It's that time again (actually a little past, but hush): we're here to chat about our favorite video game music of 2023, so grab a decent pair of headphones and get comfy as we dive into over five hours and almost 90 tracks featuring some of the best scores and soundtracks from a banner year for video games. If you feel so inclined, you can tip for the episode at ko-fi.com/aegies. Happy new year! Pizza Tower (Ronan "Mr. Sauceman" de Castel, pseudonymous ClascyJitto) It's Pizza Time! Oregano UFO Calzonification Dead Space (Jason Graves with additional contributions from Trevor Gureckis) - Zero Gravity Tram Station Wild Hearts ( Junya Ishiguro, Masashi Hamauzu, Daisuke Shinoda. Ippo Igarashi, Modanqing Zhu) Entering Minato Kingtusk/Icetusk Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Kenichiro Suehiro) Wo Long Unreal Might and Valor Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (Aoba Nakanishi, Hitomi Kurokawa, Masahiro Miyauchi, Rina Yugi) Title Friend Together in the Moonlit Forest Have a Nice Death (Caisheng Bo, Yann Cleophas, and Alexis Laugier) Main Menu Addictions Department Arena (Addictions Department) Resident Evil 4 (Kota Suzuki) Baile de la Muerte Shooting Range Save Theme Dredge (David Mason) Main Theme The Twinned Town The Collapsed Town Dead Island 2 (Ryan Leo Williams) Looks Like You're the Star of the Show Now The Bachelorette Party from Hell Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Stephen Barton, Gordy Haab) The Forest Secret Beneath the Cantina The Campfire System Shock (Jonathan Peros) Containment Failure Warning X22 Interlocks Engaged Demodulation Diablo IV (Ted Reedy, Leo Kaliski) Main Menu Nevesk Jirandai Aliens: Dark Descent (Doyle Donehoo) Desperate Escape Mars First Logistics (Dan Golding) On the Job Anti Gravity Device Dense Matter Final Fantasy XVI (principally composed by Masayoshi Soken, with additional tracks by Takafumi Imamura, Daiki Ishikawa, Saya Yasaki, and Justin Frieden) Land of Eikons No Risk, No Reward Winter's Bound - Shiva Theme Dave the Diver (D'Anthoni Wooten, Jukio Kallio) The Blue Hole Darker Trenches Timeworn Tunnel Oxenfree II: Lost Signals (Andrew Rohrmann/scntfc) Epsilon To the Island Lift Pikmin 4 (Kenta Nagata, Asuka Hayazaki, Soshi Abe) Title Theme Giant's Hearth Remnant 2 (Rob Westwood) - On Our Way to Ward 13 Eastport - Conversation You've Been a Good Friend Disney Illusion Island (David Housden) - Illusion Island Mazzy's Theme Downtown Gizmopolis Venba (Alpha Something) - Nee Dhaane Baldur's Gate 3 (Borislav Slavov) - Main Theme Part 1 Mind Flayer Theme Nightsong Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (Kota Hoshino, Shoi Miyazawa) - Giant Killing Destroy the Ice Worm Starfield (Inon Zur) - Into the Starfield First Flight Death and Crimson Lies of P (Yeakun Yoo) Main Menu Feel Hotel Krat Mortal Kombat 1 (Wilbert Roget, II) A New Era Wu Shu Academy The Flesh Pits Assassin's Creed Mirage (Brendan Angelides) - Ezio's Family - Mirage Version A New World Awaits Body and Soul Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (John Paesano) Greater Together A Second Chance Trouble at Home Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Koji Kondo, Shiho Fujii, Sayako Doi, Chisaki Shimazu) - Welcome to the Flower Kingdom Overworld (Elephant Mix) Piranha Plants on Parade Alan Wake II (Teemu Javanainen, Jussi Tiainen, Sindri Már Sigfússon, Sam Lake) - Follow You into the Dark featuring RAKEL Wide Awake featuring Jaimes Jusant (Guillaume Ferran) Jusant Finisterre 9C+ Thirsty Suitors (Marksye) - What's Your Thirstsona Nylon Empire No Goodbye Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (Pinar Toprak) - The Wildwoods To Be Chosen