I love the song, and every time I hear it I think of John Marston, and how ready I am for a new Red Dead game!ĥ. That beautiful song that accompanies you while you ride through the wilderness is Jose Gonzalez’ “Far Away.” This is one of most memorable sections of the game, and this song is a big part of that. If you’ve played Red Dead Redemption, you surely remember that iconic scene where you, John Marston, are riding your horse into Mexico for the first time.

This is my favorite track from the Drake’s Deception soundtrack. He was so vulnerable, and that was great for the development of his character. That was the first time I thought that Drake could actually die. The desert parts in Uncharted 3 are my favorite, and this track makes me think of how broken Drake’s spirit was during that time. I will never, ever forget the feeling I got climbing up that giant sand dune for the first time and hearing those loud, spectacular horns and strings as the camera panned out and showed just how small Drake was in comparison to the Rub’ al Khali. You guys probably know by now that Uncharted 3 is my favorite of the series (unpopular opinion, I know), and this song captures everything I love about the game and crams it into two minutes and 26 seconds of pure magic. I cry almost every time I hear this song. This is arguably the best song from the Uncharted series, and it takes me back to those days when I was first discovering and immediately falling in love with Uncharted and its characters. Yeah, you! Stop whatever you’re doing and Google “Uncharted 2 Reunion song,” listen to it, and tell me that’s not one of the most beautiful pieces of music you’ve ever heard. They work together beautifully, and I hope to see more games feature music of this caliber in the future. Austin Wintory’s soundtrack gives life to thatgamecompany’s masterpiece. Hearing one of my favorite video game soundtracks performed live by Fifth House Ensemble in real-time to the game was a once in a lifetime experience that I’ll be talking about until I’m on my deathbed (and probably even then, too. I cannot express how profound of an impact that performance had on me. In my first column of the season, I wrote about Journey LIVE, an event I experienced at MAGFest earlier this year. It was the first video game soundtrack to be nominated for a Grammy, and it became an instant classic. When you talk to other gamers about Journey, the game’s soundtrack will undoubtedly come up early on in the conversation. These five songs send chills up my spine, and flood my mind with memories of the wonderful games they were the soundtrack to. Have you ever heard a song and then looked down to see that you had goosebumps on your arms? A lot of my favorite bands have released music that makes me feel that way (Helena by My Chemical Romance, Radio by Alkaline Trio.just to name a couple), and there are many video game songs that make me feel that way, too.

Uncharted 2 soundtracks