Coming to you horribly later than the rest of my compatriots, I feel it still necessary to cast my vote on the VGM releases of 2015. So much came out last year that was notable that it’s hard to settle on any one thing. Fortunately, my fellow OSV writers have touched upon the best of things, so it’s a matter of following up on their fantastic lists with my own.
It has been an incredible year for game music, as well as film soundtracks. Early in the year I predicted a title I reviewed would make my list of best soundtracks of the year, it did. Another important factor for me was the question, since its release am I still listening to it? I can happily say that I still regularly listening to all of my choices.
2015 also delivered some of the best film soundtracks on CD from a number of record labels, and for me its truly been a year to remember. Come read about my my picks for “Game Soundtrack of the Year”, “Artist/Composer of the Year” and “Arrangement Album of the Year” and a couple notable releases.
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I’ve only been with OSV for six months but it has unquestionably dragged me into a larger world of game music. Releases I might have tuned out, I dug into. Albums I’d have glanced over, I fixated on. Most of the news and reviews I wrote in 2015 exposed me to something new and I’m looking forward to seeing what other newness comes my way in 2016!
That said, some of my choices for OSVOSTOTY were foregone conclusions from the beginning of the year. But I promise the winners, runners up and special mentions inside probably aren’t (totally) what you’re expecting.
Another year has come and gone, and we merry audiophiles were once again bombarded with music of all kinds, in terms of both genre and quality. When I look back over the year’s releases (usually by using vgmdb’s calendar), I feel overwhelmed. I’m getting to the point where I dread this time of year, where I say “I’m too old for this!”
Nonetheless, I feel honored to be invited to continue with OSV’s grand tradition of celebrating OSVOSTOTY (OriginalSoundVersion’s Original Soundtracks Of The Year). We change it up from time to time, and we hope you like what we’re doing with individual staff picks this year.
