Video Game Soundtracks Released On Vinyl

The practice of releasing video game soundtracks on vinyl records began in the 1980s fell out of favor in the 1990s and 2000s as vinyl records were replaced by other storage media and experienced a resurgence of interest in the 2010s due in part to a vinyl revival.

Video game soundtracks released on vinyl.

Note that the release schedule prior to 2011 is likely incomplete especially on a week by week basis. In 1984 haruomi hosono released the first generally recognized video game soundtrack album video game music and the practice. Vinyl recordings of video game music find their origins in the 1970s with albums such as yellow magic orchestra s self titled. As of may 15 2019 the list is fully alphabetized by game title.

Similar to the hero of time re recording for the zelda vinyl this also historic video game revolutionised rpgs with its multiple endings focus on character development and a detailed battle system the music was as grand in scope as it could possibly be back then in 1995 and its legacy is established as one of the greatest video game soundtracks of all time. But this dramatic number gave way to just over 40 in the 90s. Releases with music from multiple games are sorted at the end of the list and are sorted alphabetically by release title. You can find a list of most of the labels who release vgm vinyl records as well as some distros who offer large selections of vgm vinyl on our subreddit wiki here.

Feel free to message me if you find anything missing. Undertale toby fox s runaway hit indie game undertale is remembered for a lot of things but key. I ll try to add all that i can find. According to jayson napolitano at destructoid there were roughly 119 video game soundtracks released on vinyl in the 80s.

Learn about vgm vinyl you can read our extensive wiki pages here which has links to many sites forums and content creators that focus on video game music on vinyl. Of what s been released so far these are 10 best video game soundtracks you can own on vinyl.