I've spent a few weeks delibating over what games of this year had the most memorable scores, original or otherwise. I generally add interesting tracks to a yearly playlist as I hear them in games. At the moment Hans Zimmer's Crysis 2 Theme, the entirety of the Bastion soundtrack and most of Rayman Origins' OST has been played to death (kazoos are the business people). Anyway I've played most of the big releases this year but no soundtrack bar Skyrim has managed to stick in the mind. Deus Ex had a good sci-fi electronic score and Jesper Kyd always does a fine job with the AC games but everything is so high in quality these days that it all becomes a forgettable yet extremely competent mush.

I'm tempted to say Saints Row the Third has been the most surprisingly and enjoyable set of tracks, even though they're most licensed stuff that was hilarious in the moment (I've played about 5 hours so there may be more to come). Apart from my two aesthetic favourites of the year; Bastion and Rayman, there's nothing that has had me leaving tracks on repeat like I did last year with God of War 3's soaring and bombastic lack of musical subtlety.

Are there any games this year that I've missed or glossed over that had some memorable tracks? I generally prefer games that smack me around the face with the quality of their soundtracks than the more subtle scores so I'd welcome any mentions of the better atmospheric soundtracks this year as I probably failed to notice them.

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