Best game music titles in writing

Writer Mat Ombler and Laced community manager Tom Quillfeldt pick their favourite original and licensed video game soundtracks from the Teens.

By Mat Ombler and Thomas Quillfeldt

From 2010 to 2019, the Teens was an abundant decade for video games and game music — arguably transcendental rather than merely transitional.

Best game music titles in writing

We’ve seen talented young composers rise to prominence, whilst many veterans have continued to dazzle with their mastery of the craft. There’s been all sorts of experimentation and genre-blending; and, not to be overlooked, music supervisors have outdone themselves in licensing killer tracks from megastar and minnow artists alike.

This is a personal, entirely subjective list by Mat (freelance writer) and Tom (Laced community manager and blog editor.) It is not a “Best of the decade” because this is not an independent media site; that, and we haven’t listened to every track of the thousands of game soundtracks released over the 2010s.

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