’s themes moved me deeply. The way in which themes get interwoven and refreshed within the recreation’s climax is a masterclass in musical growth and orchestration.”
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Maxo
(Rolling Hills, Eigengauge)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Egg Squeeze by FLOOR BABA, Adam Carey & pngsequence
“The good majority of the alternatives within the OST final about 10 seconds, however solely a random quantity of that runtime is secure to squeeze your egg for earlier than it breaks. This leaves you totally reliant in your instincts, that are guided, both subtly or not-so-subtly, by tips of expectation performed on you by among the greatest minds in recreation music, FLOOR BABA, Adam Carey & pngsequence.
“Will you be lulled into false safety by an ambient drone, scared by a sudden type shift into releasing your squeeze, or hear 2 seconds of who-knows-what earlier than you’re satisfied it’ll curse your win streak? The soundtrack itself is the sport, and its problem for you is to take heed to it.”
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John Robert Matz
(Tchia, For The King 1 & 2, Ambition: A Minuet in Energy, Mythgard, Gunpoint)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Helldivers 2 by Wilbert Roget, II
“An absolute tour de power from Wil that completely captures the 80’s-90’s sci-fi swashbuckling vibes you’d anticipate of an Alan Silvestri or Basil Poledouris-scored journey movie. The over-the-top gestures and extremely efficient thematic writing elevate what might be a extra staid satire of our “democratic” human empire to one thing that sticks with you lengthy after you sign off of the sport and return to civilian life. Additional factors for flawless interactive implementation making certain its sub-40 minute soundtrack runtime NEVER will get outdated – the drop out of your Tremendous Destroyer hits *each* single time. Bravo.”
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Kenny Younger
(Astro Bot, LittleBigPlanet, Tearaway)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Wilmot Works It Out by Eli Rainsberry
“I shall eschew the AAA video games and scores I’ve spent essentially the most time with this 12 months as a result of I’m sure they’ll have been picked up by another person, and take the chance to present a shout out to Eli Rainsberry’s pretty soundtrack to Wilmot Works It Out. It’s an sudden mix of IDM and cutesy acoustic components which brilliantly scores the sport’s naïve, artsy aesthetic and its jigsaw puzzle mechanics. Bravo, Eli!”
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Robin Beanland
(Sea of Thieves, Conker’s Dangerous Fur Day, Jet Power Gemini)
Favourite online game soundtrack of 2024: Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle by Gordy Haab
“I believe there’s been some really excellent online game soundtracks this 12 months. However the one which clinched it for me on the closing hour is Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle by Gordy Haab. Not solely does it have some really epic moments, however it’s additionally has some wondrously delicate moments too. I really like the best way the preparations work with the gameplay and it by no means feels just like the music attracts an excessive amount of consideration to itself or outstays its welcome when you’re exploring. The entire rating is simply superbly composed, organized and carried out. Bravo!”
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Thanks to all of the composers who contributed to this record. See you subsequent 12 months!
