8 Amazing Soundtrack Moments In Video Games

Whilst you might not recognise the song title, you’ll definitely recognise this beautiful track if you've also made your way through thatgamecompany's award-winning game Journey. Journey was a melancholic adventure that was made so compelling for many reasons, but certainly one of the most important has to be Austin Wintory's soundtrack.

This particular piece is the best example of the effortlessly charming world of Journey. The Road of Trials is a mystical track which springs out of nowhere as the player surfs their way through sun-soaked crumbling ruins. The Road of Trials is an injection of fun, a very fast, distinct change from a lot of the more atmospheric background music you experience up to this point.

Full of peaks and troughs, the music punctuates every inch of the mountain as you surf down and around it, building up pace and timbre as you slide towards giant leaps. Being the accompaniment to one of the most beautiful golden vistas ever graphically designed in gaming, Austin Wintory’s entire soundtrack could have made up this list easily, but The Road of Trials effortlessly captures the pure mysticism and spectacle of Journey in one single track.