What are the contenders for Soundtrack of the Year?

I will put more faith in Rock Paper Shotgun giving KRZ their game of the year award again. The Bombcrew hasn't mentioned KRZ since Ryan and Patrick's quick look. And darn it I love KRZ.

@blackout62: Exactly, I think the somewhat scatter shot nature of its release will keep KRZ off more than a few GOTY lists, which is a god damn shame.

@triplestan: How have Brad and Rorie not played it yet? It's so literate you'd think it'd be a breath of fresh air for at least one of them. Hell, Dan's from one state over, make him play it.

Excuse me, I'm digressing. Soundtrack... The cover of "In The Pines" for Walking Dead Season 2 was pretty good.

Nobody has mentioned Kero Rhythm? OST to Kero Blaster, which is from pixel (cave story guy)

It's amazing. Transistor is certainly up there for me too, though.

i LOVED that soundtrack. its been in heavy rotation since i made the purchase. shovel knight also comes to mind. this year, i did not play as many games as years in the past, so im a bit under-qualified i suppose. that being said, im still confident in saying tropical freeze is a strong candidate. im biased though. ive bee a fan of dave wise and his particular style with the dkc franchise for years. =p

the last time i heard a game soundtrack that moved me the way tropical freeze has in recent years was the scott pilgrim vs. the world game soundtrack.

Sunset Overdrive for me! Forget the Dubstep stuff that takes over towards the end it's all about the jolly punk/ska soundtrack through out the game. Unless I missed it happening, Microsoft missed a trick not having a gig for the launch event for this game!

I 2nd the nomination for FRACT OSC...

I nominate Brad's rendition of the shopkeeper's theme from "Crypt of the Necrodancer" (extra-life stream).

@lausebub: oh wow never heard of that game but that soundtrack is goddamn great :D

You would :)

Crypt of the Necrodancer is a strong contender, for sure. The singing shop-keeper is so good, I really wish he was audible throughout the entire level instead of just within proximity.

Of course, Warlords of Draenor has an absolutely amazing orchestral soundtrack the likes of which only Blizzard can provide. In particular, the Alliance Garrison music (the track "Wolf at the gates") is just fantastic, as is the medley "Siege of Worlds" that plays at the login screen.

I'm sure there are more!

Transistor.

Alien Isolation; The Walking Dead Season Two; Valiant Hearts; MGS5: Ground Zeroes; Velocity 2x; I hadn't played it (yet), but I assume A Bird Story has a great one. Well, I know it does, but how it fits the game, I don't know. Hmmmm. There's more that's worth mentioning. I think The Wolf Among Us has some good ones. Destiny did have a good score as well...

@spraynardtatum: hehe, in all seriousness there is some stiff competition this year on soundtracks. so much great stuff came out!

These aren't posting correctly... Not sure how to do it. First link is to Valiant Hearts, and second is for The Walking Dead Season Two.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5oC-O-4164

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8zERzQSKFg&list=PLoAPkrji16yH7H8soY_8pQyMbymtmbBou&index=20

Didn't read everything here, but FRACT has to be on the list.

Toss up between Shovel Knight and DK Tropical Freeze for me.

^Track of the year. Youtube does weird things to it though.

Honorable mentions for: Transistor and Dragon Age Inquisition (the sheer quantity of music is pretty commendable).

Haven't played Persona Q but I'm sure that would be right up my alley as well.

I haven't played the game, but I have listened to pieces of its soundtracks... And man, those boss battle themes are pumpin'. It's like this year's Revengeance!

I think Far Cry 4 has some surprisingly great bits of music in there. Most of it is for the sake of ambience, but it works throughout most of it.

Alien: Isolation is another such example of having some great ambient music that really fits the tone.

Dark Souls II's soundtrack isn't as consistent as the original, but it has some alright tracks. Old Dragonslayer and the Ruin Sentinel themes in particular stand out for me.

I think Shovel Knight's 8 bit retro soundtrack or Transistor's bad ass alternative rock snippets are both amazing choices

Drakengard 3 is easily the best.

Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus has a better soundtrack than it has any right to.

Lest this land swallow you whole, as it has so many others

I read a hundred comments and not one single mention of Dreamfall: Chapters which is slightly disappointing. No love for this great and fairly moving soundtrack. If not at least Shitbox?

"Welding! Well-Ding, What about the Welding!"

@meatball said:

So I kinda skimmed this thread earlier, but holy shit, that Moon River remix is so dumb and great. What a battle theme. Oh Bayonetta 2, shine on you crazy diamond.

I'll see you that, and raise you a "weird disco march from Bravely Default":

Get ready to shake your booty about 50 seconds in.

Perhaps it's cheating a little... but Theatrhythm: Curtain Call also certainly has quite the soundtrack :P

Weak year for soundtracks?