This is a list of video game soundtracks that multiple publications, such as video game journalism and music journalism publications, have considered to be among the best of all time. The game soundtracks listed here are included on at least three separate "best/greatest of all time" lists from different publications (inclusive of all time periods and platforms). Achievements are separately noted.
| Game | Lead composer(s) | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Super Mario Bros. | data-sort-value="Kondo, Koji" | Koji Kondo | The Super Mario Bros. theme was the first musical piece from a video game to be inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry. | |
| 1988 | Mega Man 2 | data-sort-value="Tateishi, Takashi" | Takashi Tateishi | ||
| 1989 | Tetris | data-sort-value="Tanaka, Hirokazu" | Hirokazu Tanaka | Game Boy version | |
| 1991 | Street Fighter II | data-sort-value="Shimomura, Yoko" | Yoko Shimomura | ||
| data-sort-value="Abe, Isao" | Isao Abe | ||||
| 1992 | Streets of Rage 2 (soundtrack) | data-sort-value="Koshiro, Yuzo" | Yuzo Koshiro | ||
| data-sort-value="Kawashima, Motohiro" | Motohiro Kawashima | ||||
| 1993 | Doom | Bobby Prince | |||
| 1994 | EarthBound (soundtrack) | data-sort-value="Suzuki, Keiichi" | Keiichi Suzuki | ||
| data-sort-value="Tanaka, Hirokazu" | Hirokazu Tanaka | ||||
| Final Fantasy VI (soundtrack) | data-sort-value="Uematsu, Nobuo" | Nobuo Uematsu | |||
| Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | data-sort-value="Buxer, Brad" | Brad Buxer | |||
| Sega Sound Team | |||||
| Super Metroid | data-sort-value="Yamamoto, Kenji" | Kenji Yamamoto | |||
| data-sort-value="Hamano, Minako" | Minako Hamano | ||||
| 1995 | Chrono Trigger (soundtrack) | data-sort-value="Mitsuda, Yasunori" | Yasunori Mitsuda | ||
| data-sort-value="Uematsu, Nobuo" | Nobuo Uematsu | ||||
| data-sort-value="Wise, David" | David Wise | ||||
| 1996 | PaRappa the Rapper | data-sort-value="Matsuura, Masaya" | Masaya Matsuura | ||
| data-sort-value="Suzuki, Yoshihisa" | Yoshihisa Suzuki | ||||
| Super Mario 64 | data-sort-value="Kondo, Koji" | Koji Kondo | |||
| 1997 | data-sort-value="Yamane, Michiru" | Michiru Yamane | |||
| Final Fantasy VII (soundtrack) | data-sort-value="Uematsu, Nobuo" | Nobuo Uematsu | |||
| 1998 | Grim Fandango (soundtrack) | data-sort-value="McConnell, Peter" | Peter McConnell | ||
| data-sort-value="Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" | data-sort-value="Kondo, Koji" | Koji Kondo | |||
| 2000 | Jet Set Radio | data-sort-value="Naganuma, Hideki" | Hideki Naganuma | ||
| 2001 | (soundtrack) | data-sort-value="O'Donnell, Martin" | Martin O'Donnell | ||
| data-sort-value="Salvatori, Michael" | Michael Salvatori | ||||
| (soundtrack) | data-sort-value="Sugimori, Masakazu" | Masakazu Sugimori | |||
| Silent Hill 2 | data-sort-value="Yamaoka, Akira" | Akira Yamaoka | |||
| 2002 | |||||
| 2004 | Katamari Damacy (soundtrack) | data-sort-value="Miyake, Yuu" | Yuu Miyake | ||
| 2005 | Shadow of the Colossus | data-sort-value="Otani, Kow" | Kow Otani | ||
| 2007 | Portal | data-sort-value="Bailey, Kerry" | Kelly Bailey | ||
| data-sort-value="Morasky, Mike" | Mike Morasky | ||||
| data-sort-value="Coulton, Jonathan" | Jonathan Coulton | Composed the ending song "Still Alive" | |||
| 2010 | Red Dead Redemption (soundtrack) | data-sort-value="Elm, Bill" | Bill Elm | ||
| data-sort-value="Jackson, Woody" | Woody Jackson | ||||
| 2011 | Bastion | data-sort-value="Korb, Darren" | Darren Korb | ||
| data-sort-value="Elder Scrolls 5" | (soundtrack) | Jeremy Soule | |||
| Minecraft (soundtrack) | C418 | Volume Alpha was labeled Certified Gold by the RIAA, and was nominated for Top Dance/Electronic Album at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. | |||
| 2012 | Hotline Miami | ||||
| Journey | data-sort-value="Wintory, Austin" | Austin Wintory | Nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | ||
| 2013 | BioShock Infinite | data-sort-value="Schyman, Garry" | Garry Schyman | ||
| 2014 | Transistor | data-sort-value="Korb, Darren" | Darren Korb | ||
| 2015 | Crypt of the NecroDancer | data-sort-value="Baranowsky, Danny" | Danny Baranowsky | ||
| Everybody's Gone to the Rapture | data-sort-value="Curry, Jessica" | Jessica Curry | |||
| Undertale (soundtrack) | data-sort-value="Fox, Toby" | Toby Fox | , "Megalovania" has the most listens on Spotify of any video game song. | ||
| data-sort-value="Przybyłowicz, Marcin" | Marcin Przybyłowicz | ||||
| data-sort-value="Stroiński, Mikołaj" | Mikołaj Stroiński | ||||
| 2016 | Doom | data-sort-value="Gordon, Mick" | Mick Gordon | ||
| Persona 5 | data-sort-value="Meguro, Shoji" | Shoji Meguro | |||
| 2017 | Cuphead | data-sort-value="Maddigan, Kristofer" | Kristofer Maddigan | ||
| Hollow Knight | data-sort-value="Larkin, Christopher" | Christopher Larkin | |||
| (soundtrack) | data-sort-value="Okabe, Keiichi" | Keiichi Okabe | |||
| data-sort-value="Hoashi, Keigo" | Keigo Hoashi | ||||
| 2018 | Celeste | data-sort-value="Raine, Lena" | Lena Raine | ||
| God of War | data-sort-value="McCreary, Bear" | Bear McCreary | |||
| Red Dead Redemption 2 (soundtrack) | data-sort-value="Jackson, Woody" | Woody Jackson | |||
| 2019 | Sayonara Wild Hearts | data-sort-value="Olsén, Daniel" | Daniel Olsén | ||
| data-sort-value="Eng, Jonathan" | Jonathan Eng |
The reference numbers in the notes section show which of the 21 selected publications list the game.
The reference numbers show which publications include the game's soundtrack.