You’ve probably noticed all of the Best of 2016 Game Awards flying around right now. A category for best video game soundtracks was sadly omitted from the voting process, so I took it into my own hands, created a list of nominations, took other nominations, and then forced the staff to vote their favorites. It’s similar to what we normally do for the Game Awards, but I’ve taken the 15 soundtracks we voted upon and built a top 10 list from the votes.
Video game soundtracks vary as much as gaming genres do, and 2016 was fortunate enough to have enough great soundtracks spanning the genres. I was even more pleased that our votes reached a wide wingspan as well. Without further ado, here are what we determined to be the top 10 video game soundtracks of 2016.
10. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare by Sarah Schachner
When I heard Sarah Schachner was composing the soundtrack for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, my first thought was, "Well, that's a stark contrast from her harpsichord work in Assassin's Creed Unity." My next thought was, "If she can pull that off, she'll be one of the m...