Today, the crew gets fed up with award shows and starts their own.

From honoring the indies with Cryptmaster to recognizing the AAA greats with Elden Ring, we take a full journey over the many video game releases of 2024 to find the best music that the awards shows clearly weren't paying enough attention to.


You can listen along to snippets of the soundtracks discussed via the playlist on our YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music Arcade #75

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Music credits (in order of discussion):

Note: all soundtracks credited to their main composers according to information publicly available as of the time of publishing; games with over 4 total composers have their credits truncated with "et al." ("and others").

[Third Place]

Cryptmaster, by Surasshu

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, by Keitarou Hanada, Kazuki Takagi, Chihiro Aoki, et al.

[Second Place]

Metaphor: ReFantazio, by Shoji Meguro, Atsushi Kitajoh, and Toshiki Konishi

Unicorn Overlord, by Mitsuhiro Kaneda, Yoshimi Kudo, Toki Takeda, et al.

Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, by Ryota Kozuka

[Honorable Mentions]

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, by David Garcia Díaz

Destiny 2: The Final Shape, by Michael Salvatori, Skye Lewin, Josh Mosser, et al.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong, by Bruce Stark and David Kitay

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, by Chikara Aoshima, Rei Kondoh, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, and Masami Ueda

Zenless Zone Zero, by Sān-Z

Arknights, by multiple artists

Everspace 2, by Gero Goerlich

Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, by Masayoshi Soken, Takafumi Imamura, Daiki Ishikawa, et al.

[First Place]

Mullet MadJack, by Fernando Pepe, and Mateus Polati

Hades 2, by Darren Korb

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, by Yuka Kitamura, Shoi Miyazawa, Tai Tomisawa, et al.

Production credits:

Hosts:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

Audio producer:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Executive producer:

Ranakel

Writing and publishing:

Edie Alexsander