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RESULTS
1. Fire Emblem: Three Houses - 248 points, 32 votes
Composers: Takeru Kanazaki, Hiroki Morishita, Rei Kondoh
Blue Skies and a Battle (Rain)
Shambhala (Area 17 Redux) (Rain)
Fodlan Winds (Rain)
2. Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers - 227 points, 23 votes
Composers: Masayoshi Soken, Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu, Kenji Ito, Naoshi Mizuta, Masaharu Iwata, Hitoshi Sakimoto
Civilizations
Invincible
Landslide
3. Death Stranding - 211 points, 28 votes
Composers: Ludvig Forssell, Joel Corelitz
BB
Path
Bridges
4. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown - 200 points, 22 votes
Composers: Keiki Kobayashi, Ryo Watanabe, Mitsuhiro Kitadani, Hiroshi Okubo, Junichi Nakatsuru, Tetsukazu Nakanishi, Yusuke Kudo, Yusuke Yamauchi, Yukiko Miyagi, Nobuhide Isayama, Kohta Takahashi, Go Shiina, Kanako Kakino, KAZ Nakamura
Daredevil
Hush
Fort Grays Air Base Hangar
5. Sayonara Wild Hearts - 187 points, 23 votes
Composer: Daniel Olsén, Jonathan Eng, Linnea Olsson, Claude Debussy
Begin Again
Mine
A Place I Don't Know
6. Kingdom Hearts III - 170 points, 22 votes
Composers: Yoko Shimomura, Takeharu Ishimoto, Tsuyoshi Sekito
Toy Box Battle
Starlight Way
Dream Eaters
7. Devil May Cry 5 - 168 points, 25 votes
Composers: Kota Suzuki, John R. Graham, Yoshiya Terayama, Hiromitsu Maeba, Casey Edwards, Stephen McNair, Cody Matthew Johnson, Jeff Rona
Devil Trigger
Unbearable Pressure
Garage
8. Astral Chain - 156 points, 26 votes
Composers: Satoshi Igarashi, Naofumi Harada, Hitomi Kurokawa, Masahiro "Godspeed" Aoki, Satoshi Setsune, Hiroyuki Fujino, Kei Shimojo, Miki Fujisue
Task Force Neuron
Savior
Jena Anderson
9. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - 130 points, 19 votes
Composers: Michiru Yamane, Keisuke Ito, Ryusuke Fujioka, Ippo Yamada, Atsuhiro Ishizuna
Gears of Fortune
Voyage of Promise
Lost Garden
10. Cadence of Hyrule - 125 points, 18 votes
Composer: Danny Baranowsky
Overworld
Gerudo Valley
Death Mountain
11. Pokemon Sword & Shield - 102 points, 20 votes
Composers: Minako Adachi, Go Ichinose
Gym Leader
Sonia
Battle Tower
12. Outer Wilds - 78 points, 11 votes
Composer: Andrew Prahlow
Outer Wilds
Nomai Ruins
Final Voyage
13. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - 77 points, 12 votes
Composers: Minako Hamano, Kozue Ishikawa, Ryo Nagamatsu
Overworld
Tal Tal Heights
Face Shrine
14. Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes - 77 points, 10 votes
Composers: DJ Abo, DJ 1-2
Mansion
Welcome to Hell
Electric Speed City
15. Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth - 53 points, 8 votes
Composers: Atsushi Kitajoh, Shoji Meguro, Hidehito Aoki
Road Less Taken
Invitation to Freedom
Nothing is Promised
16. Katana Zero - 49 points, 7 votes
Composers: Bill Kiley, LudoWic, Justin Stander, DJ Electrohead, Tunç Çakır
Breath Of A Serpent
Meat Grinder
Sneaky Driver
17. Disco Elysium - 48 points, 8 votes
Composer: British Sea Power
Whirling In Rags
Joyce
Hardcore Disco
18. Team Sonic Racing - 43 points, 6 votes
Composers: Jun Senoue, Hidekuni Horita, Richard Jacques, Audissi Studios, Tomoya Ohtani, Tee Lopes, Ross Tregenza, Masafumi Ogata, Keiichi Sugiyama, Kenichi Tokoi, SEGA
Roulette Road
Sky Road
Frozen Junkyard
19. Resident Evil 2 - 41 points, 6 votes
Composers: Shusaku Uchiyama, Zhenlan Kang, Tadayoshi Makino, Masami Ueda, Yuichi Tsuchiya, Kentaro Nakashima, Syotaro Nakayama, Taisuke Fujisawa, Mana Ogura, Masahiro Ohki, Cody Matthew Johnson, Shim
Raccoon City
Save Room
Consequence
20. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 37 points, 7 votes
Composers: Yuka Kitamura, Noriyuki "α" Asakura
Corrupted Monk
The Owl
Demon of Hatred
RESULTS
1. Fire Emblem: Three Houses - 248 points, 32 votes
Composers: Takeru Kanazaki, Hiroki Morishita, Rei Kondoh
Blue Skies and a Battle (Rain)
Shambhala (Area 17 Redux) (Rain)
Fodlan Winds (Rain)
