While 2020 has been a challenging year for almost everyone, it has been a banner year for video game music, with the release of several highly anticipated titles. What’s more, the video game cover community has been more active than ever.

Ro Panuganti isn’t playing it safe with his latest album. In a literal sea of Undertale covers, there’s only way one way to stand out, and that’s to be fearless.

With this album, Materia Collective has proven that they want to invest in the future of video game music.

What happens when you combine the amazing piano arrangements of DS Music with the surreal, alien soundscapes of the Metroid series? Metroid Piano, of course.

It was no easy task sorting my favorite albums of 2019, and I think you’ll agree that no matter where you rank each of these albums personally, they all deserve our attention.

Elsinore, “a time-looping tragedy where you alter the story by changing what characters know”, is set to release on July 22, 2019 after a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2015. The game’s original soundtrack is set to release a few days earlier on July 19 via Materia Collective.