Have We Already Witnessed the Best?

Many of my favorite tracks come from the last 5 years of VGM releases. There's still good stuff out there, it's just different, and sometimes harder to find.

However, I will admit a lot of popular games are following a disturbing trend of overly-ambient music. Sometimes omitting music entirely (e.g. Shadow Complex, where 90% of the game is played in silence). And when music is noticibly present, it's usually dull orchestral filler that tries to make the game more "cinematic".

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by ikkei

I think that most of the games and vgm of the latest years have been really boring. Aside from HotD Overkill, Senko no ronde and Mario Galaxy what should I look to?

Here's a few of my favorite soundtracks from the last 5 years:

Spoiler:

• Ace Combat Zero
• Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
• BlazBlue Calamity Trigger
• Enthusia ~Professional Racing~
• Opoona
• Phantasy Star Online Episode IV
• Ragnarok Online (the more-or-less complete soundtrack was only recently released)
• Ratchet: Deadlocked
• Riviera ~The Promised Land~
• Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero Physis (Idea & Telos are great also)
• Rockman ZX & ZXA (ZX & ZXA Tunes)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3
• Wild Arms 4
• Ys Origin

That list isn't definitive either. Probably missing some big ones, and there's still a lot I have not yet heard!

How ya doing, buddy?