Music probably won’t make or break a game, unless it’s a music game of course. But it can definitely add to the enjoyment if the music is good enough.

And our winners for Best Soundtracks of the Year will definitely leave you wanting for more.

So without further ado, let’s see our 5 winners! Just a reminder, those choices aren’t in any particular order.

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

This game’s soundtrack is incredibly good. Following in the footsteps of the Guilty Gear series, the music takes a metal style, but adds some opera-ish segments that fit in great with the game’s style and characters. There’s a track or two I’m not really fond of, but most of the tracks are really good and just as fun to listen to as the Guilty Gear soundtracks.

Brutal Legend

What do I need to say here? You have around 100 different metal songs, and most of them are pretty damn good. There’s some questionable choices (I love the Scorpions, but they’re not exactly metal), and the lack of the biggest metal band in the world is definitely strange, considering the main character’s name is 2 references to the band’s mascot. But the soundtrack here is awesome nonetheless. I actually like just starting up the game and leaving Eddie idling in his car just to leave the soundtrack going.

Rhythm Heaven

This is one of the stranger choices here. The game is built around the music. You have 3 actions: not touching the screen, touching the screen, and quickly drawing a line on the screen. Each action affects what happens on the top screen, and doing them properly makes it so that the music plays properly. There’s a bunch of different tracks, each weirder than the last. And it really draws you in the game. Maybe not the best music in a game ever, but it does its job perfectly.

Dissidia Final Fantasy

The Final Fantasy series has some of the most memorable music in all of the gaming industry. There’s no denying that. In Dissidia Final Fantasy, you have some of the best tunes in the series, but here they’re remixed. And they all sound as awesome as ever. There’s really nothing else to say here.

Dragon Age: Origins

I’ll be perfectly honest here and say I didn’t play the game. But since Josh wasn’t online when I decided to start writing this post, I decided to listen to the soundtrack a few times myself, and I’m really liking it. I can’t say how much it immerses you into the game, but I could pretty easily imagine scenes that might have been going on during those tracks. The soundtrack in general sounds epic and very fitting with a fantasy title such as Dragon Age. And if used properly the music does sound like it would really help in immersing the player in the gameplay. I just find that most of the tracks are a bit too short(barely 1 minute 30 seconds most of the time), but they all sound really good anyways.

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