The Best Recent Video Game Soundtracks
There have been some amazing games over the last few years, with equally amazing soundtracks to boot. In fact, the best video game soundtracks help capture the precise feeling you felt when you first heard a specific song, encasing that memory and extending it into infinity.
While classic 8- and 16-bit soundtracks helped set the stage for today’s composers, good video game soundtracks are able to exist in a realm of their own. Even if someone hasn’t played the game, they can still get into the songs.Â
Young composers have risen to prominence and started their careers by creating video game music, and veterans have refined their craft by delving into gaming soundtracks. We truly are in the golden age of video game soundtracks.
With so many games coming out over the last decade, it's difficult to determine what the top current soundtracks are. That being said, this list ranks all the best new video game soundtracks over the last few years. Vote up your favorites, vote down the ones you don’t like, and add your own picks if they aren’t already included below.
Popular Songs: The Trail, Geralt of Rivia, Eredin, King of the Hunt
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a 2015 action role-playing game developed and published by CD Projekt, based on The Witcher series of fantasy novels by Andrzej Sapkowski. It is the sequel to the 2011Â ...morePopular Songs: Cruel, Cruel World, Poor Little Liza Jane, Come Live By My Side
Red Dead Redemption 2 (stylized as Red Dead Redemption II) is a Western-themed action-adventure video game developed and published by Rockstar Games. It is scheduled to be released for PlayStation 4Â ...morePopular Songs: Dragonborn, Awake, from Past to Present
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth installment in The Elder Scrolls action ...morePopular Songs: Epitaph of Seikilos, Morghe Sahar, Raga Asa
Sid Meier's Civilization V is a 4X video game in the Civilization series developed by Firaxis Games, released on Microsoft Windows in September 2010, OS X on November 23, 2010, and Linux/SteamOS on ...morePopular Songs:Another Story, The Lost Child, Sky Island
Super Mario Galaxy 2 is a platforming video game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It was first announced at E3 2009 and is the sequel to Super Mario Galaxy. It was ...morePopular Songs:Significance, City Ruins, Peaceful Sleep
Nier: Automata is a 2017 action role-playing video game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix. Set in the midst of a proxy war between machines created by otherworldly invaders and ...morePopular Songs: Don't Deal With the Devil, Die House, Elder Kettle
Cuphead is a run and gun video game developed and published by StudioMDHR. Announced in 2013, the game was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One in September 2017, for macOS in October 2018, ...morePopular Songs: Born Unto Trouble, The Shootist, Dead End Alley
This game is an open world, western action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles on May 18, ...morePopular Songs: Somnus, Wanderlust, Stand Your Ground
Final Fantasy XV is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix; the game is the fifteenth main installment in the company's Final Fantasy series. It released in 2016 for ...morePopular Songs: Pyrates Beware, On the Horizon, The High Seas
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is a 2013 historical fiction action-adventure open world stealth video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the sixth major installment ...morePopular Songs: The Hour, The Last of Us, Forgotten Memories
The Last of Us is an action-adventure survival horror video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released for the PlayStation 3 on June 14, 2013; an ...morePopular Songs: Nuclear, Kids IN America, Take on Me
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is an open world action-adventure stealth video game developed by Kojima Productions and directed, co-produced and co-written by Hideo Kojima, currently in ...morePopular Songs: Dirtmouth, Crossroads, False Knight
Hollow Knight is a Metroidvania video game developed and published by Australian studio Team Cherry. The game was released for Microsoft Windows in February 2017, and later for macOS and Linux in ...morePopular Songs: Science Is Fun, Concentration Enhancing Menu Initialiser, 9999999
Portal 2 is a 2011 first-person puzzle-platform video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It is the sequel to Portal and was released on April 19, 2011, for Microsoft Windows, OS X, ...morePopular Songs: Mountains, Shrine, Sheikah Tower
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo, released for the Nintendo Switch and Wii U consoles on March 3, 2017. Breath of the Wild is ...morePopular Songs: The Edge of Dawn, The Crest of Flames, Fire Emblem: Three Houses Main Theme
Fire Emblem: Three Houses is a tactical role-playing video game for the Nintendo Switch. The game is the sixteenth main title in the Fire Emblem series and the first on a home console since 2007's ...morePopular Songs: Title, Opening, Encounter With Cappy
Super Mario Odyssey is a 2017 3D platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. An installment in the Super Mario series, the story follows Mario and Cappy, a spirit ...morePopular Songs: Subwoofer Lullaby, Mice on Venus, Living Mice
Minecraft is a sandbox independent video game originally created by Swedish programmer Markus "Notch" Persson and later developed and published by the Swedish company Mojang. The creative and ...morePopular Songs: Calling Out, The Blinded Forest, Inspiriting
Ori and the Blind Forest is a platform-adventure Metroidvania video game developed by Moon Studios and published by Microsoft Studios. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One on ...morePopular Songs: Bridges, Bleached Things, The Face of Our New Hope
Death Stranding is an action game developed by Kojima Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 4. It is the first game by game director Hideo Kojima and his company ...morePopular Songs: Overture, Tip of the Spear, The Package
Halo: Reach is a 2010 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360 console. Reach was released in North America, Australia, and Europe ...morePopular Songs: The Songbird, Elizabeth, Lutece
BioShock Infinite is a first-person shooter video game developed by Irrational Games and published by 2K Games. It was released worldwide for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360Â ...morePopular Songs: Welcome to Los Santos, Smokin' and Ridin', Old Love / New Love
Grand Theft Auto V is an open world, action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. The game was released for on September 2013 for the PlayStation 3 and ...morePopular Songs: Mario Kart Stadium, Water Park, Sweet Sweet Canyon
Mario Kart 8 is a kart racing video game and the eighth major installment in the Mario Kart series, developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U video game console. First announced at E3 2013, ...morePopular Songs: Minor 9th, Noire Clarinet, J.J.
L.A. Noire is a neo-noir detective video game developed by Team Bondi and published by Rockstar Games. It was initially released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms on 17 May 2011; a ...more
