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 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
