Thursday, January 7, 2010

Music in Games: Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together

The games I've been into lately, and many in the past, have had such a great collection of music. LittleBigPlanet sports such a great set of licensed music that make it a joy to leap around playful environments. Assassin's Creed, which of course I've been into a lot recently, has some incredible original music by Jesper Kyd. Since so many games I've been playing recently have great music, I've been collecting tracks from soundtracks included with games (like Dragon Age), free downloads from the creator (Kyle Gabler), or via the Amazon MP3 store (which has great selection and no useless DRM). So I wanted to share some of my favorites below. Which games do you think have had great music, original or licensed?

My current list:
  1. Sia - Breathe Me (Prince of Persia)
  2. Lisa Miskovsky - Still Alive (Mirror's Edge)
  3. Jesper Kyd - Venice Roofops (Assassin's Creed II)
  4. The Daniel Pemberton Orchestra - Rock The Jungle (LittleBigPlanet)
  5. The Go! Team - Get It Together (LittleBigPlanet)
  6. Christopher Tin - Baba Yet (Civilization IV)
  7. Jeremy Soule - Land of the Golden Sun (Guild Wars)
  8. Jeremy Soule - Festival of Lyss (Guild Wars)
  9. Jeremy Soule - Guild Wars Theme
  10. Inon Zur - Dragon Age: Origins Theme
  11. 30 Seconds to Mars - This is War (Dragon Age: Origins)
  12. 30 Seconds to Mars - 100 Suns (Dragon Age: Origins)
  13. Cafe Tacvba - Volver A Comenzar (LittleBigPlanet)
  14. Kinky - Cornman (LittleBigPlanet)
  15. Kyle Gabler - Best of Times (World of Goo)
  16. Shira Kanmen - Downstream (Braid)
  17. Jami Sieber - Maenam (Braid)