2016 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 2016. Please check out Sound of Play for weekly collections of excellent videogame music. See how many of the tracks you can identify on your own.

0:00 Hyper Light Drifter
0:32 ClusterTruck
1:02 Star Fox Zero
1:18 Dead or Alive Xtreme 3
1:34 Grow Up
1:46 Pony Island
2:10 The Jackbox Party Pack 3
2:30 Thumper
2:42 Amplitude
3:08 DOOM (2016)
3:21 Four Sided Fantasy
3:49 Mafia III
4:25 Death Road Canada
4:49 The Witness
5:09 DEADBOLT
5:40 American Truck Simulator
5:56 Battleborn
6:40 Accounting
7:44 Stellaris
8:13 Rabi-Ribi
8:38 SpeedRunners
9:35 Tap My Katamari
10:21 Just Dance 2017
10:40 Layers of Fear
11:19 Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
11:54 Superhot
11:55 Obliteracers
12:28 Azure Striker Gunvolt 2
12:44 Candice DeBebe's Incredibly Trick Lifestyle
13:04 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
13:36 Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
13:55 Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X
14:05 Killing Floor 2
14:25 The King of Fighters XIV
14:29 Let It Die
14:50 Job Simulator
16:01 Hitman
16:20 Batman - The Telltale Series
16:58 Abzu
17:43 Burly Men at Sea
18:19 Bound
18:44 Alienation
19:15 Overwatch
19:41 Street Fighter V
20:04 Rez Infinite
20:48 Overcooked!
21:34 No Man's Sky
22:37 NeuroVoider
23:34 Oxenfree
24:00 Pac-Man Championship Edition 2
24:06 Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero
24:35 Trackmania Turbo
25:06 Watch_Dogs 2
25:22 Style Savvy: Fashion Forward
25:38 Pro Evolution Soccer 2017
26:04 Crashlands
26:21 Frog Fractions 2
26:51 Hidden my game by mom!
27:18 Pakka Pets
27:56 Lovely Planet Arcade
28:29 My Twin Brother Made Me Crossdress as Him and Now I Have to Deal with a Geeky Stalker and a Domme Beauty Who Want Me in a Bind!! or, Ladykiller in a Bind
29:29 Kentucky Route Zero: Act III
30:37 Planet Coaster
31:10 Starbound
31:50 Seasons after Fall
32:24 Pokémon GO
32:40 Pokémon Sun & Moon
33:38 The Lion's Song
34:37 Battlefield One
35:19 Sid Meier's Civilization VI
35:31 Human Fall Flat
36:06 Furi
36:41 Headlander
36:56 I Am Setsuna
37:54 Stephen's Sausage Roll
38:19 Toukiden 2
39:10 Paper Mario Color Splash
39:36 AM2R
39:52 Hue
40:25 Kirby Planet Robobot
40:38 LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
40:44 Miitomo
41:10 Dragon Quest Builders
41:40 Etrian Odyssey V
42:13 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice
42:53 VOEZ
44:12 Dead Rising 4
44:49 Enter the Gungeon
45:07 Forza Horizon 3
45:29 FNAF World
45:43 HunieCam Studio
45:50 Mekazoo
46:07 Super Mario Run
46:15 Samorost 3
46:28 Fairune2
46:44 Ultimate Chicken Horse
47:27 BOXBOXBOY!
47:45 Dark Souls III
49:00 Song of the Deep
49:39 Chase: Cold Case Investigations
49:47 Orwell
49:48 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
50:12 Deus Ex GO
50:39 Devil Daggers
50:41 Anatomy
51:30 The Witcher III: Blood & Wine
52:21 GoNNER
52:30 Dead by Daylight
53:04 Fire Emblem Fates
53:33 Gears of War 4
54:25 This Is the Police
54:40 Dishonored 2
54:47 INSIDE
55:22 Tyranny
55:52 Titanfall 2
56:59 FRU
57:18 Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk
58:09 Culdcept Revolt
58:37 Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
59:20 Unbox
59:47 Owlboy
1:00:19 Ratchet & Clank (2016)
1:00:52 Umbrella Corps
1:01:06 Inversus
1:01:32 Odin Sphere Leifthrasir
1:02:26 Unravel
1:03:07 Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
1:03:34 Shadow Warrior 2
1:04:10 Slain
1:04:21 The Caligula Effect
1:04:48 Yo-Kai Watch 3
1:05:10 Yakuza Kiwami
1:05:27 Bravely Second: End Layer
1:06:03 Reigns: Her Majesty
1:06:49 Don't Starve Together
1:07:06 FINAL FANTASY XV
1:07:36 Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
1:07:52 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
1:07:59 Dangerous Golf
1:08:12 Mirror's Edge Catalyst
1:09:25 Stardew Valley
1:09:38 That Dragon Cancer
1:10:12 Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
1:10:24 Steredenn
1:10:55 Obduction
1:11:09 Attack on Titan
1:11:23 Arena of Valor
1:12:04 Beholder
1:12:16 Salt and Sanctuary
1:12:32 Quantum Break
1:12:35 Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
1:12:51 Metroid Prime Federation Force
1:13:16 Tom Clancy's The Division
1:14:31 The Flame in the Flood
1:15:38 VA-11 HALL-A
1:15:55 Tricky Towers
1:16:07 Event[0]
1:17:10 Virginia
1:17:12 Firewatch
1:17:43 Far Cry Primal
1:18:08 Assassin's Creed Chrinicles: India
1:18:43 The Banner Saga 2
1:19:19 ReCore
1:19:52 Severed
1:20:50 Skylanders: Imaginators
1:21:04 XCOM 2
1:21:19 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
1:22:04 Black Desert Online
1:23:09 Dragon Quest Heroes II
1:23:43 Mario Party Star Rush
1:23:58 Screencheat
1:24:10 Sniper Elite 4
1:24:42 Batman Arkham VR
1:24:58 Monster Hunter Stories
1:25:39 Might No. 9
1:26:07 World of Final Fantasy
1:26:36 Quadrilateral Cowboy
1:26:58 The Last Guardian
1:28:36 Minecraft Story Mode
1:28:50 World of WarCraft: Legion
1:29:43 Worms W.M.D.
1:30:17 Aragami
1:30:31 Darkest Dungeon
1:31:44 Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
1:31:58 Warhammer End Times: Vermintide
1:32:18 Through the Woods
1:33:12 Captain Forever Remix
1:33:41 Tales of Berseria
1:34:21 I Expect You to Die


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