Annual Game Music Awards 2017 – Albums of the Year
We are proud to present the winners in the ‘Albums of the Year’ category of the Annual Game Music Awards 2017. These panel-voted, officially-recognised awards provide a thorough and wide-reaching recognition of achievement in game music over the last year. The panelists have selected their choices by carefully considering the merit of the game music created this year — as art and entertainment, as part of in-game experiences and as part of stand-alone albums. Congratulations to all winners, runners-up, and nominees.
Best Album — Soundtrack CD
Persona 5 Original Soundtrack
Persona 5’s soundtrack blends together elements of jazz, metal, and pop into a whole that is unified by Shoji Meguro’s enduring creative vision and sense of style. This album, which carries the theme of rebellion through distinct musical styles both old and new, earns its place as our Best Soundtrack CD. -Greg Fisher
Runners-Up
Cuphead Original Soundtrack
Other Nominations
Genpei Toumaden Sound Chronicle
PAC-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION SOUNDTRACKS
Rage Racer 20th Anniversary Sounds
Best Album — Official Arranged Album
Shin Megami Tensei Memorial Arrange Tracks
Runners-Up
Atelier Series Rearranged Best 2017 Vol. 1
Final Fantasy XV: Moonlit Melodies
Other Nominations
ChainDive – Arrangements
SQUARE ENIX JAZZ -FINAL FANTASY
Best Album — Fan-Arranged
Crypt of the Necrodancer: Overclocked
Runners-Up
Mirror Image: A Link To The Past Remixed
Other Nominations
Piano Collections: Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow/Green
Sonic Mania Remixed
Zodiac: Final Fantasy Tactics Remixed
Best Album — Chiptune Album
Django – Chip Tanaka
Runners-Up
Psycho Somatic Generation – chibi-tech
Other Nominations
8BIT MUSIC POWER FINAL – Various Artists
Chipscape – Scythe
SOUNDSHOCK 3: FM FUNK NIRVANA!! – Various Artists
Best Album — Original Album
Symphony No. 1 “The Border” – Yugo Kanno
Yugo Kanno’s first symphony is a musical look inside the composer’s mind. Across four movements, moments of beauty, whimsy, tension, and eclecticism weave a wonderful tapestry of sound. -Don Kotowski
Runners-Up
Yorlga II – Yoshitaka Hirota/Noriko Mitose
Other Nominations
Lingua Franca – Dugo (Takahiro Izutani)
Mystic Ninja – Junya Nakano, Yuji Takenouchi, Hiroyuki Kawada
Three Movements – Manami Matsumae
Posted on February 8, 2018 by Emily McMillan. Last modified on February 8, 2018.
About the Author
Emily McMillan A native and lifelong Texan, I currently work in software education while contributing news, reviews, and interviews to VGMO on the side. I love the feeling that comes with the discovery of a brand new soundtrack, and always look forward to the next rekindling of that excitement. Outside of VGMO, I enjoy playing piano, listening to classical music and film scores, and trying to go unnoticed in any stealth RPG I can find.
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