2020 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 2020. 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 2020. 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 Kentucky Route Zero

0:32 Microsoft Flight Simulator

1:15 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2

1:27 Animal Crossing: New Horizons

1:46 Huntdown

2:09 Fae Tactics

2:25 Hyper Scape

2:35 FINAL FANTASY VII Remake

3:07 Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

3:25 Crusader Kings III

4:00 Carrion

4:00 West of Dead

5:01 Call of Duty: Warzone

5:51 Creaks

6:37 Ghostrunner

6:52 NBA 2K21

7:43 Cooking Mama: Cookstar

7:54 Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath

8:04 Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers

8:48 Little Orpheus

9:07 Hades

9:54 Risk of Rain 2

10:33 Ghost of Tsushima

11:13 The Jackbox Party Pack 7

11:35 Granblue Fantasy Versus

11:56 One Step from Eden

12:08 No Straight Roads

12:30 DiRT 5

12:39 FUSER

13:59 Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

14:12 Them's Fightin' Herds

14:36 Bugsnax

15:13 Biped

15:40 The Pedestrian

16:05 I Am Dead

16:48 Röki

17:04 Tell Me Why

18:10 In Other Waters

19:23 Coffee Talk

19:35 Hylics 2

19:45 Super Mario Bros. 35

19:58 Bleeding Edge

20:32 Streets of Rage 4 (Bare Knuckle IV)

21:02 Battletoads (2020)

21:42 Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

21:51 Trackmania (2020)

22:06 Desperados III

22:46 The Last of Us Part II

23:51 Ninjala

24:11 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

24:23 DOOM Eternal

24:52 ScourgeBringer

25:09 Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2

25:19 Paper Beast

25:30 Jet Lancer

25:40 Just Dance 2021

26:29 Panzer Paladin

26:46 Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass

26:58 Watch Dogs Legion

28:04 Paper Mario: The Origami King

28:10 Ikenfell

28:37 PlayStation 5

28:43 Ikenfell

29:25 FIFA 21

29:25 Journey to the Savage Planet

30:16 Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise

30:21 Wasteland 3

30:49 BPM: Bullets per Minute

31:12 Gears Tactics

31:22 Trials of Mana

32:09 The Pathless

32:55 Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

34:13 Mafia: Definitive Edition

34:58 Spellbreak

35:00 Cloudpunk

35:41 Dreams

36:09 Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

36:18 Spelunky 2

36:28 BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION

36:28 STAR WARS Squadrons

37:25 Ori and the Will of the Wisps

39:00 Genshin Impact

39:56 Minecraft Dungeons

40:17 Half-Life: Alyx

40:58 Black Mesa

41:10 XCOM: Chimera Squad

41:23 Assassin's Creed Valhalla

42:10 Marvel's Avengers

42:25 Hellpoint

43:05 Yakuza: Like a Dragon

43:36 Hard Lads

43:53 Star Renegades

44:09 Going Under

44:25 Helltaker

44:31 Madden NFL 21

44:38 Necrobarista

44:56 Xbox Series X / S

45:00 Noita

45:21 Golf with Your Friends

45:37 Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory

46:06 League of Legends: Wild Rift

46:48 Pumpkin Jack

47:09 The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

47:11 Bright Memory

47:44 Resident Evil 3

48:00 Nioh 2

48:41 Valorant

49:02 SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE

49:39 Cyberpunk 2077

50:21 Deep Rock Galactic

51:03 Godfall

51:38 Factorio

52:35 If Found...

52:50 Bless Unleashed

53:36 Mortal Shell

53:53 Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy

54:33 The Last Campfire

54:38 Tales from Off-Peak City Vol.1

55:20 LUNA: The Shadow Dust

56:07 Demon's Souls (2020)

57:04 Treachery in Beatdown City

57:31 Sackboy: A Big Adventure

57:44 Umurangi Generation

57:56 Surgeon Simulator 2

58:00 Spiritfarer

59:23 Immortals: Fenyx Rising

59:59 Raji: An Ancient Epic

1:00:10 Atomicrops

1:00:15 Yes, Your Grace

1:00:34 Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

1:01:27 Sludge Life

1:01:41 Astro's Platroom

1:02:31 Iron Harvest

1:02:40 Marvel's Iron Man VR

1:02:42 Maneater

1:03:02 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

1:03:36 Besiege

1:03:39 The Red Lantern

1:04:11 Amnesia: Rebirth

1:05:20 The Dark Pictures: Little Hope

1:05:25 Drake Hollow

1:05:25 Othercide

1:06:10 Rogue Company

1:06:11 The Solitaire Conspiracy

1:07:05 Empire of Sin

1:07:09 Visage

1:07:43 Lair of the Clockwork God

1:08:09 Mixolumia

1:08:35 Haven

1:08:50 Signs of the Sojourner

1:09:21 Disintegration

1:09:53 PHOGS!

1:09:57 Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

1:10:24 KUNAI

1:10:32 Murder by Numbers

1:10:47 Shantae and the Seven Sirens

1:11:05 Call of the Sea

1:11:05 Paradise Killer


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