9 Impressive gaming soundtracks from 2010

It’s one of the inevitable facts of life, every January you’re going to get legions of game hobbyists and journalists writing at least one “Top (whatevers) of (whatever last year was)” for just about every conceivable topic.; best graphics, best moments, biggest flops, best dark horses, best anthropomorphic protagonists etc. However there’s one subject that often gets shafted, something that’s so fundamental it’s easy to forget it’s even there until it really isn’t. I speak of course, of that which brings game worlds to life through our ears, the soundtrack.

[anasurimbor]

Really great list, I agree with every choice.

[Guildenstern]

Thanks! I thought very hard about each.

[anasurimbor]

Good call on Deadly Premonition. Seriously great songs there.

[Roozium]

Halo: Reach

[Redempteur]

I agree with bayonneta ending theme

heaven divide is Awesome .
Blazblue is alright but fit the moment it's played very well .

Didn't try the rest .. i might now

[MerkinMax]

It had some great music. New Alexandria is one of my favorite songs.

[Guildenstern]

Unfortunately I hadn't got around to playing Reach yet, so I didn’t feel it was fair for me to assess it on any level.

[dgroundwater]

Good to see so many inspired choices. Choices like Deadly Premonition and Peace Walker were necessities imo.

[Kon]

Anyone noticed that the music that plays in the club Aferlife of ME2 is the same soundtrack of the NFS:High Stakes? Brings back old memories!

[Sidewinder-]

Such a tune.

The Pan Pipe section echoes the Chinatown of Deus Ex for me.

[vishant101]

reach needed to be there

[Thrillhouse]

No Bioshock 2? That soundtrack, like the original's, is incredible.

[xino]

test vs capcom- music sounds like a farking night club raving music!
PAIN in my ears, how can you put that in a video game???

fail list!

no Lords of Shadow?

-Ninja Gaiden 3-is sick!:)

[kewlkat007]

Bayonettaaa...just awesome jazzy soundtrack. Strange it goes well with the combat during climax modes.

Above: Lord of Shadow(just finished) was also awesome.

Some didn't like the game but Final Fantasy 13 had a great soundtrack as well.

[SeraphimBlade]

No Scott Pilgrim? Good list otherwise. Good to see Deadly Premonition and Comic Jumper there. That "Life is Beautiful" song? That plays over a scene when they're talking about how the killer could have strapped the victim's corpse to a tree and masturbated in front of it. I'm not kidding!(They quickly decide that isn't the case, but still!)

I'm getting nitpicky here, but it's best "soundtracks" and while the Blazblue song is a new one, the vast majority of the soundtrack was carried over from Calamity Trigger.

[Guildenstern]

Yeah the same can be said for Tatsunoko Vs Capcom as well, but I just didn’t feel I could go without mentioning either of them. All the new songs just made already cool soundtracks even better!

[Capt-FuzzyPants]

Final Fantasy 13 actually had a great soundtrack. Maybe not as good as the other games in the series and definitely not as good as Nobuo Uematsu would have done it but it was still pretty good.

[The_Nameless_One]

Ummmm Red Dead????

[Sidewinder-]

I was bouncing round my chair while playin Bayonetta solely due to the tuneage.

[bobrea]

Good idea for an article. We need more stuff like this instead of stupid uninspired lists and fanboy articles.