Awesome Music / Eighth Generation

This is the Awesome Music page for Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS, and Play Station Vita.

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• The overworld theme from Dillon's Rolling Western is pure western epicness.
• Phantasy Star Online 2 has some incredible music. The boss themes in particular deserve mention:
  • "Growl from the Blast Rage", the theme of Vol Dragon, a fast-paced and hectic theme sick guitar licks and wailing violins.
  • "Colossal Machinery", the theme of Big Vardha, a hard-hitting mix of orchestral music and electronica.
  • "Vanishing Sword", the theme of Quartz Dragon, with soaring violins and blaring trumpets.
  • "Sturdy Gladiator", the theme of Dragon EX. As opposed to the other dragon bosses' themes, this one is slower and more menacing.
• The final boss from Resident Evil: Revelations.
• The Dark Lord's theme from Find Mii 2.
• Vowelcano's first theme from Scribblenauts Unlimited. Especially the part from 1:43 to 2:27.
• For Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure, SEGA's music team was tasked to make a waltz with a violin as the central instrument and given an orchestra to perform it. What resulted was "Moon Princess," easily the standout song in a game full of very nice music.
• inFAMOUS: Second Son has the Final Boss theme, I'm Told that Hurts.
• The music in the E3 gameplay demo of Watch_Dogs is pretty darn awesome.
• Destiny: The theme song, "Hope for the Future", which is composed and performed by none other than Paul McCartney.
• Destiny 2 has "The Last City", which is an awesome triumphant and heroic piece that perfectly encapsulates the feeling of having saved the galaxy.
• No Man's Sky features procedurally-generated music based on music from indie band 65daysofstatic to give its worlds atmosphere, for example, the music from the PSX 2014 trailer. It generally works.
  • "Debutante" is used for the VGX Reveal, E3 2014, and Video Game Awards 2014 trailers to give viewers a sense of awe and wonder, especially once the player-character leaves the atmosphere of the planet they're on, opening up to the starry night sky above them.
  • "Pacify" is the music used for the Infinite Worlds trailer, instilling players with a sense that the universe they'll be able to explore truly is infinite.
• The Toe Jam And Earl reboot's Kickstarter trailer is a delightfully funky animated music video. The duo's voice actors from their last game even return to provide the vocals!
• Devil's Third has an amazing ending song "Bleed Out" by Erin Reagan.
• Far Cry 4: The trailers, specifically the ones which use the music by J2 Feat Blu Holliday. The version of "I Will Survive" in particular is a breathtaking standout which is almost the equivalent of a Character Song to Pagan Min which foreshadows his doomed romance with the main character's mother and the relationship he has with her son who runs from him at the beginning of the game, only to return and cause him pain.
• The cover of "Gold Dust Woman" used in the trailers for Dishonored 2 turned out to be so popular that Bethesda included it in the official soundtrack release.
• Mind Zero has the boss battle theme Determined Destiny. There's just something so epic about drums, violins, piano and electric guitar playing as you fight to the death with a boss.
• Tom Clancy's The Division has a distinctive electronic soundtrack composed by Ola Strandh that complements the action:
  • Precinct Siege plays during the final tutorial mission.
  • Ferro plays during the mission to defeat The Cleaners' leader.
  • The Academy accompanies the exploration of an abandoned Police Academy where the story takes a sinister turn.
  • Dark Zone emphasizes the bleakness of the worst-hit areas of New York, and the tension of waiting the long one minute and thirty seconds for the extraction chopper to arrive in the PvP multiplayer area.
  • Take Back New York plays perfectly to the imagery (or lack thereof) in the 2014 Trailer.
• Let It Die has "Let It Die -Magic Hour Mix-" by Survive Said The Prophet, a very powerful metal track that plays to introduce the Jackals.
• "This Is What You Are" from Warframe, indeed defining what Warframes are. According to composer Keith Power, the initial One-Woman Wail call and Cherubic Choir response represent the relation between Lotus and the Tenno.
• Monster Hunter World has some amazing orchestral tracks, ranging from the imposing Nergigante theme to the soothing Private Quarters theme. But by far one of the best in the soundtrack is their version of the series' theme, "Proof of a Hero", which plays towards the end of the battle with the Kaiju-sized Zorah Magdaros.
• Friday the 13th: The Game has three tracks from Swedish Hair Metal band Crazy Lixx, with "XIII" being the stand-out (the devs clearly felt the same as it was used in one of the trailers for the game) as it sounds exactly like the kind of song you would've heard on the soundtrack of one of the films back in the day.
• Dying Light has an excellent atmospheric score that sounds straight out of a John Carpenter film with its use of keyboards and synths. By far the standout is "Soldiers".
• One not from a game, but rather from one of the PS4's XMB themes: "The Gopher Show!" theme (based on Tearaway) has an extremely pleasant and peaceful song that plays on the menu.
• The melancholy, atmospheric soundtrack for PS4/PC game Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, composed by Jessica Curry. Particularly of note are the chapter transitions to a new area, which usually have a full song playing, such as The Mourning Tree, set among a forest of wildflowers, or Carry Me Back To Her Arms, amidst golden wheat-fields. The game won two BAFTAs for its soundtrack for a reason.

• The soundtrack for Skellboy mostly makes use of an 8 bit inspired soundtrack, but the vocal main theme, "Save The World", is a real standout with the distinct way it is sung bringing to mind "Spooky Scary Skeletons". It is as awesome as it is silly, and it is awesomely silly.
• The soundtrack of Astalon: Tears of the Earth does an excellent job of capturing the spirit of classic Nintendo Entertainment System music:
  • "Threads of Fate," which plays during the resting scenes, is a warm medieval-sounding track that does an excellent job of accentuating the bonds the protagonists share. The version on the Super Arrange Version album gives it a symphonic rock flavor.
  • "Arteries," the Catacombs theme, is a blood-pumping track that wouldn't be out of place in a Mega Man (Classic) game.
  • "Bloodstained Glass," the Cathedral's theme, is a climactic-sounding theme befitting one of the game's most dangerous areas.
  • "Requital of the Fallen," which plays during the final confrontation with the Black Knight, is the perfect track for a climactic showdown. The theme that plays during the rest of the final boss fight, "The Tower Awakens," is also a very good battle theme.

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