GustyGardner said:It's very rare a Fire Emblem game doesn't have a series of banging map themes and by rare, I mean it has never happened. Not once. Three Houses carries on the winning streak with a consistent stream of player phase battle themes up there with the series' best. Tearing Through Heaven and Fodlan Winds back the game's foreboding first half while The Long Road and Chasing Daybreak set the melancholic second half. Final map themes Apex of the World and God-Shattering Star are once again among the series' greatest, something each new entry in the past decade has effortlessly managed. And of course we have Blue Skies and a Battle + its counterpart Beneath Heaven and Earth. Listing endless track names without much explanation is often tiring but in this case, there's little else to say - these tracks do all the talking.
2. Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers - 227 points, 23 votes
Composers: Masayoshi Soken, Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu, Kenji Ito, Naoshi Mizuta, Masaharu Iwata, Hitoshi Sakimoto
Civilizations
Invincible
Landslide
zashga said:FF14 is no stranger to fantastic music; there's a reason people are saying Soken should compose for FF16. Shadowbringers is perhaps his best work yet, with a wealth of moody location and story themes, plus boss battle themes for the many, many adversaries the game throws your way. I'm also partial to the jazzy tracks that accompany anything to do with the fallen Ronkan empire, and the Alexander/Omega techno stylings of a particular post-story dungeon. The overall collection is pretty easily my favorite OST of 2019, and I'm looking forward to seeing what gets added over the remaining lifetime of the expansion.
3. Death Stranding - 211 points, 28 votes
Composers: Ludvig Forssell, Joel Corelitz
BB
Path
Bridges
Wookieomg said:While I'm a fan of the licensed tracks from Low Roar, Chvrches, etc., the original compositions move me the most. Ludvig Forssell creates a lot of evocative and mood-setting vibes with all the songs.. It's a bleak, dangerous world and those themes are woven into all the songs.
4. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown - 200 points, 22 votes
Composers: Keiki Kobayashi, Ryo Watanabe, Mitsuhiro Kitadani, Hiroshi Okubo, Junichi Nakatsuru, Tetsukazu Nakanishi, Yusuke Kudo, Yusuke Yamauchi, Yukiko Miyagi, Nobuhide Isayama, Kohta Takahashi, Go Shiina, Kanako Kakino, KAZ Nakamura
Daredevil
Hush
Fort Grays Air Base Hangar
Xtortion said:Equal parts epic, badass, and catchy arcade-style, nearly every track in this six disc behemoth of an OST does its job. Charge Assault sells the overwhelming scale of the sky, Long Day and Magic Spear I are examples of tracks meant to make the player feel awesome, and 444th Air Base Hangar is absolutely everything you want a "select your plane" menu theme to be. There's a sense of confidence and just plain swagger on display here and while the instrumentation of the tracks can vary, everything ultimately comes together to compliment the high-octane aerial combat the gameplay offers. An arcade-style airplane combat game shouldn't have an OST this good, but here we are and it's glorious.
5. Sayonara Wild Hearts - 187 points, 23 votes
Composer: Daniel Olsén, Jonathan Eng, Linnea Olsson, Claude Debussy
Begin Again
Mine
A Place I Don't Know
SlickVic said:The game is every bit the visual album I was promised, and I liked the brand of pop that was presented here. I was glad to see this album was on Spotify so I could continue to listen to it outside the game.
6. Kingdom Hearts III - 170 points, 22 votes
Composers: Yoko Shimomura, Takeharu Ishimoto, Tsuyoshi Sekito
Toy Box Battle
Starlight Way
Dream Eaters
Rommaz said:The original tracks are absolutely fantastic as one would expect but the remixes of older tracks really elevate this so much. They invoke the right amount of nostalgia while feeling grander than the older versions. The soundtrack went a long way to making sure that playing KH3 was a delight all the time.
