Hmm, somehow I was hoping that someone else would open this thread at some point. But I guess that didn't happen... *sigh*
Anyway, I was pretty busy in December. Changed my employer, moved house, had a bunch of trouble getting internet connection at my new place. Didn't have the time to listen to a lot of music, yet alone create this thread. Well, doing it now has given me (and probably you as well) some time to fully take in the year 2020.
I want to try something different this time. In the
2019 thread and also in the others before the focus was on VGM alone. However I noticed that a large part of 2020 music I listened to was from animation, so I've compiled two ordered lists, one for video game and the other one for animation music.
Video game:
01.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps Original Soundtrack Recording (
Gareth Coker)
02.
NieR Orchestral Arrangement Album - Addendum (
Monaca)
03.
Raillore no Ryakudatsusha Special Compilation Soundtrack (
mamomo)
04.
Evergate Soundtrack (
M.R. Miller)
05.
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Original Soundtrack
06.
Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends and the Secret Fairy Original Soundtrack (
Gust Sound Team)
07.
Touken Ranbu -Online- Kinji Music Collection Vol. 3 (
Akiko Shikata and Ryota Tomaru)
08.
Symphonic Memories Concert - music from Square Enix (
Nobuo Uematsu, Yoko Shimomura and others)
09.
Square Enix Jazz -Final Fantasy VII- (
Eijiro Nakagawa and Ryu Kawamura)
10.
Chrono Cross 20th Anniversary Live Tour 2019 Radical Dreamers (
Yasunori Mitsuda)
11.
Genshin Impact - The Wind and the Star Traveler (
Yu-Peng Chen)
12.
Goonya Fighter Original Soundtrack (
Hayato Asano)
13.
Various Daylife Original Soundtrack (
Go Shiina)
14.
Final Fantasy VII Remake Original Soundtrack (
Square Enix Sound Team and others)
And I still have the
KH3 album lying on my desk. In case you were wondering why it's missing here.
Animation:
01.
Vinland Saga Original Soundtrack (
Yutaka Yamada)
02.
Great Pretender Original Soundtrack (
Yutaka Yamada)
03.
Tamayomi Original Soundtrack (
Shinji Orito, Jun Maeda and others)
04.
Violet Evergarden: Echo Through Eternity (
Evan Call)
05.
Yuki Kajiura Live Tour Vol. #15 (
Yuki Kajiura, who else?!)
06.
Somali and the Forest Spirit Original Soundtrack (
Ryo Yoshimata)
07.
Princess Principal The Live Yuki Kajiura×Void_Chords (
Ryo Takahashi and Yuki Kajiura)
08.
Das Girls and Panzer Symphonie (
Shiro Hamaguchi, also it's
Die Symphonie for christ's sake...)
09.
Oshibudo Original Soundtrack (
Moe Hygua)
10.
Cautious Hero: The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious Original Soundtrack (
Yoshiaki Fujisawa, this entry is represenative for the two OST volumes)
11.
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Original Soundtrack (
Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnouchi)
12.
Drifting Dragons Original Soundtrack (
Masaru Yokoyama)
13.
O Maidens in Your Savage Season Original Soundtrack (
Moe Hygua)
As always keep in mind that these orders are highly volatile. If I had made the list yesterday the order might be different.
What do you think? What are your favorite albums from 2020?