- A new report from Ebuyer has revealed the most streamed gaming songs worldwide
- Minecraft’s Sweden created by German composer C418, A.K.A. Daniel Rosenfeld, takes the top spot with a whopping 85 million streams!
- A shocking snub from the list is the Final Fantasy series soundtrack by Japanese composer Nobuo Uetsama
Can you imagine obtaining sweet gaming victory to a wall of silence? We all know games for their amazing graphics or storylines, but it’s the soundtrack that can heighten our victory… or move us to tears.
It’s no surprise that artists such as Paul McCartney, Nine Inch Nails, and David Bowie have gone on to soundtrack some iconic games - the BAFTAs even have their own gaming category!
To recognise gaming’s contribution to music, Ebuyer has used Spotify streaming data to reveal the world’s top 10 gaming songs.
The full list is as follows:
Rank Game Song Number of Streams
1 Minecraft ‘Sweden’ – C418 85,301,159
2 Halo 2 ‘Blow Me Away’ – Breaking Benjamin 60,129,439
3 Doom ‘Rip and Tear’ – Mick Gordon 46,812,005
4 Call Of Duty: Black Ops ‘115’ – Treyarch Sounds (Brian Tuey, James McCawley, Kevin Sherwood) 44,003,938
5 The Last Of Us ‘The Choice’ – Gustavo Santaolalla, Alan Umstead 37,738,701
6 Grand Theft Auto V ‘Sleepwalking’ – The Chain Gang of 1974 34,487,217
7 Assassin’s Creed 2 ‘Ezio’s Family’ Jesper Kyd 28,701,166
8 God Of War ‘God of War’ – Bear McCreary 24,730,125
9 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ‘Dragonborn' – Jeremy Soule 24,635,928
10 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt ‘Geralt of Rivia’ – Marcin Przybylowicz 20,164,882
Taking the coveted top spot is Minecraft’s ‘Sweden’ by German compose Daniel Rosenfield, with a whopping 85 million streams. ² This means C418 could be drawing in around $341,000 from streaming alone.
Action-adventure and role-playing games dominated the top 10 including Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us, and Skyrim.
However, more shocking than the list itself are the songs snubbed from the list! The legendry Final Fantasy soundtrack by Japanese composer Nobuo Uematsu failed to make the top ten! Even Mario couldn’t get mush-room on the list.
Now the only thing left to do is add these songs to your playlists!
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Sources:
- https://www.statista.com/statistics/748044/number-video-gamers-world/
- https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-does-spotify-pay-per-stream?r=US&IR=T
Methodology:
To collect the data, Ebuyer used Spotify, which highlighted the most popular streamed games. Only the most popular game from each song was considered.
About Ebuyer
Ebuyer is the UK’s largest independent electrical retailer. Based in East Yorkshire they employ 250 people and have been trading online since 1999. They stock over 30,000 products on their website and have over six-million registered customers.