Top 100 Video game tracks 2
When I created my first Top 100 videogame tracks almost four years ago, I thought on the one hand that I had put my magnum opus into the world. On the other hand, I was very sure that I would certainly not bother a second time, let alone a third. Almost four years later, I'm about to write my 200th review and feel the need to celebrate in style. And because not only have a bunch of new soundtracks reached the world's auditory canals in the meantime, but I've also been able to catch up on many 'old favorites', the stars seem to have aligned for a second list.
Then as now, the rule was that I had to limit myself to one track per score. In addition, I have refrained from including other tracks from the albums that were already in my first Top 100 Videogame Tracks to avoid always raving about the same things. According to this logic, the albums from this list will be excluded from the 3rd Top 100 - should it ever happen. All clear so far? Then have fun!
Order
Limiting myself to just 100 songs in this list was hard enough. That's why there is no specific order or 'the best track' in this list. I love them all equally! 🙂
Title | Composer(s) | Album | |
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MEC Loading Theme | Fredrik Englund; David Tallroth; Jonas Östholm | Battlefield 2 | |
Scattered and Lost | Lena Raine | Celeste | |
Avarice | David Fenn | Death's Door | |
Rome | Haiko Ruttmann | The Settlers II (10th Anniversary) | |
Rivellon | Borislav Slavov | Divinity: Original Sin II | |
Gone Home (Journey's End) | Alexander Brandon | Dust: An Elysian Tail | |
Himalayan Echos | Jeff van Dyck | Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom | |
Shadows | Ed Lima; Scott Haraldsen; Steve Maitland | Empire Earth | |
A New Dawn (feat. Julie Seechuk) | Ian Livingstone; Ethan Livingstone; Julie Seechuk | F1 22 | |
Lucas' Theme | Angelo Badalamenti | Indigo Prophecy | |
Fallout 4 | Inon Zur | Fallout 4 | |
Hammer and Anvil | Ian Chen | Fantastic Creatures | |
Castle Pandemonium | Nobuo Uematsu | Final Fantasy II | |
Battle 1 | Nobuo Uematsu | Final Fantasy IV | |
Valse di Fantastica | Yōko Shimomura | Final Fantasy XV | |
Sacrifice of Tradition | Ilan Eshkeri | Ghost of Tsushima | |
The Ninth Realm | Bear McCreary | God of War [2018 Video Game] | |
Blue Line [Instrumental] | Keiji Matsumoto | Gran Turismo 2 | |
Farewell to Sue | Noriyuki Iwadare | Grandia | |
Gris, Part 2 | Berlinist | Gris | |
The Seraph | Jeremy Soule | Guild Wars 2 | |
In the Blood | Darren Korb; Ashley Barrett | Hades | |
The Road | Gareth Coker | Halo Infinite | |
Patronus Boggart | Jeremy Soule | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Video Game | |
A Matter of Life and Death | Alexis Laugier | Have a Nice Death | |
Haze | Chris Velasco; Sascha Dikiciyan | Haze | |
Pull Up a Chair | Peter McConnell | Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft | |
Purpose Theme | Niels Bye Nielsen | Hitman 3 | |
Overture to the Unwritten | Chuck E. Myers | Hogwarts Legacy | |
Daughter of Hallownest | Christopher Larkin | Hollow Knight: Gods & Nightmares | |
Butterfly | Adam Skorupa; Krzysztof Wierzynkiewicz; Michal Cielecki | Iron Harvest | |
The Guns Are Silent | George Strezov | Jagged Alliance 3 | |
Apotheosis | Austin Wintory | Journey | |
9C+ (Caillasses) | Guillaume Ferran | Jusant | |
Kurulung (feat. Gamelan Cudamani) | Jason Gallaty [Theophany] | Kena: Bridge of Spirits | |
The Second Helghan March / Helghan Forever | Joris de Man | Killzone 2 | |
Kingdom Orchestra [Instrumental Version] | Kaoru Wada | Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX | |
Classic Summoner's Rift Champion Select - Ranked Pick (A Champion Approaches) | Duncan Watt | League of Legends: Season 1 | |
Little Fighters 2 | Marti Wong; Starsky Wong | Little Fighters 2 | |
Prison Toys | Tobias Lilja | Little Nightmares | |
The Gun Barrel Battle | Nobuo Uematsu | Lost Odyssey | |
Hope, When All Is Lost | David Housden | Lost Words: Beyond the Page | |
Origins | Tim Wynn | Marvel's Midnight Suns | |
