[Mr. B Natural]

My favorite soundtracks so far have been Machinarium and Rayman Origins.

[jon bones]

I reraise with Rayman Origins.

DONE.

Rayman Origins has the most fun and appropriate OST of the gen.

[FLAguy954]

Final Fantasy XIII series disagrees.

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[thelatestmodel]

Agree wholeheartedly with the OP, DX:HR is one of my favourite soundtracks ever.

[reson8or]

I don't think this soundtrack gets enough recognition, the composer won an award for it from the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, a pretty coveted award, but because it does a great job of blending with the action, it goes mostly unnoticed.

Listen to it on its own, however and its pretty clear its quite special. Agree with most of the choices in this thread though, fantastic choices.

[Messofanego]

As much as I love a lot of the listed games, Journey wins this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgASRvG1pws - Apotheosis

It's truly divine. seewhatididthere?

[Floex]

I raise botanicula. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZGJ-_zfMtY

Superb stuff, just lovely

[Heavy's Sandvich]

Super mario galaxy.

[Jigsaw]

nier

[Beowulf28]

How has nobody posted this yet?

[Codeblue]

When we voted on it, Deus Ex didn't even come first in 2011, let alone the generation.

It came in second to Xenoblade by a healthy margin.

[Tex117]

There really have been some great soundtracks this generation.

Deus Ex was good for sci-fi.
Skyrim (arguably the best part of the game)
Read Dead Redemption
AC2

But the one that stands above the rest IMO is Neir. That is the most daring and creative soundtrack I have ever heard in a video game. I mean...Opera? Really? but damn it works.

[MrOogieBoogie]

It is an absolute travesty that this isn't getting more recognition. This is probably the strongest, most cohesive album of any game this gen. Both the ambient pieces and the original recordings by artists like José González and Ashtar Command are remarkable.

El Club De Los Cuerpos

Triggernometry

Exodus in America

Already Dead

Far Away - José González

Compass (Red Dead On Arrival Version) - Jamie Lidell

Deadman's Gun - Ashtar Command

Bolded = my personal favorites.

Hell, the soundtrack wins for "Deadman's Gun" alone.

[ctrayne]

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[jbueno]

Another vote for Nier as the best OST of the generation, even though I think it is the best ever conceived. It´s hard to pick a favorite track, but I think The Wretched Automatons never gets old, specially after hours mining for materials in the Junk Heap.

[MrOogieBoogie]

I admit maybe it's not threadworthy to begin with, and that I am biased and love DXHR, but the OP was talking about DXHR's soundtrack, not "what's your favorite OST" Replying with images and samples of your personal favorite instead of talking about the subject at hand is so typical of NeoGAF behavior it's almost cute. :)

Uh, no?

Declaring something as the "best" and asking people to discuss a topic are two completely different things. Shirley, you understand this.

[Terareflection]

Another vote for Nier as the best OST of the generation, even though I think it is the best ever conceived. It´s hard to pick a favorite track, but I think The Wretched Automatons never gets old, specially after hours mining for materials in the Junk Heap.

My favorite as well, along with the Song of the ancients variants.

[MrOogieBoogie]

Come now, the venerable Paul Taylor of Mode 7 Games takes the cake. At least, since Jesper Kyd's earlier works and Paul Ruskay's incredible Homeworld OST effort. Highlights include: Complexity (Full + Prelude) Focus But the crown jewel is: Deeper

This is amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[RooMHM]

I'd like to agree but there's Super Meat Boy and VVVVVV

[Nert]

Mirror's Edge, Fez, Flower, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, and Sigma Harmonics need some more love. I do appreciate all of the Shatter, Machinarium, and Journey mentions, though :D

[HammerOfThor]

Guitar Hero Metallica has the best ost.

[jorgeton]

Uh, what? I barely remember the OST to this game. It was tepid ambient music, at best.

FFXIII, XIII-2, Valkyria Chronicles, Fallout 3 and Skyrim's OSTs are leeaaaaagues better. I can think of at least 20 other games with better soundtracks. So, yeah, strongly disagree with OP.

[dragonfart28]

[spirity]

Oblivion gets my vote. There were so many times in that game I stopped to take in the fantastic audio.

