2005 in Video Game Music

A year-in-review musical medley created by Ryan Hamann for the Sound of Play podcast featuring some of the outstanding music from the games of 2005. Please check out Sound of Play for weekly collections of excellent video game music. See how many of…

A year-in-review musical medley created by Ryan Hamann for the Sound of Play podcast featuring some of the outstanding music from the games of 2005. Please check out Sound of Play for weekly collections of excellent video game music. See how many of the tracks you can identify on your own.

0:00 We ♥ Katamari

0:30 Sakura Wars V: So Long, My Love

0:45 Star Wars: Battlefront II

0:53 resident evil 4 (Biohazard 4)

1:21 Haunting Ground (Demento)

1:47 Red Ninja: End of Honor (Red Ninja: Blood River Dance)

2:10 Medal of Honor: European Assault

2:38 Sid Meier's Civilization IV

3:00 Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel without a Pulse

3:09 Namco × Capcom

3:10 Wipeout Pure

3:24 Donkey Konga 3

3:32 Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition

3:48 Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (Dancing Stage Mario Mix)

4:02 Mario Party 7

4:20 Killer7

4:33 Destroy All Humans!

4:46 Raiden III

4:58 Crash Tag Team Racing

5:04 Devil Kings (Sengoku Basara)

5:47 Yakuza

6:18 Forza Motorsport

6:32 Myst V: End of Ages

6:34 The King of Fighters XI

6:48 Super Mario Strikers (Mario Smash Football)

6:54 Serious Sam 2

6:59 Another Code: Two Memories (Trace Memory)

7:15 Conker: Live & Reloaded

7:20 Fight Night Round 2 (Fight Night 2005)

8:04 Animal Crossing: Wild World

8:43 Perfect Dark Zero

9:20 Pathologic

9:43 Spyro: Shadow Legacy

10:14 Ys: The Oath in Felghana

10:28 Chibi-Robo!

10:41 Pokémon Trozei! (Pokémon Link!)

10:41 Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? / Daily DS Brain Training)

10:49 Battalion Wars (Assault!! Famicom Wars)

10:50 Project Gotham Racing 3

11:20 Dead or Alive 4

11:30 God of War

11:53 Samorost 2

12:27 METAL GEAR AC!D²

12:58 Metroid Prime Pinball

13:08 Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness

13:21 Front Mission: Online

13:40 Front Mission 5: Scars of the War

13:55 Battlefield 2 / Battlefield 2: Modern Combat

14:07 TimeSplitters: Future Perfect

14:17 Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

14:28 Quake 4

14:44 Call of Duty 2

15:23 Psychonauts

16:24 Darwinia

16:32 Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (2005)

16:47 TrackMania Sunrise

16:49 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

17:39 THE IDOLM@STER

17:41 Guitar Hero

18:09 Advent Rising

18:33 Kameo: Elements of Power

19:15 50 Cent: Bulletproof

19:16 Buzz!: The Music Quiz

19:53 Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

20:18 Ridge Racer 6

20:31 Condemned: Criminal Origins (Condemned)

20:53 Façade

21:33 Club Penguin

21:48 Xbox 360

21:48 Yoshi Touch & Go (Catch! Touch! Yoshi!)

22:06 DK: King of Swing

22:17 Nintendogs

22:17 SingStar '80s

22:49 Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

23:12 Mario Kart Advance GP

23:20 Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

23:36 Grandia III

23:47 Need for Speed: Most Wanted

24:05 Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath

24:05 Archer Maclean's Mercury

24:05 Monster Hunter Freedom

24:18 F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon

24:18 Trauma Center: Under the Knife

24:39 Drill Dozer

25:29 Shadow of the Colossus

25:34 Kingdom Hearts II

25:49 Samurai Shodown VI (Samurai Spirits: Tale of the World's Greatest Swordsman)

25:57 Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (Devil May Cry 3)

26:00 Sonic Rush

26:07 Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

26:20 Advance Wars: Dual Strike

26:24 SSX on Tour

27:18 Mario Kart DS

27:30 SingStar Pop (SingStar Popworld / SingStar: Svenska Hits)

28:15 L.A. Rush (Rush)

28:29 Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song

28:44 Fatal Frame III: The Tormented (Project Zero III: The Tormented)

29:07 Electroplankton

29:18 Jade Empire

29:22 MVP Baseball 2005

30:06 Earth Defense Force 2 (Global Defense Force)

30:17 Tales of the Abyss

30:30 Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

30:45 Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan

31:13 Kirby: Canvas Curse (Kirby: Power Paintbrush)

31:28 Super Princess Peach

32:00 Mario Superstar Baseball

32:08 LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game

32:08 Star Wars: Republic Commando

32:15 Ganbare Goemon: Tōkai Dōchū Ōedo Tengu ri Kaeshi no Maki

32:28 Star Fox: Assault

32:55 Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction

33:07 The House of the Dead 4

33:14 Dynasty Warriors 5

33:25 Armored Core: Last Raven

33:34 Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny (Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana 2)

33:45 Dungeon Fighter Online (Dungeon & Fighter / Arad Senki)

33:50 Shadow the Hedgehog

34:02 Ratchet: Deadlocked (Ratchet: Gladiator)

34:19 Drakengard 2 (Drag-On Dragoon: love red, ambivalence black)

34:38 SoulCalibur III

35:22 Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves

35:56 Wild Arms 4 (Wild Arms the 4th Detonator)

36:28 Castlevania: Curse of Darkness

36:52 Ganbare Goemon: Shishijūrokubē no Karakuri Manji Gatame

37:07 Ape Escape 3

37:15 Big Brain Academy

37:32 The Movies

37:48 Tony Hawk's American Wasteland

38:49 Me & My Katamari


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