About this episode
At the end of a hard year and in search of some normalcy, we bring you holiday greetings and well wishes, and, of course, our annual year-end tradition: a review of some of our — and your — favorite music in games this year. See you in 2018! This week's music, in order of appearance: Manaka Kataoka/Yasuaki Iwata - Main Theme - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Manaka Kataoka/Yasuaki Iwata - Life in the Ruins - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Manaka Kataoka/Yasuaki Iwata - Shrine Theme - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Manaka Kataoka/Yasuaki Iwata - Prince Sidon's Theme - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Manaka Kataoka/Yasuaki Iwata - A King's Request - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Alec Holowka - Mallard's Tomb - Night in the Woods Alec Holowka - Possum Springs - Night in the Woods John Paesano - A New Beginning - Mass Effect: Andromeda John Paesano - A Trail of Hope - Mass Effect: Andromeda Shoji Meguro, Benjamin Franklin, Lyn Inaizumi - Battle Theme | Last Surprise - Persona 5 Shoji Meguro, Rike Schmalz, Lyn Inaizumi - Beneath the Mask - Persona 5 Shoji Meguro - Disintegration - Persona 5 Henri-Pierre Pellegrin - Escape Korangar - Styx: Shards of Darkness Henri-Pierre Pellegrin - Hideout - Styx: Shards of Darkness Joris de Man - Aloy's Theme - Horizon: Zero Dawn Jonathan Williams - Song to the Sun | mid day - Horizon: Zero Dawn Joris de Man, Julie Elven - Victory - Horizon: Zero Dawn Joris de Man, Julie Elven - Song for Aloy - Horizon: Zero Dawn Patrice Bourgeault - Menu Minuet - Flinthook Patrice Bourgeault - Galaxy's Greatest Pirate - Flinthook Kuniyuki Takahashi - Memories of Dust (Japanese vocals) - Nier Automata Keigo Hoashi - Amusement Park (Dynamic) - Nier Automata Keigo Hoashi - Amusement Park (quiet) (abridged) - Nier Automata Alain Johannes - Wildlands - Ghost Recon: Wildlands Alain Johannes - Konai Salt Flats - Ghost Recon: Wildlands Mick Gordon - Everything Is Going To Be OK - Prey Mick Gordon - December and January - Prey Raphael Colontonio, Matt Piersall, Mae Whitman - Semi-sacred Geometry (female vocals) - Prey Ari Pulkkinen - Let Me Save You (Instrumental) - Nex Machina Ari Pulkkinen - Dark Shivers - Nex Machina Lennie Moore - Ranzaar - Outcast: Second Contact Lennie Moore - Okasankaar - Outcast: Second Contact Darren Korb, Ashley Barrett - In The Flame - Pyre Darren Korb - Vagrant Song - Pyre Austin Wintory - Hands Outstretched - Absolver Henry Jackman - The Insurgency - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Henry Jackman - Chamber of Kings - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Henry Jackman - The Great Battle - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Michael Salvatori, Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson - Battlestations - Destiny 2 Michael Salvatori, Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson - Nessus - Destiny 2 Michael Salvatori, Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson - Guardian's Sacrifice - Destiny 2 Michael Salvatori, Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson - Into the Light - Destiny 2 Daughter - Burn It Down - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Daughter - No Care - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Sidewalks and Skeletons - Sleep Paralysis - Ruiner Sidewalks and Skeletons - Drifter - Ruiner Evan Skolnick - Don't Deal With the Devil - Cuphead Evan Skolnick - Introduction - Cuphead Evan Skolnick - Closing Credits - Cuphead Bjarke Niemann - New Gods - Echo Bjarke Niemann - Arrival - Echo Mick Gordon - Main Menu - Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Mick Gordon - Mein Leben (Courtroom Battle) - Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii, Koji Kondo - Fossil Falls theme - Super Mario Odyssey Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii, Koji Kondo - Steam Gardens theme - Super Mario Odyssey Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii, Koji Kondo - Steam Gardens theme 8-bit - Super Mario Odyssey Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii, Koji Kondo - Bowser's Castle 2 - Super Mario Odyssey Naoto Kubo, Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Rob Tunstall, Kate Higgins - Jump Up, Superstar - Super Mario Odyssey Sarah Schachner - Main Theme - Assassin's Creed Origins Sarah Schachner - Bayek of Siwa - Assassin's Creed Origins Sarah Schachner - Winds of Cyrene - Assassin's Creed Origins Sarah Schachner - The Alexandrian Pleiad - Assassin's Creed Origins Sarah Schachner, Jesper Kyd - Ezio's Family (Origins Version) - Assassin's Creed Origins