2009 was a pretty varied year for game music in general. You can look at the official releases and see that we had retro releases such as Alex Kidd Complete Album, Let’s Go Away The Video Game DAYTONA USA Anniversary Box or all new blockbusters like BAYONETTA Original Soundtrack and MADWORLD Official Soundtrack. For the doujin and arrangement communities it was no different, and it was an overall productive year, with some of the greatest releases so far in terms of quality and production values.
After some intense days of going through my massive collection from this year alone, I could finally pin down my top 5 must-haves from last year. This is a follow-up to our 2009 OSVOSTOTY Awards that we posted about last week, but unfortunately nobody at OSV really follows the doujin scene as closely as I do. It was no easy task, but that is only a testament to the amazing creativity that’s bubbling in the talented individuals who’re part of these circles. Now many refer to doujin as anyone who arranges game music in Japan. This is not entirely correct, as doujin merely refers to self produced albums, which often has videogame material on them. But for the sake of clarity, this list might have some albums with no game music on them, but are heavily inspired or the artist has a deep background in doing arrangements.
Alright, ready? So am I, let’s look at the list after the jump! (more…)
