List of video game soundtracks considered the best

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This is a list of video game soundtracks that multiple publications, such as video game journalism and music journalism publications, have considered to be among the best of all time. The game soundtracks listed here are included on at least three separate "best/greatest of all time" lists from different publications (inclusive of all time periods and platforms). Achievements are separately noted.

Contents

List

Publications

The reference numbers in the notes section show which of the 21 selected publications list the game.

See also

Notes

The reference numbers show which publications include the game's soundtrack.

  1. ↑ Super Mario Bros. : [2] [3] [4] [5]
  2. ↑ Mega Man 2 : [3] [6] [4] [7] [8] [9]
  3. ↑ Tetris : [2] [10] [3] [11]
  4. ↑ Street Fighter II : [10] [3] [8] [9]
  5. ↑ Streets of Rage 2 : [12] [10] [3] [7] [9]
  6. ↑ Doom (1993): [3] [8] [13]
  7. ↑ EarthBound : [3] [4] [7]
  8. ↑ Final Fantasy VI : [3] [14] [7]
  9. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog 3 : [3] [15] [7]
  10. ↑ Super Metroid : [3] [9] [16]
  11. ↑ Chrono Trigger : [3] [4] [14] [15] [17] [7] [9] [11]
  12. ↑ Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest : [3] [4] [14] [15] [7] [9] [16]
  13. ↑ PaRappa the Rapper : [12] [10] [3]
  14. ↑ Super Mario 64 : [3] [8] [16]
  15. ↑ Castlevania: Symphony of the Night : [2] [3] [9]
  16. ↑ Final Fantasy VII : [12] [2] [10] [3] [18] [8] [9] [19] [5]
  17. ↑ Grim Fandango : [3] [14] [15] [7]
  18. ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time : [3] [10] [15] [4] [8] [20] [19] [16] [5]
  19. ↑ Jet Set Radio : [3] [6] [16]
  20. ↑ Halo: Combat Evolved : [2] [3] [11] [19] [5]
  21. ↑ Silent Hill 2 : [3] [17] [21] [8] [13]
  22. ↑ Grand Theft Auto: Vice City : [10] [13] [16]
  23. ↑ Katamari Damacy : [3] [14] [7] [8] [16]
  24. ↑ Shadow of the Colossus : [12] [3] [15] [17] [21] [7] [20]
  25. ↑ Portal : [2] [3] [10]
  26. ↑ Red Dead Redemption : [2] [3] [10]
  27. ↑ Bastion : [3] [22] [4] [14] [7]
  28. ↑ The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim : [2] [10] [17] [21] [7] [11] [19] [13] [16] [5]
  29. ↑ Minecraft : [10] [4] [8] [16]
  30. ↑ Hotline Miami : [22] [14] [7] [16]
  31. ↑ Journey : [12] [3] [18] [4] [14] [15] [17] [7] [8] [9] [11] [16] [5]
  32. ↑ BioShock Infinite : [3] [4] [8]
  33. ↑ Transistor : [4] [21] [8]
  34. ↑ Crypt of the NecroDancer : [14] [7] [8]
  35. ↑ Everybody's Gone to the Rapture : [14] [9] [11] [16]
  36. ↑ Undertale : [22] [4] [14] [15] [7] [8] [16]
  37. ↑ The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt : [18] [17] [7] [19]
  38. ↑ Doom (2016): [6] [14] [17] [8] [16]
  39. ↑ Persona 5 : [22] [4] [17] [7] [8] [21] [20]
  40. ↑ Cuphead : [22] [14] [15] [17] [7] [16]
  41. ↑ Hollow Knight : [17] [9] [16]
  42. ↑ Nier: Automata : [22] [4] [14] [17] [8] [16]
  43. ↑ Celeste : [4] [14] [15] [20] [16]
  44. ↑ God of War : [4] [14] [11]
  45. ↑ Red Dead Redemption 2 : [14] [19] [13]
  46. ↑ Sayonara Wild Hearts : [22] [14] [20]

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