OSVOSTOTY 2017

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  OSVOSTOTY 2017: Community Question Edition

  January 1, 2018 | Shawn Sackenheim | 2 Comments Share this OSVOSTOTY 2017: Community Question Edition

  

  Now that Brenna, Ryan, and myself have had our say on the year in game music, we want to hear from you the OSV community. Let us know in the comments what are your favorite game soundtracks and arrangement albums of 2017?

  For just a quick cursory reminder some of 2017’s most major mainstream and indie titles include Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Night in the Woods, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, NieR: Automata, Persona 5, Prey, Mages of Mystralia, Tekken 7, Splatoon 2, Pyre, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Observer, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Tacoma, Steamworld Dig 2, Cuphead, Super Mario Odyssey, and Assassin’s Creed Origin. That’s just a super small sampling. If you’re really dedicated to making the most informed choices, check out Wikipedia’s full list of 2017 video game releases and get back to us… sometime in 2018.

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  OSVOSTOTY 2017: Ryan’s Picks

  December 31, 2017 | Ryan Paquet | 1 Comment Share this OSVOSTOTY 2017: Ryan’s Picks

  

  2017 flew by and was a very memorable year for game music, much like 2016! Personally, I am a huge film score fan, and have a deep appreciation for video game soundtracks that feature an orchestral sound. Not surprising my choice for game soundtrack of the year checked that box, as did the remaining choices on my list of runners up, and honorable mentions – except for one chip tune arrangement album. What I love about Original Sound Version’s OSVOSTOTY is that each of our contributors have different gaming experiences each year, and unique tastes in music.

  Read on to see what I picked for my favorite game soundtracks of 2017.
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  OSVOSTOTY 2017: Shawn’s Picks

  December 30, 2017 | Shawn Sackenheim | Comments Off on OSVOSTOTY 2017: Shawn’s Picks Share this OSVOSTOTY 2017: Shawn’s Picks

  

  And here I thought this was a hard post to write last year! I honestly didn’t hear much original game music in 2017 that lit me up. A few songs from a few different soundtracks got some love but not much of it stuck with me. On the other hand, choosing just three arrangement albums has been much harder to nail down. That’s the territory I cover the most here on OSV and I found quite a few favorite new albums throughout the year. So click on in to watch me navigate a flaming crash-dive through my 2017 in game music!

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  OSVOSTOTY 2017: Brenna’s Picks

  December 29, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on OSVOSTOTY 2017: Brenna’s Picks Share this OSVOSTOTY 2017: Brenna’s Picks

  

  It’s that time of year again, where we recollect on all of the things we saw, listened to or experienced in the past 365 days. The year 2017 had a ridiculous amount of good game releases and an equally good amount of good game soundtracks. As with our previous year-end wrap-ups, we’ll be going through our top picks for game soundtracks and game arrangement albums for 2017 and highlighting what we thought stood out the most among what we managed to get our hands on. I personally didn’t get to play through a ton of games this year (Sorry, NieR Automata and Super Mario Odyssey won’t be on my list), but I’ll list what I thought stood out from what I did play.

  Without further ado;

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