2012 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 2012. 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 Hotline Miami
0:15 Alan Wake's American Nightmare
0:30 10000000
0:53 Awesomenauts
1:34 Ys: Memories of Celceta
2:00 If My Heart Had Wings
2:41 Scribblenauts Unlimited
3:04 Papa & Yo
3:15 New Super Mario Bros. 2
3:35 LittleBigPlanet Karting
4:06 Crashmo (Fallblox / Hiku Otsu)
4:22 Offspring Fling
4:36 Nintendo Land
5:01 Wii U
5:06 Miiverse
5:20 Dishonored
6:18 Mass Effect 3
6:42 Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)
8:39 Double Dragon Neon
10:00 Hawken
10:31 Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
10:49 Kinect Star Wars
11:08 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD
11:30 Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!!
11:50 Forza Horizon
12:23 Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
13:18 Puzzle & Dragons
13:32 Anarchy Reigns (Max Anarchy)
13:39 Bleed
13:52 Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan
14:13 BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma
14:57 Botanicula
15:20 Dustforce
15:58 Mutant Mudds
15:59 Dance Central 3
16:45 Analogue: A Hate Story
17:16 Silent Hill: Downpour
18:17 Wii U Chat
18:31 Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers
18:50 Far Cry 3
19:22 Dear Esther
20:31 Dragon's Dogma
21:41 Persona 4 Arena
22:48 Gravity Rush (Gravity Daze)
23:22 Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure
23:30 NBA 2K13
24:43 Risen 2: Dark Waters
25:10 Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
26:12 Shank 2
26:35 Twisted Metal (2012)
26:54 Kokuga
27:24 Robotics;Notes
27:39 Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
28:17 Hitman: Sniper Challenge
28:39 Black Mesa
29:26 Apple Jack 2
29:38 Worms Revolution
29:58 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
30:29 Street Fighter X Tekken
30:53 The Room (2012)
31:21 Prototype 2
32:01 Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion
32:14 Crusader Kings II
32:25 Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
32:39 Skylanders: Giants
33:10 Quantum Conundrum
33:36 Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
33:56 Gunman Clive
34:21 I Am Alive
34:47 Plague Inc.
35:18 Trials Evolution
35:48 Spelunky (2012)
36:05 Style Savvy: Trendsetters
36:16 FIFA Soccer 13
36:48 Project X Zone
37:16 Sleeping Dogs
38:14 Animal Crossing: New Leaf
38:40 Cook, Serve, Delicious!
39:19 The Basement Collection
39:45 SSX (2012)
40:10 Resident Evil 6
40:22 Tales of Xillia 2
40:36 ZombiU
41:00 Deponia
41:20 PlanetSide 2
41:59 Rock Band Blitz
41:59 Yakuza 5
43:32 Fez
43:32 Just Dance 4
43:57 Paper Mario: Sticker Star
44:20 HarmoKnight
44:40 Frog Fractions
44:55 Angry Birds: Star Wars
45:34 Beat Sneak Bandits
45:34 Clash of Clans
45:42 Skullgirls
46:12 Assassin's Creed III
46:56 Dust: An Elysian Tail
47:16 Fire Emblem: Awakening
47:45 LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
48:09 DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou
48:43 Lollipop Chainsaw
49:28 PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
49:50 SoulCalibur V
50:11 Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II
50:33 Max Payne 3
50:36 The Walking Dead
51:24 Counter Strike: Global Offensive
51:40 Mark of the Ninja
51:53 Retro City Rampage
52:02 Vessel
52:44 The Unfinished Swan
53:21 Little Inferno
54:33 Journey (2012)
54:53 Thomas Was Alone
56:14 Guild Wars 2
58:01 Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
58:32 Binary Domain
58:49 Retro/Grade
59:06 Under Night In-Birth
59:35 Dillon's Rolling Western
1:00:01 Puzzlejuice
1:00:33 Kid Icarus: Uprising
1:01:19 Orcs Must Die! 2
1:01:33 Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
1:02:33 Asura's Wrath
1:02:48 Hitman: Absolution
1:02:54 Spec Ops: The Line
1:03:34 Darksiders II
1:03:57 Silent Hill: Book of Memories
1:04:29 Thirty Flights of Loving
1:05:05 The Darkness II
1:05:34 New Super Mario Bros. U
1:05:54 Sine Mora
1:06:20 Legend of Grimrock
1:07:19 XCOM: Enemy Unknown
1:07:46 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
1:08:35 Torchlight II
1:09:27 FTL: Faster Than Light
1:10:02 Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
1:10:34 Katawa Shoujo
1:10:53 Endless Space
1:11:10 Mario Party 9
1:11:36 Abobo's Big Adventure
1:11:41 McPixel
1:12:02 Phantasy Star Online 2
1:12:39 Borderlands 2
1:12:57 Super Stardust Delta
1:13:18 Dyad
1:13:41 Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance
1:14:30 Closure
1:15:22 Dead or Alive 5
1:15:39 Bravely Default (Bravely Default: Flying Fairy)
1:16:11 Wipeout 2048
1:16:34 Tokyo Jungle
1:17:02 Halo 4
1:17:36 Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
1:18:03 Dragon Quest X
1:18:26 Call of Duty: Black Ops II
1:18:57 Medal of Honor: Warfighter
1:19:38 Fable: The Journey
1:20:14 Wonderbook: Book of Spells
1:20:15 Syndicate (2012)
1:20:44 The Secret World
1:21:15 Resident Evil: Revelations
1:21:51 Velocity
1:21:59 La-Mulana (2012)
1:22:06 Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
1:22:21 Sound Shapes
1:22:54 Super Hexagon
