Videogame Music
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2026 8:06 pm
I'm making this thread so we can share video game soundtracks that we enjoy. I guess VN OSTs could also fall within this thread.
I will start by sharing the soundtrack of Armored Core: For Answer, composed by Kota Hoshino, famous FromSoftware composer. I believe this is some of his best work, you can find it here free to listen to and download. The art direction for AC4A in general is excellent; like most fromsoft games, they have a great ability to capture the atmosphere of ruined worlds, long after the collapse of an earlier golden era. My favorite tracks are "1. Someone is Always Moving in the Distance", "7. Water Down", "27. Evening Mist", and without a doubt, the best track is "28. Cosmos", a most sublime and glimmering piece. I urge you to go listen to it.
Another one of my favorite OSTs by the same composer is that of EverGrace. Very different from the Armored Core one, I would describe it as sounding "oriental", a soundtrack you'd typically hear in a desert level. The use of vocals is very unique; the whole OST has an otherworldly and numinous sound at times. The art direction for this game is again sublime, especially the color palette... very warm, it reminds me of autumn. My favorite track is "4. On the Sunlit Hill".
I'd like to share more but I'll leave at these two for now, if this thread gains interest I shall make another post. OSTs are an underrated aspect of video games. I have never even played these two games before but I take great enjoyment in listening to their soundtracks; they're excellent by their own merits, pieces of art.
I will start by sharing the soundtrack of Armored Core: For Answer, composed by Kota Hoshino, famous FromSoftware composer. I believe this is some of his best work, you can find it here free to listen to and download. The art direction for AC4A in general is excellent; like most fromsoft games, they have a great ability to capture the atmosphere of ruined worlds, long after the collapse of an earlier golden era. My favorite tracks are "1. Someone is Always Moving in the Distance", "7. Water Down", "27. Evening Mist", and without a doubt, the best track is "28. Cosmos", a most sublime and glimmering piece. I urge you to go listen to it.
Another one of my favorite OSTs by the same composer is that of EverGrace. Very different from the Armored Core one, I would describe it as sounding "oriental", a soundtrack you'd typically hear in a desert level. The use of vocals is very unique; the whole OST has an otherworldly and numinous sound at times. The art direction for this game is again sublime, especially the color palette... very warm, it reminds me of autumn. My favorite track is "4. On the Sunlit Hill".
I'd like to share more but I'll leave at these two for now, if this thread gains interest I shall make another post. OSTs are an underrated aspect of video games. I have never even played these two games before but I take great enjoyment in listening to their soundtracks; they're excellent by their own merits, pieces of art.