[Error]

Uh, what? I barely remember the OST to this game. It was tepid ambient music, at best.

It's aural orgy.

[lucius]

It is defintely awesome only other one I can think this gen that I like as much is maybe ME1.

[watership]

Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach came out this generation, so I say thee nay.

[Derrick01]

Guitar Hero Metallica has the best ost.

If we're allowed to count that then yes :D

[PantherAttacks]

Deus Ex HR, ME1, Shatter. All good candidates!

[ctrayne]

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[jorgeton]

It's aural orgy.

Really? I'm gonna have to dig out the CD I got with the special edition and give it a listen. I seriously do not remember the game's music. At all. All I recall is the one track that reminds me of Mass Effect's theme.

[Error]

I posted some songs in the first page of the thread.

[Lingxor]

I would have agreed until Max Payne 3 came out.

[Rebel Leader]

I raise: Xenoblade, Splinter cell: Chaos theory, The Legend of zelds (series), Mario (series)

[wanders]

XENOBLADE

Edit: Holy coincidence

[Weemanply109]

Mirror's Edge, Fez, Flower, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, and Sigma Harmonics need some more love. I do appreciate all of the Shatter, Machinarium, and Journey mentions, though :D

QFT.

[Solstice]

How could I forget about the awesomeness that is the PixelJunk Monsters OST:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vt9DjCaGG8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM9_XXJom8k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxlstaqz4OM

[ctrayne]

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[The English Conquistador]

It's good.

DEFINITELY up there. Along with Assassins Creed Revelations, Nier, and Halo 3 ODST.

Adam Jensens apartment theme is marvelous!

[PinkCrayon]

Definitely up there. I doubt I could make an ordered list of "best" soundtracks this gen, I'd just lump 10 of them together in no particular order. This is for sure one of them.

[Koroviev]

I'd go with Gravity Daze and Dark Souls. And I'll cheat and include SotC and Ico, since they both received an update this gen :p

[Wonko_C]

Even though the soundtrack fits the game perfectly, I don't like to listen to it on its own, except for The Mole. (How is this the tune that gets most ignored!?) I have a loop of the part that starts at approx. 1:05

And since we're mentioning OSTs from other games, Dustforce's music took me totally by surprise, when I first saw the game I expected more "platformy"-style music. OST of 2012 in my opinion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_B8ekeZTCM

[Sunflower]

I would have agreed until Max Payne 3 came out.

Me too. Jesus Christ, Max Payne 3 soundtrack is unbelievable.

[HoodWinked]

DEHR audio was forgettable. Syndicate had a better soundtrack, sound design and had great sound effects.

One of my personal favorites Red Faction Guerrilla also had great sound work. One of the best soundtracks of this generation and audio design for futuristic guns, and explosions.
really moody atmospheric music which sets the tone for a desolate mars environment, had great music for set pieces for those tense moments, and also had a dynamic audio system which would blend transitions and scale with the action on screen.

soundtrack had insanely long 13min pieces just for ambiance.

[Brobzoid]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYo-SAZibDk

y'all tasteless

[KillGore]

Sorry but:
Journey


MGS4

[(._.)]

Must have been pretty average if I don't remember a single song from the game...

I do remember the Super Mario Galaxy OST. Nintendo stepped it up with an orchestra. I also remember a little bit of the Portal 2 music. That game actually did some interesting things regarding gameplay and music.

fail more OP

[Hesemonni]

nier.jpg Oh fucking hell this sounds great. Maybe I should consider picking this game up...

You definately should. Emotional ride of the generation.

[Maffis]

Must have been pretty average if I don't remember a single song from the game... I do remember the Super Mario Galaxy OST. Nintendo stepped it up with an orchestra. I also remember a little bit of the Portal 2 music. That game actually did some interesting things regarding gameplay and music. fail more OP

really?

...

Anyways I think DE:HR had some snippets that were really awesome (detroit, limb clinic, sarif industries etc.), but the action music that popped up everytime you got spotted was pretty bad.

[jbueno]

My favorite as well, along with the Song of the ancients variants.

Song of the Ancients is great too. That´s why I have a hard time picking a favorite track, the whole OST album is great. And then there´s the rather interesting Nightmare, Tribute and Piano tracks. Can´t get enough Nier!