VGChartz's Taneli Palola: "The best original video game music scores of 2022 have given us some wonderfully varied styles of music to listen to while we play, to an almost eccentric degree at times. Whether it was the unexpected heavy metal hit Metal: Hellsinger, the beautifully melodic excellence of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, the surprising variety of Sonic Frontiers' lengthy soundtrack, God of War Ragnarök's epic film-like score, or Elden Ring's dark, sorrowful tracks, this year was full of exceptional video game music. The quality was so high that many games I thought would unquestionably be among the shortlisted titles come game of the year season failed to make it into the final five."
You can always count on Xenoblade to have fantastic music.