Game of the Year 2017: Best music/ soundtrack

Welcome to the DDNet Awards of 2017! We have 16 categories this year, representing the full gamut of creativity and artistry that games represent. 2017 has been an incredible year for videogames, and is without a doubt one of the best years for games ever, and that has made this year's award particularly difficult to decide on.

As always, our voting period for the "year" runs from late November the year before through to late November this year. So if you see a game released in December last year in the awards winners, that's why.

Music is a critical component of a truly great video game. So much of the game's emotional resonance, atmosphere, tone and depth is conveyed through the soundtrack scored for it; it might not even be something the player notices while they're playing, but then they'll hear the music separately to the game (or try and play the game without music), and they'll realise just how important that piece of the puzzle is. 2017 has been absolutely incredible as far as music soundtracks go, and it's not an understatement to say that this was one of the most difficult categories to judge.

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