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Matt and Kris decide on the best video game music of 2018 with the first annual WaveBack Awards

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And the nominees are... Best Menu Music

• Victory Fanfare – Octopath Traveler by Yasunori Nishiki
• Stage Select – Mega Man 11 by Marika Suzuki
• Spooky Main Manu – Graveyard Keeper by Hamza el Hamri
• Torna - Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna by Yasunori Mitsuda
• Guacamelee! 2 Theme (Main Menu) – Guacamelee 2 by Peter Chapman

Best Game Opener

• First Steps – Celeste by Lena Raine
• Los Manglares - Guacamelee 2 by Rom Di Prisco
• CommanderVideo Runs Again – Runner 3 by Matthew Harwood
• Prisoner’s Awakening – Dead Cells by Yoann Laulan
• Minit’s Awakening - Minit by Jukio Kallio

Best Stage Music

• Quillshroom’s Horrors (Quillshroom Marsh) – The Messenger by Rainbowdragoneyes
• A Melody to Break the Curse (Music Box) – The Messenger by Rainbowdragoneyes
• Fuse Man Stage – Mega Man 11 by Marika Suzuki
• Greenpath - Hollow Knight by Christopher Larkin
• Sabasaba Desert - Minit by Jukio Kallio

Best cinematic or event music

• Scattered and Lost – Celeste by Lena Raine
• Shocking Turn of Events – Spider-Man by John Paesano
• Lara’s Dream – Shadow of the Tomb Raider by Brian D'Oliveira
• Nasty Majesty – Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion by Toru Minegishi, Ryo Nagamatsu, and Shiho Fuji
• Primed for Battle – Starlink by Trevor Yulie

Best shop music

• Botanist – Blossom Tales by Visager
• Weapon Merchant – Dead Cells by Yoann Laulan
• Shop – Mega Man 11 by Marika Suzuki
• The Arcane Shoppe – The Messenger by Rainbowdragoneyes
• Mouth Verbalmeyer - Runner 3 by Matthew Harwood

Best boss music

• Weight of a Doubt - Dandara by ThommazK
• They Who Govern Reason – Octopath Traveler by Yasunori Nishiki
• Not the Boss of Me - Runner 3 by Matthew Harwood
• Phantom Legacy – The Messenger by Rainbowdragoneyes
• New Boss Theme - Guacamelee 2 by Peter Chapman

Best soundtrack from a remake/remaster

• DKC Tropical Freeze by David Wise
• Lumines Remastered by Takayuki Nakamura and Katsumi Yokota
• Shadow of the Colossus by Kow Otani
• Pokemon Let’s Go by Shota Kageyama
• Katamari Damacy Reroll by Yuu Miyake, Asuka Sakai, Akitaka Tohyama, Hideki Tobeta, Yoshihito Yano, and Yuri Misumi

Best original song

• Scattered and Lost - Celeste by Lena Raine
• CommanderVideo Runs Again - Runner 3 by Matthew Harwood
• A Melody to Break the Curse - The Messenger by Rainbowdragoneyes
• Minit’s Awakening - Minit by Jukio Kallio
• Los Manglares - Guacamelee 2 by Rom Di Prisco

Best original soundtrack

• Celeste by Lena Raine
• Guacamelee 2 by Peter Chapman (aka Coins), Rom Di Prisco and Mariachi Entertainment System
• Minit by Jukio Kallio
• The Messenger by Rainbowdragoneyes
• Runner 3 by Matthew Harwood and Stemage

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