The Game Awards Orchestra GOTY Compilation - 2012-2023

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

[KBABZ]

For those wondering, Flute Guy is Pedro Eustache! Go follow him on Twitter and Instagram!!

[dualtronix]

Pedro's arsenal:

-Small flute
-Medium flute
-Traverse flute
-Comically large mega flute

[ShadowSoldier]

The transition from RE4 Remake to TOTK at 27:08 will always be my favorite

[Hunter-]

When the tears of the kingdom theme kicked in, I was so happy

[enderplaysvidjagames]

The orchestra is my favorite part about the game awards, because, to me, even if people have their own opinions on who should win what or similar, the music and the work the orchestra puts into this really does help convey the message that the Game Awards should be a time to celebrate gaming as a whole, and from the years I've been watching, 2018-2023, they've hit a bullseye every time!


On a recent note, MAN, this year's orchestra was amazing!

[Pig]

Pedro Eustache really came out here with a big flute to show off. That made my night this year! I'm still amazed by his Xenoblade performance but honestly his Persona 5 was so good

[larssonk]

15:05 That Final Fantasy 7 mix into Doom Eternal was amazing!

[SohiHien]

That Celeste to AC Odessey transition is still the best they have ever done! I love how the shot cuts to Lorne's face (the conductor) right as the transition happens. You can see him get hyped and waiting for the moment and is just like "hell yeah!" when the orchestra nails the notes.

[ZafulZanchez]

TOTK Theme was like made to be the loudest, most epic themes played.

[linedterror]

2017 still hits hard. That was an amazing year for games.

[Ty__Rants]

Honestly 2018 is my favorite one. All the songs just blend in so well together.

[ShinyFalco]

Mario Odyssey's "Jump up, Superstar" going on for 2 minutes is amazing and I dont think anyone can complain ❤

[Typi]

Literally watch the Game Awards solely for the orchestra. Always a joy to listen to.

[jonsson]

As a classically trained musician gotta say that arrangements and the overall quality of the orchestra and sound are amazing.
I mean like top philharmonic level amazing.

SO GOOD.

Oh, and btw gratz for Larian on BG3 winning GOTY. Well deserved!

[JediMaestr]

Is that freaking Lena Raine and Hans Zimmer playing together in the first one?? That’s insane

[b.k]

20:22 The transition from Resident Evil 8 to Metroid Dread is awesome! Hearing such a big orchestra make one of the most iconic themes in gaming such as Super Metroid Title theme really gives me shivers

[ML-lxuh]

17:36 Did anyone wanna cry while listening to the Animal Crossing theme? Man, so many losses & gains in the year

[RedTunaRoll]

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.

[Spiduka]

I damn love the transitions in these Orchestras, my favourites are: RDR2 to MSM 11:15 - Stray to Elden Ring 23:47 to GoWR 24:17 and arguably the best one, RE4 to ToTK 27:07 to MSM2 27:35, it just sounds so magical

[Kronnect]

Pedro Esutache doesn't even need a score.. music just flows through him!