Better late than never!
This past 2019 was surprisingly strong for the world of gaming, offering up an incredibly varied mix of interactive experiences to all who played.
This past year had a great variety of games, be it from triple-A titles like Death Stranding to Link’s Awakening to indie successes like Disco Elysium, whatever your game of choice might be, all were there to inspire, comfort, and more importantly: entertain. This past year was a defining showcase of the industry’s most talented individuals and how their creations made for some entertaining choices of digital escapism, be in on the go, or at the comfort of your own home.
So as a returning favorite for the retro VGM revival hour, We will be playing some selected tracks from the various games of 2019.
Now unlike the previous STAGES, this years selection will be limited to 3 tracks per game as a way to hopefully include more game titles than the previous episodes covering this said subject.
Now with that out of the way…. let’s get started!
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Full track listing:
===========Game – Composer – Title – Company========
1.) Astral Chain – Satoshi Igarashi, Hiroyuki Fujino, Naofumi Harada, Hitomi Kurokawa, Masahiro Aoki & Satoshi Setsune – “Savior (w/ vocals by William Aoyama & Beverly), Legion Assault & Jena Anderson”- August 30, 2019 – PlatinumGames/Nintendo – Nintendo Switch
2.) A Plague Tale: Innocence – Olivier Deriviere – “Father, Strangers & Escape” – May 14, 2019 – Asobo Studio/Focus Home Interactive – Windows PC, PS4 & Xbox One
3.) Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown – Keiki Kobayashi – “IUN Briefing, Charge Assault & Eastern Wind“ – January 18, 2019 – Bandai Namco Entertainment – PS4, Xbox One & Windows PC
4.) Apex Legends – Stephen Barton – “Preparing The Arena, You Are The Jumpmaster & Victory/Lobby Redux“ – February 4, 2019 – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts – PS4, Xbox One & Windows PC
5.) Far Cry New Dawn – Tyler Bates & John Swihart – “Breakout, Saw Launcher & No Future“ – February 15, 2019 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft – PS4, Xbox One & Windows PC
6.) Wolfenstein: Youngblood – Ross Tregenza & Naren Rauch – “Côte D’azure, Weltraum Surfen (performed by COPILOT) & The House of the Rising Sun (performed by COPILOT)” – July 25, 2019 – MachineGames & Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks – Windows PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch & Google Stadia
7.) Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes – Kazuhiro Abo & DJ 1/2 – “Death Drive Console Beat, Electro Triple Star & Kill Your Artificial Mind“ – January 18, 2019 – Grasshopper Manufacture – Nintendo Switch, PS4 & Windows PC
8.) Days Gone – Nathan Whitehead – “We’ve All Done Things, Holy War & The Broken Road” – April 26, 2019 – Bend Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment – PS4
9.) Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night – Michiru Yamane – “Luxurious Overture, Silent Howling & Voyage of Promise“ – June 18, 2019 – ArtPlay/505 Games – Xbox One, Windows PC, PS4 & Nintendo Switch
10.) Borderlands 3 – Michael McCann, Jesper Kyd & Finishing Move Inc. (Brian Lee White & Brian Trifon) – “Atlas HQ/Attacked, The Ambush at Jakob’s Estate & The Proving Grounds Final Exam“ – September 13, 2019 – Gearbox Software/2K Games – Mac OS, Windows PC, Google Stadia, PS4 & Xbox One
11.) Shakedown: Hawaii – Matthew Creamer – “Freeway Escape, Obliterator & Maniacal Lunatic“ – May 7, 2019 – Vblank Entertainment – Windows PC, Playstation Vita, PS4, 3DS & Nintendo Switch
12.) The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening – Ryo Nagamatsu – “First Search, Ending (Staff Roll) & Tal Tal Heights – September 20, 2019 – Grezzo/Nintendo – Nintendo Switch
13.) Ys IX: Monstrum Nox – Hayato Sonoda, Takahiro Unisuga, Yukihiro Jindo, Mitsuo Singa & Natsuno Nakamura – “NORSE WIND, GLESSING WAY! & FEEL FORCE“ – September 26, 2019 (Japan Only) – Nihon Falcom – PS4
14.) Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order – Takahiro Umeda & Masafumi Okubo – “The Raft 2, VS. Red Skull & VS. The Black Order” – July 19, 2019 – Team Ninja/Nintendo – Nintendo Switch
15.) The Outer Worlds – Justin E. Bell – “We’re All Counting on You, Journey’s End (End Slides) & Human Resource Violations“ – October 25, 2019 – Obsidian Entertainment/Private Division – Windows PC, Xbox One, PS4 & Nintendo Switch
