In addition to their "mainstream' careers in pop, jazz and classical music, some of the most prolific and innovative contemporary composers are also hard at work in the parallel universe of computer games. Here are some of our favourite albums in this genre, released in the past year.

2023's Best Game Soundtracks

Final Fantasy XVI - 祖堅 正慶, Soken Masayoshi

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, and Tsukasa Usui, with Hajime Wakai

Under the Waves - Nicolas Bredin

Alan Wake II - Fried Music, Various Finnish Artists

Starfield - Inon Zur

Planet of Lana - 古川 毅, Takeshi Furukawa

Hi-Fi Rub - Masatoshi Yanagi, Various Artists

Baldur's Gate 3 - Borislav Slavov

Lies of P - Yeakun Yoo

Octopath Traveler II - 西木 康智, Yasunori Nishiki