Whatever hapenned to the "Best Game OST of the year" thread?

Originally Posted by bishop743

I've seen a few people say that this year has been a down year as far as quality VGM releases are concerned,

Yup. Terrible year. I think there's quite a few good releases in the bunch, but very little that gets me excited to any degree and I wouldn't venture into "great" territory at any point. And then there's junk like Crisis Core, Seiken 4, Sonic and the Seven Rings, Orochi Musou and Wonderful World (hmm, two Ishimoto soundtracks...fancy that...WITH a third coming!) that just make me feel dirty as a VGM fan (and the long-awaited Rockman Rock Arrange was just an outright insult, further padded by SYMPHONIC Guilty Gear music...crap rock + tolerable orchestra I wouldn't normally pay any attention to without the words "Guilty Gear" slapped on it still equals out in the negative range). The ultimate irony is I paid almost no attention to US VGM composers this year and Contra 4's music is hands down the best soundtrack I heard this year. And it's definitely been a good year for retro VGM...Wonder Boy, Super Hang-On (w/ awesome arranges), After Burner/Outrun (overkill, but still awesome releases) Yuzo (the collections AND Sekaijuu, which is retro in sort of a modern and awesome way) and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. So props to Battle Gear 4, the new bunch of Atelier team soundtracks (even if they add very little to the established formula and I'm getting slightly burnt out on these guys), and a number of tracks from Ys Origin/YO Super Arrange, Shin San 5 (boo...no Yasumasa Sato) and Wild Arms 5.

The doujins this year, on the other hand, have been amazing. Really, what more can you ask for than Megalomania, Rock Buster, tons of Chrono Trigger, Highspeed Romancing Saga and Metal Kombat for the Mortal Man (hint: buy a copy here MySpace.com - Powerglove ( NEW ALBUM / SHIRTS OUT NOW! ) - ARLINGTON, Massachusetts - Metal / Other / Experimental - www.myspace.com/vgmetal )

So yeah...Mark me down for an overall lackluster year that has me fairly pessimistic for the next year.

Jam it back in, in the dark.