OSVOSTOTY

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  OSVOSTOTY 2016 – Community Question Edition

  January 11, 2017 | Shawn Sackenheim | 1 Comment Share this OSVOSTOTY 2016 – Community Question Edition

  

  With our staff posts out on the site we wanted to turn to you, the OSV community, to hear your own personal Original Soundtrack Of The Year picks for 2016. Let us know in the comments your selections for Soundtrack of the Year, Arrangement Album of the Year and any other unique categories you can dream up. Favorite Physical Release maybe? What about Vocal Performance of the Year or… Best use of a Piccolo?

  If you need some refreshing on 2016 releases or if you missed our posts the first time around here’s a few links to catch you up: Shawn’s Picks, Brenna’s Picks, Michael’s Picks, Ryan’s Picks. There wasn’t a bit of overlap between our picks this year so don’t worry about conformity, go wild, these picks are all about you.

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  OSVOSTOTY 2016 – Shawn’s Picks

  December 26, 2016 | Shawn Sackenheim | Comments Off on OSVOSTOTY 2016 – Shawn’s Picks Share this OSVOSTOTY 2016 – Shawn’s Picks

  
  
  OSVOSTOTY is our annual rundown of our picks for best game music, indie music and more from the previous year.

  You might find it disconcerting to read that I, as a video game music writer, didn’t find that much music in 2016 that set my heart on fire. While I penned nearly 90 posts for OSV and heard loads of great music there were only a handful of albums I’ve stuck to with a passion. I’d be hard pressed to sort out a Top Ten list but thankfully the OSVOSTOTYs are a much simpler and personal selection.

  So click on in, dear readers, and find out what music from 2016 was special enough (and weird enough) to penetrate my curmudgeonly old hide.

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  OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Community Question Edition

  January 14, 2016 | Shawn Sackenheim | 4 Comments Share this OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Community Question Edition

  

  Now that most of us have had our chance to call out some favorites from 2015, it’s your turn. This time around we narrowed down our categories to:

  • Game Soundtrack of the Year
  • Artist/Composer of the Year
  • Arrangement Album of the Year

  Let us know your top picks in the comments and feel free to throw in any special categories or mentions of your own. If you need some inspiration or missed them the first time around you can always check out our OSVOSTOTY picks for 2015: Michael, Brenna, Patrick, Ryan and Shawn.

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  OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Brenna’s Picks

  January 12, 2016 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Brenna’s Picks Share this OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Brenna’s Picks

  

  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.

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  OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Ryan’s Picks

  December 31, 2015 | Ryan Paquet | 1 Comment Share this OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Ryan’s Picks

  

  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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  OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Shawn’s Picks

  December 30, 2015 | Shawn Sackenheim | Comments Off on OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Shawn’s Picks Share this OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Shawn’s Picks

  

  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.

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  OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Patrick’s Picks

  December 29, 2015 | Patrick Gann | Comments Off on OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Patrick’s Picks Share this OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Patrick’s Picks

  

  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.

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