10 Iconic Video Game Scores That'll Give You Goosebumps

This entry perfectly demonstrates the absolute necessity of music in a game or film, as mentioned in the intro of this article.

2015's Everybody's Gone To The Rapture is as visually stunning as it is heartbreaking. Placing the player in the fictional English village of Yaughton, Shropshire, we must wander (albeit very slowly) the abandoned lanes and streets in an attempt to discover what happened to the village's inhabitants.

Encountering beautiful floating lights, the player pieces together the tragic tale as they go along. However, while this may sound like a straightforward 'walking simulator', Jessica Curry's haunting score - with its strings, choirs, other-worldly, almost Elf-like operatic lead vocal - would not sound out of place in a church, a grand theatre, or accompanying the Elves of Middle Earth as they make their way into the West.

Considering one of the games's early revelations does actually take place in Yaughton's small church, it is perfectly fair to suggest that Curry's score is perfect for the game in which it features. So powerful was this score, in fact, that it went on to win three awards at the 2015 British Academy Game Awards (Audio Achievement, Best Music, and Best Performer).