*Press A* 2025 ~ The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

In 2024 we identified a great wave of equalizing conditions in terms of production values between large corporate actors and the independent scene. In 2025 that continues and indeed seems to now be the norm. The trend seems to be

*Press A* 2020 ~ The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

2020 has been difficult for everyone. We skipped our usual list covering the first half of the year given the global unease and relatively low amount of VGM released. However, shortly after June there was a surge of excellent and

*Press A* 2018 ~ The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

This year the proliferation of unique styles and new approaches to old genres brought videogame soundtracks to what is perhaps a new high in quality and thought. From niche to popular composers, classical traditions to synthwave, everything we celebrate from

ACL 2016: The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

While videogame soundtracks have followed a different path to that of film scores, ever since high quality, non-synth or electronic audio started to become accessible to studios there’s been a stark focus on the cinematic side of sound: bombastic orchestral