Every Game of the Year medley as performed by The Game Awards Orchestra. Timestamps below!
The 2012 performance is from the VGAs, which Keighley helped produce and was scored by Lorne Balfe, who conducts The Game Awards Orchestra, so it fits! 2020’s orchestra was performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Abbey Road Studios due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
0:00 The Game Awards Theme debut
1:26 2012 GOTY Nominees (VGAs)
— 1:30 Mass Effect 3 – Leaving Earth
— 1:57 Telltale’s The Walking Dead – Alive Inside
— 2:28 Journey – Apotheosis
— 2:59 Dishonored – Drunken Whaler
— 3:26 Assassin’s Creed III – Main Theme
3:56 2017 GOTY Nominees
— 4:00 Horizon: Zero Dawn – Aloy’s Theme
— 5:02 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Main Theme
— 5:30 Persona 5 – Rivers in the Desert
— 6:07 PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – Welcome To My Battlegrounds
— 6:44 Super Mario Odyssey – Jump Up, Super Star!
8:39 2018 GOTY Nominees
— 8:46 Celeste – First Steps
— 9:13 Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Legend of the Eagle Bearer
— 9:41 God of War – God of War Theme
— 10:11 Monster Hunter: World – Proof of a Hero
— 10:42 Red Dead Redemption 2 – Honor, Amongst Thieves
— 11:17 Marvel’s Spider-Man – Main Theme
11:57 2019 GOTY Nominees
— 12:05 The Outer Worlds – Main Theme
— 12:34 Death Stranding – BB’s Theme
— 13:04 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Lifelight
— 13:33 Control – Sankarin Tango
— 14:07 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – Main Menu
— 14:36 Resident Evil 2 Remake – Saudade
15:03 2020 GOTY Nominees
— 15:08 Final Fantasy VII Remake – Let the Battles Begin!
— 15:47 DOOM Eternal – The Only Thing They Fear Is You
— 16:06 Ghost of Tsushima – Jin Sakai
— 16:35 The Last of Us Part II – Main Theme
— 16:59 Hades – Out of Tartarus
— 17:27 Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Welcome Horizons
18:14 2021 GOTY Nominees
— 18:21 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Rift Apart
— 18:52 It Takes Two – It Takes Two
— 19:22 Psychonauts 2 – Title
— 19:53 Resident Evil Village – Yearning of Dark Shadows
— 20:23 Metroid: Dread – Theme of Samus Aran
— 20:57 Deathloop – Welcome to Blackreef
21:47 2022 GOTY Nominees
— 21:54 Horizon: Forbidden West – In The Flood
— 22:24 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – The Weight of Life
— 22:53 A Plague Tale: Requiem – A Plague Tale: Requiem
— 23:19 Stray – The Way You Compute Tonight
— 23:49 Elden Ring – The Final Battle
— 24:18 God of War: Ragnarök – God of War Theme
25:10 2023 GOTY Nominees
— 25:17 Alan Wake II – Yötôn Yö
— 25:47 Baldur’s Gate III – Main Theme Part II
— 26:18 Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Overworld
— 26:40 Resident Evil 4 Remake – Witness the Power – Krauser
— 27:10 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Main Theme
— 27:36 Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – Greater Together
28:05 Finale
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17:28 i never knew acnh had such a powerful theme lol
This is what the official channel should be doing.
As a HUGE Telltale Fan, I'll never get tired of hearing "Alive Inside" from The Walking Dead at 1:58
Honestly 2018 is my favorite one. All the songs just blend in so well together.
I can't tell if they are playing live or not…
i like how each year has a diffrent feeling to it with 2022 being a sort of age of discovery and the past years being more mixed, and 2023 had some higher bigger stakes in its theme as if that adventure from last year go refined more
2022 gives me arctic chills down my spine with its sheer epicness, theres no other word
What I remember of 2020:
Cov- no!? Game awards orchestra
Man samus theme goes hard also 2018 has best transitions imo
2018,2020, and 2023 are my favs!! I don’t remember 2020 cooking so hard🔥🔥
Top tier:
2019
2018
2020
High tier:
2012
2021
Mid tier:
2023
2022
2017
Watching this compilation I noticed how starting around 2020, the different themes largely end up sounding like different melodies layered on top of the same underlying rhythmic and harmonic style. Not that it's bad or anything, but I definitely prefer the more distinct styles from the earlier Game Awards.
I dunno why, but my personal opinion, 2018 orchestra is still the best for me 🔥
The instrument, music, the game, all of that combine on one music!
2020 is still my favorite, with 17:27 being the most legendary transition ever. You got a whole set of games with a heavy bass line and then it goes to Animal Crossing… it’s just amazing.
red dead redemption 2 always gets me and good job baldurs gate 3!
nothing can beat 2018 orchestra 🔥🔥
2018, 2022, and 2023 are the best and it will always be my favorite
TLGA 2018 is the best!🤫
Literalmente lo mejor de la gala, los premios son basura
For me the 2012 medley is still the best of all. Mass Effect 3 + Dishonored + Assassins Creed 3 + The Walking Dead + Journey 😍 , incredible soundtracks.
Please, this is a 6 yo question: Does anyone know who the redhead girl in TGA 2017 is? I looked everywhere I could but I couldn't find her. Can anyone help.
We’ve had a lot of banger years for games.
The transition from God of war to Proof of a Hero is Fatalis Fire
man, 2018 was STACKED.
The Game of the Year Award Theme always gives me chills
Is it just me or the TGA theme really sounds a lot like Iron Man 3 theme song..
Is sad that theres no ochestrated remix from 2013 to 2016 i wish to hear a orchestra version of love is blue from Bayo 2
2018 GOTY might have to be my favorite
I don't fully know what it is about this years medley specifically, but it's so good oh my gooood
9:34 Delaney Harter is so beautiful and talented
Nothing beats 2018. Even that year the game were 🔥
Drunken Whaler will remain GOAT at The Game Awards. 2012 was masterful, but this year 2023 was superb as well.
2020 is so underrated it's so damn fire
the Hades to Animal Crossing transition was so fucking epic
stray was amazing, the buildup before the transition to it made it hit like a truck and i loved the upbeat score
I had no idea they actually did this every year. What a great effort!