GamerNode: Columns - The Best Soundtracks of 2009: The First Half

The Best Soundtracks of 2009: The First Half

Category: Industry, Posted: 08/16/2009 at 07:01PM EDT by Listen Up, Jason Fanelli

If you listened to the Vs. Node Podcast (and let's face it, you should have) last week, you would have heard our picks for the best games of the first half of 2009. Since all games have soundtracks, why not go the extra mile?

Here now are my picks for the Best Soundtracks of the first half of 2009.

NOTE: There is no particular rank or order UNTIL the last one, which is my pick for the Best Soundtrack of 2009 (so far).

Street Fighter IV

 

 

The Street Fighter franchise is known for great soundtracks, and this year's installment is no exception. Hard drum and bass beats fused with techno sounds create a great soundtrack for fighting. How could you not be ready to fight to the end once any of these tracks start to blare out?

 

 

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

 

 

Speaking of getting pumped up before a match, isn't BlazBlue's soundtrack MADE for it? This game is host to some of the best metal instrumentals I've ever heard, and I'm a huge fan of metal music. Fortunately, the gameplay is just as good as the soundtrack behind it, making BlazBlue the complete gaming package.

 

 

inFAMOUS

 

It won the uber-prestigious GamerNode Best Game of 2009 So Far award, so it only makes sense that inFAMOUS's soundtrack be one of the best this year as well. Most of the tracks serve as foreboding for the mission at hand, but the real masterpiece is "The Truth," or the song you hear at the PS3 screen before you even start the game. Its ominous sound serves as the perfect setting for what you're about to get yourself into. Great gameplay, great soundtrack, great game.

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