16.) The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan – Jason Graves – “Where’s the Skipper, No Idle Threat & Redemption“ – August 30, 2019 – Supermassive Games/Bandai Namco Entertaiment – Windows PC, Xbox One & PS4
17.) Mortal Kombat 11 – Wilbert Roget II & Matthias Wolf – “A Matter of Time (Main Theme), Immortal Kombat & Shang Tsung’s Island Ruins“ – April 23, 2019 – NetherRealm Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One & Google Stadia
18.) Code Vein – Masaru “Go” Shiina – “Extremum Belli, Requiem & Tears of Passion” – September 27, 2019 – Bandai Namco Entertainment – Windows PC, PS4 & Xbox One
19.) Left Alive – Hidenori Iwasaki – “Novo Slava, Enemy Sighted & Do You Like Baseball?“ – February 28, 2019 – Ilinx/Square Enix – Windows PC & PS4
20.) Fire Emblem: Three Houses – Takeru Kanazaki, Hiroki Morishita & Rei Kondoh – “Roar of Dominion, Chasing Daybreak & Three Houses/Main Theme“ – July 26, 2019 – Intelligent Systems & Koei Tecmo/Nintendo – Nintendo Switch
21.) Metro Exodus – Alexei Omelchuk – “Overture, Burning the Bridges & Realm of the Reaper“ – February 15, 2019 – 4A Games/Deep Silver – Windows PC, PS4, Google Stadia & Xbox One
22.) Control – Petri Alanko & Martin Stig Andersen – “Voces Ignotas, Metamophosis & Sankarin Tango (w/ vocals by Martti Suosalo)“ – August 27, 2019 – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games – Windows PC, PS4 & Xbox One
23.) Ion Fury – Jarkko Rotsten – “Maiden, In Your Interface & Broken System“ – August 15, 2019 – Voidpoint/3D Realms – Windows PC & Linux
24.) Daemon X Machina – Rio Hamamoto, Mitsuhiro Kitadani & Akihiko Ishikawa – “DAEMON X MACHINA, Inherit the Stars & Destiny (w/ vocals by Jon Underdown)“ – September 13, 2019 – Marvelous First Studio – Windows PC & Nintendo Switch
25.) Indivisible – Hiroki Kikuta – “Eternal Chaos, Power of the Third Eye & Indivisible (w/ vocals by Rio Okano)“ – October 8, 2019 – Lab Zero Games/505 Games – Linux, MacOS, Windows PC, PS4, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch
26.) Gears 5 – Ramin Djawadi – “Burned Up, Ice Combat & Kraken Combat“ – September 10, 2019 – The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios – Windows PC, Xbox One & Xbox Series X
27.) Katana Zero – Bill Kiley & LudoWic – “Full Confession, Chinatown & You Will Never Know“ – April 18, 2019 – Askiisoft/Devolver Digital – Windows PC, MacOS & Nintendo Switch
28.) Samurai Shodown – Hiroshi Yamazoe (ZOE), Naoki Kita & Masato Horiuchi (Hori_Hori) – “Waltz of Nature (Nakoruru Theme), Fin of Invincibility (Galford Theme) & Way of the Crook (Earthquake Theme)“ – June 25, 2019 – SNK Corporation – Google Stadia, Arcades, PS4, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch
29.) My Friend Pedro – Nounverber, Navie D & Maks SF – “V A P E, Slinky & Look That Kills“ – June 20, 2019 – DeadToast Entertainment/Devolver Digital – Windows PC, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch
30.) The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors – Hiroyuki Iwatsuki – “VS. Phantom Gecko (Stage 3 Boss), Stage 7 (Snow Track: Shelter-Inside) & Stage Final (Shelter-Back: Machine Room)“ – October 15, 2019 – Natsume/ININ Games – PS4 & Nintendo Switch
31.) Kingdom Hearts III – Skrillex & Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd (w/ Vocals by Hikaru Utada) – “Don’t Think Twice (English), Face My Fears (Japanese) & Chikai (Don’t Think Twice/Japanese ver.) – January 25, 2019 – Square Enix – Xbox One & PS4
32.) River City Girls – Megan McDuffee & NateWantsToBattle – “Knock Out, Relentless & We’re the River City Girls (w/ vocals by Cristina Vee)“ – September 5, 2019 – WayForward/Arc System Works – Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One & Microsoft PC
33.) Resident Evil 2 (2019) – Tadayoshi Makino, Masami Ueda & Shusaku Uchiyama – “Accident, R.P.D. Hall & Run, Kathy, Run” – March 8, 2019 – Capcom – PS4, Windows PC & Xbox One
34.) Death Stranding – Ludvig Forssell – “Once, There Was an Explosion, Chiral Carcass Culling & Mules“ – November 8, 2019 – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment – PS4 & Windows PC
35.) Disco Elysium – Jan Scott Wilkinson, Neil Hamilton Wilkinson, Martin Noble, Matthew Wood, Phil Sumner & Abi Fry (British Sea Power) – “Whirling-In-Rags/8 AM, Precinct 41 Major Crime Unit & Off We Go Into The Wild Pale Yonder“ – October 15, 2019 – ZA/UM – Windows PC, Xbox One & PS4