Max Payne 2 | Kärtsy Hatakka; Kimmo Kajasto | Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | |
Rest in Peace | Paul Arnold; Andrew Barnabas | MediEvil | |
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty | Harry Gregson-Williams | Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty | |
Don't Forget | Alexey Omelchuk; Anthesteria | Metro 2033 | |
Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat) | The Immortals | Mortal Kombat | |
Cetus 808 | Rom Di Prisco | Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit | |
Conquest | Ramin Djawadi; Brandon Campbell | New World | |
The Great Outdoors | Joe Hisaishi | Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom | |
Shriek and Ori | Gareth Coker | Ori and the Will of the Wisps | |
God of War | Terry Devine-King | Osiris: New Dawn | |
Outer Wilds | Andrew Prahlow | Outer Wilds | |
The Final Ascent | Jonathan Geer | Owlboy | |
Pathfinder: Kingmaker | Inon Zur | Pathfinder: Kingmaker | |
Our Beginning | Shoji Meguro | Persona 5 | |
Eora | Justin Bell | Pillars of Eternity | |
Graze the Roof [In-Game] | Laura Shigihara | Plants vs. Zombies | |
Opening, Part 2 | Junichi Masuda | Pokémon (Yellow Edition) | |
Trouble in the Barracks | Stuart Chatwood | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | |
That's the Way It Is | Daniel Lanois | Red Dead Redemption 2 | |
Nilin the Memory Hunter | Olivier Derivière | Remember Me | |
Bully | Megan McDuffee | River City Girls | |
Election Day | Alexis Laugier | Road 96 | |
Saints Row | Malcolm Kirby Jr. | Saints Row | |
I Picture You Before Me [Instrumental] | Guy Jackson | Sea of Solitude | |
Battle on! [Pirate Version] | Celtic Metal Dude | Sea of Stars | |
Dunes | Damjan Mravunac | Serious Sam: The First Encounter | |
Demanding Retribution | Filippo Beck Peccoz | Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew | |
Final Battle [Bonus] | Kō Ōtani | Shadow of the Colossus | |
Tango of the Troupple King | Jake Kaufman | Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows | |
Battle 1 | Michael Curran | Sid Meier’s Pirates! | |
Silence | Tilo Alpermann | Silence | |
Sleepless: An Untamed Beast- Z.W.E.I.'s Theme | Andrew Aversa | Soulcalibur V | |
Federation (Battle) | Danny Pelfrey | Star Trek: Armada II | |
Episode 1 | Danny Pelfrey | Star Trek: Bridge Commander | |
Ode to the Promised End | Rod Abernethy; Jason Graves | Star Trek: Legacy | |
Siege | Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | |
Castle Jam | Robert L. Euvino | Stronghold | |
The Clubbing of Isaac [Remix] | Big Giant Circles [Jimmy Hinson] | The Binding of Isaac | |
Treading Winter | Eric Heberling | The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall | |
The Incredible Adventures | Gergely Buttinger | The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing | |
Nicastro Theme | Jon Everist | The Lamplighters League | |
The Last of Us | Gustavo Santaolalla | The Last of Us | |
Inside the House | Kōji Kondō | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | |
Ilia's Theme | Asuka Ohta; Kōji Kondō; Toru Minegishi | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | |
Confrontations and the Ice Salamander | Gareth Coker | The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story | |
The Frozen Dark (Glacial Peak) | Rainbowdragoneyes [Eric W. Brown] | The Messenger | |
The Scourge | Jason Graves | The Order: 1886 | |
The Sims 3 | Steve Jablonsky | Die Sims 3 | |
Homecoming | Mikołaj Stroiński | Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales | |
Titan Quest | Scott B. Morton; Michael Verrette | Titan Quest | |
Born a Stranger | Kan Gao | To the Moon | |
Iceland Fight Theme [Xbox 360 Version] | Michael McCann | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent | |
A Survivor Is Born | Jason Graves | Tomb Raider [2013 Video Game] | |
Greatest Moments | Troels Brun Folmann | Tomb Raider: Anniversary | |
Megalovania | Toby Fox | Undertale | |
Halling Efter Per Loof | Frida Johansson; Henrik Oja | Unravel | |
Darktide | Jesper Kyd | Warhammer 40,000: Darktide |