2014 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 2014. 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 Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS & Wii U
0:28 Nintendo Badge Arcade
0:50 Lovely Planet
1:16 Bayonetta 2
1:43 The Jackbox Party Pack
1:53 They Breathe
2:18 Dark Souls II
2:45 Ether One
3:50 80 Days (2014)
4:50 Hexcells
5:06 South Park: The Stick of Truth
5:33 Yoshi's New Island
5:54 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
6:51 TxK
7:06 Godzilla (2014)
7:29 LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
7:55 Freedom Wars
8:04 inFamous: Second Son
8:23 Shovel Knight
9:07 Xeodrifter
9:26 Wolfenstein: The New Order
9:49 Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones
9:56 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
10:47 LISA: The Painful
11:21 Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft
11:46 The Sims 4
12:22 Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
12:33 Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
12:50 Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved
13:11 D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die
13:44 Pushmo World
13:58 Woah Dave!
14:06 Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
14:12 LittleBigPlanet 3
14:27 Hyrule Warriors
14:48 Enemy Mind
15:25 A Bird Story
16:16 MIND: Path to Thalamus
16:31 The Talos Principle
17:53 Tropico 5
18:18 Mario Golf: World Tour
18:40 Dance Central Spotlight
19:10 Driveclub
19:25 Velocity 2X
19:51 Luftrausers
20:18 Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
20:44 Gods Will Be Watching
20:55 Yo-Kai Watch 2
21:06 Hitman GO
21:12 Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty!
21:43 Divinity: Original Sin
22:16 Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water
23:13 P.T.
23:44 Octodad: Dadliest Catch
24:10 Transistor
25:09 Chaos;Child
25:30 Kirby Triple Deluxe
26:02 Scram Kitty and His Buddy on Rails
26:17 Mercenary Kings
26:39 Just Dance 2015
27:38 Puyo Puyo Tetris
27:53 Threes
28:38 Always Sometimes Monsters
29:15 Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
30:14 Planetary Annihilation
31:24 Child of Light
32:01 SMITE
32:27 Trials Fusion
33:11 The LEGO Movie Videogame
33:22 Lumino City
33:46 Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
34:00 Forza Horizon 2
34:54 Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
35:10 Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin!
35:27 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
35:51 Lords of the Fallen
36:35 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
37:06 Monarch: Heroes of a New Age
37:53 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
38:16 Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare
38:44 Freedom Planet
39:11 Senran Kagura: Bon Appetit
39:28 Deception IV: Blood Ties
39:47 Jazzpunk
40:03 Dreamfall Chapters
40:27 Corpse Party: Blood Drive
40:56 Skylanders Trap Team
41:06 Persona Q
41:40 The Evil Within (Psychobreak)
42:07 Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
43:19 Monument Valley
43:35 The Crew
44:05 Destiny
45:00 Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
45:26 Strider (2014)
45:38 Corporate Lifestyle Simulator
45:57 Kero Blaster
46:09 Valiant Hearts: The Great War
46:35 Bernband
46:37 Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
47:17 Kentucky Route Zero: Act III
48:27 Assassin's Creed Rogue
49:00 Thief (2014)
49:24 Endless Legend
50:00 6180 the moon
50:35 Project Spark
50:43 Disney Infinity 2.0
50:54 Dragon Age: Inquisition
51:27 Risen 3: Titan Lords
52:04 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
52:45 Duck Game
53:07 Titanfall
53:31 Watch_Dogs
53:45 Phantasy Star Nova
54:11 The Sailor's Dream
54:53 Hohokum
55:35 Hack 'n' Slash
56:01 Elite: Dangerous
56:20 Assassin's Creed Unity
57:04 Murdered: Soul Suspect
57:33 >The Fall
57:43 OlliOlli
58:01 Super Time Force
58:22 Sunset Overdrive
58:36 Wasteland 2
59:04 Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-
59:24 Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
59:57 Alien: Isolation
1:00:39 The Walking Dead: Season Two
1:01:36 This War of Mine
1:01:54 NaissanceE
1:02:07 Nidhogg
1:02:39 Far Cry 4
1:03:20 FRACT OSC
1:03:44 Lost Dimension
1:04:18 Framed
1:04:36 Mario Kart 8


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