Best Game Music of 2014

So, what are you listening to at the moment?

http://kotaku.com/the-best-video-ga..._source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

Appreciate the tuneage, and perhaps uncover a new-to-you game as well. Share your favorites that weren't mentioned.

No Smash Bros? Not even a mention? Even with Brawl, I didn't care for the changes but the soundtrack was still a who's who of amazing music.

lol shittaku

shit list by a shit website

From that list, the only answer is Bravely Default. Then Transistor. Nothing else on that list even comes close in terms of 'best of 2014' in music.

And maybe I missed it but where is Child of Light, which arguably has a better OST than Bravely Default?

Dr Shroom said:

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+1

Nothing on the list is that memorable.

dont mind me i',mma jsut neckbeard a question right here, but does videogame music still exist, or is it all just 'real' music, with instruments and orchestras and shit.

LoneSage said:

dont mind me i',mma jsut neckbeard a question right here, but does videogame music still exist, or is it all just 'real' music, with instruments and orchestras and shit.

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If you're talking about chiptune style music, you only hear it in retro games anymore.

But 'real music' that is written specifically for video games is still video game music.

The tools have changed, but the idea of writing music for a video game has not.

So yes, what you call 'real music' is still considered video game music because that's the current standard.

Where I take issue is when games like Grand Theft Auto get 'soundtrack of the year' awards when all they do is take existing music and apply it to video game. That music wasn't an original composition meant to be used in a video game.

And yes, I'm aware that movies use existing music and those compilations are called 'soundtracks' but I don't see that as the same thing.

I don't know what that site listed (I didn't look) but I thought Mario Kart 8 had the best soundtrack by far followed by Bayonetta 2

I've listened to more game music than played games over the past several years. I enjoy that a game can inspire music that is a little more absurd than what you hear in the world around you. Sometimes it's absurd like Katamari Damashii, which is fun and exciting. Sometimes it's absurd like NieR, which is full of a beautiful made up language. Perhaps that's game music.