7. Devil May Cry 5 - 168 points, 25 votes
Composers: Kota Suzuki, John R. Graham, Yoshiya Terayama, Hiromitsu Maeba, Casey Edwards, Stephen McNair, Cody Matthew Johnson, Jeff Rona
Devil Trigger
Unbearable Pressure
Garage
mrmickfran said:
8. Astral Chain - 156 points, 26 votes
Composers: Satoshi Igarashi, Naofumi Harada, Hitomi Kurokawa, Masahiro "Godspeed" Aoki, Satoshi Setsune, Hiroyuki Fujino, Kei Shimojo, Miki Fujisue
Task Force Neuron
Savior
Jena Anderson
NotLiquid said:Djent is taking over game OSTs, and thank god for that. First we had Doom's heavy chugging OST in 2016 and now Astral Chain comes three years later to wipe the floor with a bonus dose of catchy hooks and melodies to boot. This is a soundtrack that, much like the game it's from, is so unabashedly "anime" in all the right ways, right down to an opening vocal theme that becomes infectious after the fourth listen. Of course, despite some of its extremely heavy battle music it knows how to reel things in with some buttery smooth electro tracks like the serene Task Force Neuron theme, or the utterly gorgeous Ark Mall theme. This is one of those Nintendo properties that I wish they'd add to Smash if only for the good selection of music we'd get along with it.
9. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - 130 points, 19 votes
Composers: Michiru Yamane, Keisuke Ito, Ryusuke Fujioka, Ippo Yamada, Atsuhiro Ishizuna
Gears of Fortune
Voyage of Promise
Lost Garden
Sciz said:Much like the game itself, Yamane isn't doing anything new here. Much like the game itself, nobody wanted her to.
10. Cadence of Hyrule - 125 points, 18 votes
Composer: Danny Baranowsky
Overworld
Gerudo Valley
Death Mountain
Jintor said:Killer remixes of classic tracks with the hella sick beats of the Necrodancer team, not to mention the integration into the gameplay of this imaginative remix. Multi-layered efforts for every single track (battle, peaceful and pause) are just one of many tricks the game uses to ensure your experience vibes with both the adventures of a green-clad hero and of tripping the fuck out at a club.
11. Pokemon Sword & Shield - 102 points, 20 votes
Composers: Minako Adachi, Go Ichinose
Gym Leader
Sonia
Battle Tower
12. Outer Wilds - 78 points, 11 votes
Composer: Andrew Prahlow
Outer Wilds
Nomai Ruins
Final Voyage
13. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - 77 points, 12 votes
Composers: Minako Hamano, Kozue Ishikawa, Ryo Nagamatsu
Overworld
Tal Tal Heights
Face Shrine
14. Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes - 77 points, 10 votes
Composers: DJ Abo, DJ 1-2
Mansion
Welcome to Hell
Electric Speed City
15. Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth - 53 points, 8 votes
Composers: Atsushi Kitajoh, Shoji Meguro, Hidehito Aoki
Road Less Taken
Invitation to Freedom
Nothing is Promised
16. Katana Zero - 49 points, 7 votes
Composers: Bill Kiley, LudoWic, Justin Stander, DJ Electrohead, Tunç Çakır
Breath Of A Serpent
Meat Grinder
Sneaky Driver
17. Disco Elysium - 48 points, 8 votes
Composer: British Sea Power
Whirling In Rags
Joyce
Hardcore Disco
18. Team Sonic Racing - 43 points, 6 votes
Composers: Jun Senoue, Hidekuni Horita, Richard Jacques, Audissi Studios, Tomoya Ohtani, Tee Lopes, Ross Tregenza, Masafumi Ogata, Keiichi Sugiyama, Kenichi Tokoi, SEGA
Roulette Road
Sky Road
Frozen Junkyard
19. Resident Evil 2 - 41 points, 6 votes
Composers: Shusaku Uchiyama, Zhenlan Kang, Tadayoshi Makino, Masami Ueda, Yuichi Tsuchiya, Kentaro Nakashima, Syotaro Nakayama, Taisuke Fujisawa, Mana Ogura, Masahiro Ohki, Cody Matthew Johnson, Shim
Raccoon City
Save Room
Consequence
20. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 37 points, 7 votes
Composers: Yuka Kitamura, Noriyuki "α" Asakura
Corrupted Monk
The Owl
Demon of Hatred