2006 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 2006. 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 2006. 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 Elite Beat Agents

0:29 OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast

0:56 WarioWare: Smooth Moves

1:12 Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War

1:12 Earth Defense Force 3 (Earth Defense Force 2017)

1:43 Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia (Ar tonelico: The Girl Who Keeps Singing at the End of the World)

2:15 Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

2:24 Guitar Hero II

3:13 SingStar Rocks!

3:30 Wild Arms 5 (Wild Arms: The Fifth Vanguard)

3:42 Armored Core 4

4:10 Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

4:29 Rune Factory: a Fantasy Harvest Moon (Rune Factory: A New Farm Story)

4:48 The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC

5:02 Yakuza 2

5:34 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

5:52 PlayStation 3

6:00 Persona 3 (Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3)

6:27 Jeanne d'Arc

6:38 TrackMania Nations

6:46 Bully (Canis Canem Edit)

7:14 Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (Akumajō Dracula: Gallery of Labyrinth)

7:36 Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins

7:36 The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning

8:00 Pokémon Ranger

8:00 ARMA: Armed Assault

8:07 Lumines II

8:15 Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria

8:29 Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz

8:44 Sonic Rivals

8:58 Yoshi's Island DS

9:03 Saints Row

9:15 Buzz!: The Big Quiz

9:27 SEGA Rally 2006

9:27 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent

9:41 METAL SLUG 6

9:55 Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra

10:04 Red Steel

10:41 MotorStorm

11:03 Excite Truck

11:15 Mario Hoops 3-on-3

11:39 Nintendo Wii

12:12 Gran Turismo HD Concept

12:33 Wii Sports

12:39 Star Wars: Empire at War

12:48 Trauma Center: Second Opinion

13:11 Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams

13:25 Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad (Oneechanbara VorteX ~The Descendants of the Cursed Blood~)

13:52 Just Cause

14:06 Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova

14:17 Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary

14:29 Monster Hunter 2 (Dos)

15:00 Hitman: Blood Money

15:16 Heroes of Might and Magic V

15:20 Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

15:43 Prey

16:23 Gears of War

16:52 Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis

17:23 Mushihimesama Futari (Bug Princess 2)

17:49 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

17:50 Battlefield 2142

18:32 God Hand

18:39 Tony Hawk's Project 8

19:20 LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

19:30 Densetsu no Starfi 4

19:36 Ōkami

20:46 New Super Mario Bros.

21:20 Wii Play

21:44 Viva Piñata

22:00 Raw Danger! (The Desperate City 2: Frozen Memories)

22:00 flOw

22:22 Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm

22:42 Destroy All Humans! 2

23:01 Custom Robo Arena

23:01 FlatOut 2

23:33 Time Crisis 4

23:44 Marble Blast Ultra

23:51 Mercury Meltdown

23:58 Rhythm Tengoku

24:24 Metroid Prime Hunters

24:41 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

25:30 Call of Juarez

25:53 Final Fantasy XII

26:05 SingStar Anthems

26:06 DJMax Portable

26:33 Sonic Riders

26:46 Roblox

27:05 Pokémon Diamond Version / Pearl Version

27:05 Pokémon Battle Revolution

27:17 .hack//G.U. Vol. 1//Rebirth

27:26 City Life

27:58 Half-Life 2: Episode One

28:12 Mother 3

28:24 Kirby: Squeak Squad

28:51 The Godfather (2006)

29:10 Killzone: Liberation

29:21 Call of Duty 3

29:36 Ninety-Nine Nights

29:52 Ys Origin

30:01 Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam

30:24 Blue Dragon

30:41 Ridge Racer 7

30:52 Mortal Kombat: Armageddon

31:16 Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (World Soccer: Winning Eleven 10 / Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007)

31:29 Dead Rising

31:43 NeverWinter Nights 2

31:59 Rule of Rose

32:28 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II

33:00 Forbidden Siren 2

33:36 Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

33:36 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

33:44 Resistance: Fall of Man

34:19 Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI (Sangokushi 11)

34:34 Tomb Raider: Legend

34:51 Black

35:27 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas

35:27 Fight Night Round 3

36:14 Disgaea 2

36:45 Dead or Alive Xtreme 2

36:59 Star Fox Command

37:06 Sneak King

37:29 Dawn of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 4)

37:43 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

37:57 Cooking Mama

38:07 LocoRoco


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