All of the Best Video Game Music of 2011

It’s been a lot of fun cataloguing and recognizing the best video game music of the year. We’ve gone from AAA blockbusters to indie games, sweeping melodies to ambient synths, heroic themes to dread-soaked atmospherics. Some of the games built music into their gameworlds, while others brought in full orchestras and still others used the kazoo as a stand-in for the protagonist(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); https://kotaku.com/the-best-game-music-of-2011-portal-2-5868590 Readers wrote in a whole bunch of worthy Readers’ Choice nominations, and between those games and the thirteen that we highlighted, I’d say we came up with a list that is damn near definitive. https://kotaku.com/the-best-game-music-of-2011-readers-choice-5872163 In order of publication date, here are the best video game soundtracks of 2011. https://kotaku.com/the-best-game-music-of-2011-l-a-noire-5867787 The Best Game Music of 2011: L.A. Noire สล็อต I figured I’d like the L.A. Noire soundtrack before I even heard it-here we had noir-style detective game set in the late 1940s, and so you just knew it was going to feature a bunch of great jazz. More » https://kotaku.com/the-best-game-music-of-2011-infamous-2-5868251 The Best Game Music of 2011: inFamous 2 Sucker Punch made a very interesting, very good choice in choosing to set their follow up to inFamous in a fictional recreation of post-disaster New Orleans. More » https://kotaku.com/the-best-game-music-of-2011-portal-2-5868590 The Best Game Music of 2011: Portal 2 Portal 2 comes in near the top of a lot of critics’ “Best of 2011” lists-it was a joyously brainy, well-written and brilliantly designed puzzle game. More » https://kotaku.com/the-best-game-music-of-2011-littlebigplanet-2-5868920 The Best Game Music of 2011: LittleBigPlanet 2 As a game, LittleBigPlanet 2 was all about motion and physics. It was a Rube Goldbergian dream diorama, a series of flipping levers, bouncing springs, swinging doorways and tumbling blocks. More » https://kotaku.com/the-best-game-music-of-2011-deus-ex-human-revolution-30798284 The Best Game Music of 2011: Deus Ex: Human Revolution I liked a whole lot of things about Deus Ex: Human Revolution, chief among them the way it felt like a loving tribute to so many different games that I love. More » https://kotaku.com/deus-ex-human-revolution-the-kotaku-review-5836266 https://kotaku.com/the-best-game-music-of-2011-total-war-shogun-2-5868639 The Best Game Music of 2011: Total War: Shogun 2 Total War: Shogun 2 may look and sound for all the world like the latest in a long line of reasonably bland strategy strategy games. As most grand strategy games are. More » https://kotaku.com/the-best-game-music-of-2011-skyrim-5870290 The Best Game Music of 2011: Skyrim Believe it or not, Skyrim was not necessarily a shoo-in for our list of the best video game music of 2011. Epic first-person open world games can get into murky territory with their music, especially if the music plays too often. More » https://kotaku.com/the-best-game-music-of-2011-the-binding-of-isaac-5870347 The Best Game Music of 2011: The Binding of Isaac We’ve done a lot of big-budget games so far in our Best Video Game Music of 2011 series, but there were some great indie soundtracks released, as well. More » https://kotaku.com/the-best-game-music-of-2011-the-legend-of-zelda-skywa-5870848 The Best Game Music of p31 เครดิตฟรี 188 2011: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is perhaps the most compelling argument yet for “Video Game as Concert Piece.” As a game, it is a smartly designed interlocking series of puzzles, an ever-more-complex world filled with hidden secrets and challenging combat that unfolds with a uniquely Zelda-y… More » https://kotaku.com/the-best-game-music-of-2011-minecraft-5871177 The Best Game Music of 2011: Minecraft Despite the fact that many folks have been playing Minecraft since the fall of 2010, I’m counting it as a 2011 game. After all, 2011 was the year that it saw u31.com เข้าสู่ระบบ a full retail release, and it was also the year that I finally sat down and really played it. It was also the year I fell in love with its… More » https://kotaku.com/the-best-game-music-of-2011-rayman-origins-5871220 The Best Game Music of 2011: Rayman: Origins Listen: the first thing you need to know about the music in the newest Rayman game is that it’s got some kickass virtuoso kazoo playing. Yes, kazoo. More » https://kotaku.com/the-best-game-music-of-2011-bastion-5871695 The Best Game Music of 2011: Bastion Bastion snuck up on me-I had heard a lot of friends and fellow critics hyping it after seeing it at PAX East and GDC, but I didn’t actually play it until it was released. More » https://kotaku.com/the-actual-best-game-music-of-2011-superbrothers-sw-5871943 The (Actual) Best Game Music of 2011: Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP And so we come to the end of our “Best Game Music of 2011” series, where tradition dictates we crown a victor. I’m only half-serious, of course; it’s all but impossible to say what the best anything is, and that’s doubly true of something as ephemeral and subjective as music. More » https://kotaku.com/the-best-game-music-of-2011-readers-choice-5872163 The Best Game Music of 2011: Readers’ Choice We’ve already recognized a whole bunch of the best game soundtracks of 2011. But of course, there are only so many hours in the day-only so much time to play games, and one can only write about so many game soundtracks. Fortunately, you guys were up to the task of nominating outstanding… More »