Soundtrack of the Year

• Game Music, Indie Music

  OSVOSTOTY 2016 – RYAN’S PICKS

  December 30, 2016 | Ryan Paquet | Comments Off on OSVOSTOTY 2016 – RYAN’S PICKS Share this OSVOSTOTY 2016 – RYAN’S PICKS

  

  Although 2016 will be remembered as a year that the world lost so much, for me one positive thing that I can say about this year was that it was an incredible year for video game music. I did not play a lot of games in 2016, but I did listen to a lot of video game music, and arranged albums.

  What I sincerely enjoy about Original Sound Version’s Ost of the year is that all the authors for this site have different choices. I am a huge film score fan, and love sweeping symphonic scores which led to my choice for Ost of the year. I also highlight some arranged and inspirational albums too.

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  OSVOSTOTY 2016 – Michael’s Picks

  December 29, 2016 | Michael Hoffmann | Comments Off on OSVOSTOTY 2016 – Michael’s Picks Share this OSVOSTOTY 2016 – Michael’s Picks

  

  With 2016 nearly over, it’s time for our tradition of highlighting our favorite game music of the year. For me, there was a lot of great material in this year’s releases. For whatever reason, I ended up listening to a lot more of the music coming from the indie game section of the industry. There were definitely soundtracks from bigger games that caught my curiosity, like Doom and Dark Souls III, but the music that I kept coming back to listen to were from this year’s smaller titles. (more…)

• Featured, Game Music

  OSVOSTOTY 2016 – Brenna’s Picks

  December 27, 2016 | Brenna Wilkes | 2 Comments Share this OSVOSTOTY 2016 – Brenna’s Picks

  
  
  

  This year was not a very good one for me in terms of a whole lot of gaming. I couldn’t tell you if it was the drudgery of the year in general or what, but the cloud of 2016 hung over me a fair amount and as such I didn’t get too much under my belt in terms of playing anything. Fortunately I did get some exposure to awesome video game music overall; enough so to cast my votes on what I think stood out this year in terms of original game soundtracks and VGM arrangement albums.

  It’s short and sweet, but I think they’re worthy of their titles.

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• Chip Music, Featured, Game Music

  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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• Chip Music, Featured, Game Music

  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 – Michael’s Picks

  January 1, 2016 | Michael Hoffmann | Comments Off on OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Michael’s Picks Share this OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Michael’s Picks

  

  This year we saw a lot of amazing games. Not only were there a lot of big anticipated titles like Fallout 4, Metal Gear Solid V, and The Witcher 3, there were some great titles from smaller developers like Undertale, Ori and the Blind Forest, Life is Strange, and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture. Of course with many of these games we also got some excellent soundtracks.

  More than previous years, it’s been incredibly hard for me to pick just a few from the many great soundtracks that were released this year. It goes to show just how much talent there is out there in the game industry for creating memorable game music and audio. With so many artists and albums worth mentioning, I will have runners up and some special mentions included in my list. So without further fanfare, here are my personal picks for 2015’s Game Soundtrack of the Year and Arrangement Album of the Year. (more…)

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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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