The best videogame music this gen?

I haven’t been listening to videogame OST’s since last gen, so I’ve missed quite a lot. What are the best soundtracks of this gen (DS/Wii/PS3/360)? The only one I have is Super Mario Galaxy.

IMO, the best are mostly western:

Gears of War 2
Halo 3
Mass Effect

Then we have Devil May Cry 4 and Order of Ecclesia.

I feel tempted to try the Super Mario Galaxy OST but somehow I always end up getting something else, currently Pitfall -The Lost Expedition- OGS.

This generation really hasn’t churned out many soundtracks that I have thoroughly enjoyed. That’s mostly because a lot of the soundtracks that I have heard are too orchestral for my liking. Don’t get me wrong, I can enjoy orchestral-heavy soundtracks, but not when the majority of the soundtrack is composed of orchestral tracks that feel slow and lifeless.

As a sidenote, they’re still making games for the PS2, and so they’re still soundtracks coming out for PS2 games.

Of the soundtracks I’ve heard, these are by far the most pleasing to my ear:
*Knights in the Nightmare Perfect Audio Collection Plus (DS)
*Planetary Pieces: Sonic World Adventure Original Soundtrack (PS3/360)
*Rockman 9: The Ambition’s Revival!! Original Soundtrack (PS3/360)
*Rockman 9 Arrange Soundtrack (PS3/360)
*Street Fighter IV Original Soundtrack (PS3/360)

Others that might be decent, but I haven’t heard:
*No More Heroes Original Sound Tracks (Wii)
*Tales of Knighthood: Sonic and the Black Knight Original Soundtrax (Wii)
*Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus Original Soundtrack (360/PSP/PS2)

I forgot to mention, I also have the SSBB and Nights Journey of Dreams soundtracks and I think they’re great.

and What about Lost odyssey and The last remnant , they have Great ost Too !! also The MGS 4 : Guns of the patriots ( those Of harry gregson williams ) , Street fighter 4 by the great Hideyuki fukasawa ( The compositor OF Chaos Legion and The Shin Onimusha 4 Dawn of Dreams ) , But i LIKE THOSE Of The Old Gen ….Hope this next gen would Get More Of that !!!

I like Fukasawa, he did a great job with Dawn of Dreams.

But I hate SF4.

Lost Odyssey
Mass Effect
Twilight Princess
Orange Box
Mega Man 9
Little Big Planet
Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Hi everyone ! First post…

Big big big fan of Lost Odyssey (even if I didn’t play the game yet).
Twilight Princess
Little King’s Story (Shimomura !)
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Assassin’s Creed
Bioshock !

Are we discussing original soundtracks here or just any vg music?

Hi Glish No Aniki !! So You Like Fukasawa-sama !! Great me too By The Way !! The New Star Ocean’s Ost By Motoi Sakuraba !! he Did a Great Job !!

Are you from Japan?

Are we discussing original soundtracks here or just any vg music?

I think the intention was just for original soundtracks, but what did you have in mind?

I really liked Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect,The Last Remnant, Fallout 3, Crysis, and Mega Man 9, but the best VGM this generation in my opinion is Omega Five.I always liked Iwatsuki’s work, and after all these years he hasn’t skipped a beat.

I think the intention was just for original soundtracks, but what did you have in mind?
I think both Glitch and I were under the impression that this discussion was about current gen games with official soundtrack releases. If it’s just the music from the game itself, official release or not, does that mean arranged soundtracks should be left out of the discussion?

I was thinking OSTs only, seeing as some games mentioned here don’t have their own complete soundtrack, such as Twilight Princess and Fallout 3.

Are you from Japan?

well Hi !!!I’m From France What About You ( I know it’s Off Topic …lol ) So By The Way , Who Is Your Favorite Game Compositor ?? and What do You Think about Michiru yamane and Koji kondo ? Thanks In Advance !!

I absolutely love the Devil May Cry series soundtracks. Some of the guys involved are Kota Suzuki, Kento Hasegawa and Rei Kondoh, so I supposed those are some of my favorite composers out there, but I could also mention others involved in several different games such as Hitoshi Sakimoto, Harry Gregson-Williams and Akira Yamaoka.

Regarding Michiru Yamane, I’m only familiar with her work in the Castlevania series and she’s definetely the best. I don’t know much about Koji Kondo except for most Mario Games, if I’m not mistaken, but I’m not much of a fan because Nintendo relies way too much on midi samples and rarely do orchestrated music.

As for my location… heh, I’d rather not tell.

I absolutely love the Devil May Cry series soundtracks. Some of the guys involved are Kota Suzuki, Kento Hasegawa and Rei Kondoh, so I supposed those are some of my favorite composers out there, but I could also mention others involved in several different games such as Hitoshi Sakimoto, Harry Gregson-Williams and Akira Yamaoka.

Regarding Michiru Yamane, I’m only familiar with her work in the Castlevania series and she’s definetely the best. I don’t know much about Koji Kondo except for most Mario Games, if I’m not mistaken, but I’m not much of a fan because Nintendo relies way too much on midi samples and rarely do orchestrated music.

As for my location… heh, I’d rather not tell.

Ok I see .. as For me there’s Harry Gresgson-Williams ,Michiru Yamane , David Wise ( Star Fox adventure Of The NGC ) Michiru Ochima ( Ico ) , Akira Yamaoka ( Silent Hill Series ) , Chuck Doud ( Syphon Filter series ) , Motoi Sakuraba , Masami Ueda ( Biohazard & Okami ) Hitoshi Sakimoto ( In Odin Sphere and especially The ODIN SPHERE’s Theme and His incredible Work With FF Tactics ) ..and allots More Of Other Compositors these are Just a few Of Them ^^ !!

and ABOUT Your Location Don’t Worry I respect Your Privacy , Thank You and See ya Dude !!

Gradius Rebirth. =)

Can’t believe nobody have mentioned Oblivion. Still listens to it today. Also, Uncharted

Divinity 2 Ego Draconis soundtrack
Anno 1404 OST

Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Pokemon D/P/Pt
Punch Out!! (Wii)

lost odyssey
last remnant
halo
some gears
some assassins creed
some uncharted
some bioshock

Guilty Gear 2
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift

And even though PC doesn’t have any definite "generation", Ake-Bre.

DS – (uh…)
Wii – Arc Rise Fantasia
PS3 – Eternal Sonata
360 – Tales of Vesperia / Eternal Sonata

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Favorite composers:
– Motoi Sakuraba (all the way back to Wolfteam!)
– Michiru Yamane (definitely for OZ & Castlevania)
– Ken Nagasawa & Daisuke Achiwa (Atelier, Mana-Khemia, & Ar Tornelico)
– FALCOM (no need for explanation)
– Michiko Naruke (Wild ARMs)
– Yuzo Koshiro (Streets of Rage)
– JAM PROJECT (Heh…)
– MASA (Dynasty Warriors)

Half-Life 2, Portal and Mass Effect.

I like Gears of War most. Kevin Riepl did a great score on part 1 and Steve Jablonsky on part 2. Now I’m looking forward to part 3. As far as I’m informed it’ll be Steve again.

This generation?

Mass Effect series
Ratchet and Clank series
Blazblue Calamity Trigger
Dragon Age Origins
Assasin’s Creed II
Starcraft II
Half-Life 2

That’s about all I can think of right now. There are definitely more great soundtracks out there.

Nier Gestalt+Replicant OST that was just out is pure awesome 🙂