Best Video Game Soundtracks of 2019
Honorable Mention: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Senior Editor Hayes Madsen: Star Wars has some of the most iconic music in all of existence, not to mention that oh-so-satisfying sound of a lightsaber. Countless games have tried to capture the auditory magic of Star Wars, but Jedi: Fallen Order is the closest video games have come yet.
Fallen Order’s soundtrack does its absolute best to emulate John William’s iconic music, and it has the same feeling. As you’re exploring the jungles of Kashyyyk or the frigid slopes of Zeffo, you’re treated to the lilting playfulness that Star Wars music has. By the same token, combat and boss battles are fittingly amped up with orchestral themes.
The sound of Fallen Order extends to so much more than just the music, however. Like Star Wars Battlefront 2 before it, Fallen Order uses the exact same sounds you might find in one of the mainline movies.
This is easily the best lightsabers have ever sounded, with all the fitting whooshes and crackles. Interestingly, Cal’s partner BD-01 has sounds and vocalizations created by Ben Burtt, the man behind the sounds for R2-D2 and many other droid and creature sounds in the original films.
Fallen Order is one of the most faithful Star Wars adaptions we’ve ever seen, and it’s painstakingly created to fit that Star Wars aesthetic in every way possible.
