By Alex Chen | January 01, 0001
The video games of 2014 sounded really, really good. Better, perhaps, than in any past year…though I guess it always feels that way. This year’s nominees ran a wide gamut, from acoustic woodwind ensembles to screaming electric guitarmonies, techno jazz remixes to lounge electronica. 2014’s standout soundtracks highlighted how diverse video games can be, and choosing the best from winner55 com เพื่อ เข้า ระบบ ค่ะ among them was a pleasure.
I selected the winners with assistance from the rest of the Kotaku staff, and I’ve listed them in no particular order. I’ve included the best or most iconic track here (or just my personal favorite) as the 
“showstopper,” with a worthy second track linked as an encore. Whenever possible, I’ve linked to where you can buy the full soundtrack.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1671861983","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"uncategorized","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"uncategorized","TAGS":"","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); Ready? Plug in your headphones and turn that shit up. Shovel Knight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt3_cTyQfG8 Like listening to my own rose-tinted memories of how awesome NES games were. Composers: Jake “Virt” Kaufman w/ Manami Matsumae Showstopper: “Plains of Passage” Encore: “Main Theme” Featured 
Instrument: An Actual NES Hear More: Bandcamp Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc The first few times the damn bear turns up, you’ll hate the trombone; the last few times, you’ll love it.
Composer: Masafumi Takada Showstopper: “Monokuma-Sensei’s Lesson” Encore: “Dangan Ronpa Theme” Featured Instrument: Trombone Hear More: YouTube Destiny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lDW7SvBHn8 A humongous soundtrack, good enough to make a faceless robo-man seem grand and fatherly.
Composers: Martin O’Donnell, Mike Salvatori, C Paul Johnson and Paul McCartney Showstopper: “Excerpt From The Ecstasy” Encore: “Excerpt from the Union” Crucial Instrument: Big, gauzy string section Hear More: iTunes Transistor This game has a dedicated “hum” button. Composer: Darren Korb feat. Ashley Barrett Showstopper: “We All Become” Encore: “Vanishing Point” Featured Instrument: Hum Hear More: Supergiant Site Hohokum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IWGD4U8_d8 A collection of lovely surprises and revelations, much like the game it accompanies.
Composers: Ghostly International/Various Artists Showstopper: “L” by Tycho Encore: “Increasing Ambition” by Michna Featured Instrument: Electric Piano สมัคร winner55 เครดิต ฟรี 188 Hear More: Official Site Divinity: Original Sin Sometimes I would just sit there, stare at the little houses and doorways, and listen. Composer: Kirill Pokrovsky Showstopper: “Divine Transcendence” Encore: “Bittersweet Regrets” Featured Instrument: Weird Choir Hear More: YouTube Bravely Default https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiXfl0EIvxw Goes directly from a soaring JRPG world-map theme to a Dragonforce shredfest, all without breaking eye contact. Composer: Revo Showstopper: Edea’s Theme, “Baby Bird” Encore: “Instant of Eternity” Featured Instrument: The Soprano MF-ing Saxophone Hear More: YouTube Bayonetta 2 This soundtrack could’ve been subtitled “Going All In.” Composers: Masami Ueda, leading many others Showstopper: “Tomorrow Is Mine” Encore: “The Lumen Sage” Featured Instrument: Piano Hear More: iTunes Crypt of the Necrodancer I laughed so hard the first time I battled King Conga that I died. And in the game, too.
Composer: Danny Baranowsky Showstopper: “Zone 1-2” Encore: “King Conga” Featured Instrument: Let’s call it “The Thriller Synth” Hear More: Steam World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor A traditional “big fantasy orchestral soundtrack” that stands apart thanks to its odd, grand arrangements. Composers: Russell Brower, Neal Acree, Clint Bajakian, Sam Cardon, Craig Stuart Garfinkle, Edo Guidotti and Eímear Noone
Showstopper: “Ways of the Ancient Ones” Encore: “Family” Featured Instrument: The entire orchestra, basically Hear More: iTunes South Park: The Stick of Truth What could’ve easily been a mere tongue-in-cheek Skyrim knockoff was instead a really good tongue-in-cheek Skyrim knockoff that captured South Park’s bright musicality. Composer: Jamie Dunlap Showstopper: “A Hero 
is Born” Encore: “Truth… Saint Truth” Featured Instrument: Eric Cartman Hear More: YouTube Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft The coolest woodwind ensemble in video games. Composers: Peter McConnell and Jason Hayes Showstopper: “Bad Reputation” Encore: “Don’t Let Your Guard Down” Featured Instrument: Bassoon Hear More: Battle.net Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Wise is so all over the place that he’s basically everywhere, and never seems to run out of wonderful ideas. Some of the best fake horns around. Composer: David Wise Showstopper: “Seashore War” Encore: “Alpine Incline (Ground)” Featured Instrument: Synth Horn Section Hear More: YouTube Honorable Mentions: OlliOlli, Far Cry 4, Dungeon of the Endless, Threes!, Lara Croft and the ทางเข้า winner55 ผ่านโทรศัพท์มือถือ Temple of Osiris, Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved, Dragon Age: Inquisition, The Banner Saga, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
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