Soon after the PlayStation Awards 2019 winners were announced, the PlayStation Game Music Awards 2019 winners were published. The awards were officially announced on December 4 in Japan.
The results were gathered from data from Spotify from the past year.
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Gamers often pay more attention to graphics and gameplay, but music has an important impact on games. Listening to certain songs from games can take players back to memorable moments. Even years after a game has been released, hearing a particular track can make players feel nostalgic.
Many game soundtracks are seeing releases on CDs, vinyl, and concerts worldwide. Chrono Cross and Kingdom Hearts both recently had orchestra concerts to celebrate the music from the games with sold-out performances.
While physical media is important, many choose to listen to their favorite songs digitally. Sony Interactive Entertainment gathered the winning data from Spotify. The winners were chosen by how many times songs were played and the number of user comments.
Spotify is a music streaming service. They currently feature popular soundtracks from PlayStation games.
The album winners include:
- 1st place: STORMBLOOD: FINAL FANTASY XIV Original Soundtrack
- 2nd place: Devil May Cry 5 Original Soundtrack
- 3rd place: Battlefield V Original Soundtrack
- 4th place: Street Fighter V Arcade Edition Original Soundtrack
- 5th place: Resident Evil 2 Original Soundtrack
- 6th place: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV -THE END OF SAGA- Original Soundtrack
- 7th place: Marvel’s Spider-Man Original Video Game Soundtrack
- 8th place: Days Gone Original Soundtrack
- 9th place: Yakuza 3 Original Soundtrack
- 10th place: Mega Man 11 Original Soundtrack
There were also six individual awards given to game soundtracks available through PlayStation on Spotify:
- Attractive Sound Award: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV -THE END OF SAGA- Original Soundtrack
- Spectacular Sound Award: Marvel’s Spider-Man Original Video Game Soundtrack
- Legend Sound Award: Mega Man 11 Original Soundtrack
- Dramatic Sound Award: Yakuza 3 Original Soundtrack
- Oriental Sound Award: Musou Orochi 3 (or Warriors Orochi 4 in North America) Original Soundtrack
- Contemporary Sound Award: Catherine & Catherine Full Body Soundtrack Set
PlayStation has created a playlist of 50 songs of the winners called “PlayStation Game Music Grand Prize 2019 Winner Playlist” now available on Spotify. The soundtrack is free to access for most gamers worldwide. PlayStation has also uploaded a video on how to access game soundtracks through Spotify.
