Spotify analysis reveals the most popular video game soundtrack ever!

As technology continues to evolve, there is no question that video game soundtracks have dramatically improved since home consoles’ early origins. From the heroic chorus chants in Skyrim to the heart wrenching guitar solo between Joel and Ellie in The Last of Us 2, soundtracks certainly play a key role in the game’s overall success.

But which video game has the best soundtrack?

Interested in this, RantCasino.com wanted to find out which video game soundtrack is the most popular. After collating a list of the most loved video game soundtracks, the team went to Spotify to count the number of streams per soundtrack, ultimately, allowing them to rank the most popular soundtrack based on its total number of Spotify streams.

Key Points

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the most popular video game soundtrack with 316,387,843 total Spotify streams!
• The second most popular is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with 304,138,799 Spotify streams.
• The Last of Us comes in third, followed by League of Legends and Ori and the Blind Forest.
• The Choice from The Last of Us, is the most popular video game track with 36,809,934 total Spotify streams.

The top 10 video game soundtracks:

Rank	Game	Album name	Total Spotify play count
1	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Original Game Soundtrack	316,387,843
2	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Original Game Soundtrack)	304,138,799
3	The Last of Us	The Last of Us	178,351,897
4	League of Legends	The Music of League of Legends One	81,677,962
5	Ori and the Blind Forest	Ori and the Blind Forest (Original Soundtrack)	80,858,446
6	God of War	God of War (PlayStation Soundtrack)	74,184,832
7	Assassin’s Creed	Assassin’s Creed: The Best of Jesper Kyd	73,541,304
8	Crypt of the NecroDancer	Crypt of the NecroDancer (Original Game Soundtrack)	71,048,161
9	Mass Effect 3	Mass Effect 3 (Original Soundtrack)	66,226,018
10	Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag	Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag (Original Game Soundtrack)	58,723,737

RantCasino.com can reveal that the most popular video soundtrack of all time, according to Spotify streams, is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Original Game Soundtrack. Skyrim’s main theme was recorded with a 30-man choir in dragon-tongue and has a grand total of 316,387,843 Spotify streams.

Coming just behind, in second, is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with 304,138,799 Spotify streams. The soundtrack includes folk music mixed with battle hymns and was even nominated for best soundtrack in a video game at the 2015 Hollywood Music Media awards.

The Last of Us is third with 178,351,897 Spotify streams. The game was released on June 14^th, 2013 and has been dubbed one of the most revolutionary and most memorable games of all time.

Coming in fourth, with 81,677,962 Spotify streams, is the music from League of Legends. Created by Riot Games, the online multiplayer has certainly cemented itself as one of the most popular games in the world with many able to recognise the tunes of Summoner’s Rift. Spotify is a digital platform that gives you access to music from all over the world. Many musicians are trying to establish a reputation and position on spotify. The superiority of any musician’s work is not the only factor to grow on Spotify and that is the reason musicians often look for best sites to buy Spotify plays, followers, & streams.

Completing the top five is Ori and the Blind Forest with 80,858,446 total Spotify streams. The backing soundtrack created by Gareth Coker has been labelled “astoundingly beautiful” and “nothing short of a musical masterpiece” by Zanobard reviews.

The top 5 video game individual tracks:

Rank	Game	Song name	Total Spotify play count
1	The Last of Us	The Choice	36,809,934
2	League of Legends	Get Jinxed	35,197,458
3	The Last of Us	The Last of Us	34,965,692
4	Assassin’s Creed 2	Ezio’s Family	26,906,019
5	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Dragonborn Theme	26,608,593

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