Grand Theft Auto V will have the largest soundtrack in the series till date, with 15 radio stations and 240 songs with genres such as hip-hop, pop, rock and even hardcore country. The radio hosts themselves cater to the same humour and black comedy we’ve come to expect from the series. And really, who wouldn’t like to listen to some of these songs while evading the cops?

Grand Theft Auto V releases on September 17th for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, with rumours of it coming to PC yet to come to fruition.

Soundtrack supervisor Ivan Pavlovich spoke to Rolling Stone (which features audio samples for Vinewood Boulevard Radio, East LOS FM, West Coast Classics Radio and Rebel Radio) about the number, stating that, “It’s the largest soundtrack that we’ve done, and the largest score that we’ve done. For this game, which is set in our version of modern day Los Angeles, what was important for us was to capture that feeling of L.A. and California.

“We approached the radio stations as the musical soundscape [you experience] as you fly into L.A. One of the things we’ve never done in a GTA game before is a pop station; exploring that made so much sense in the context of L.A.”

Grand Theft Auto V releases on September 17th for Xbox 360 and PS3.

Ubisoft has announced that it is available for preorder and will release on May 1st for £7.99. Of course, for those who pre-ordered the game for PC, they’ll already be receiving it. So head here in case you don’t want to miss out.

The soundtrack is composed of 25 tracks, all created from scratch by the group named – no joke – Power Glove, and is their first collab for a video game. Some of the tracks include HELO-73, Power Core, Sloan, Blood Scope, Katana, Omega, Combat I, Combat II and my personal favourite, Combat III.

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is a stand-alone expansion separate from Far Cry 3 and is developed by Ubisoft Montreal for PSN, Xbox Live and PC. It will release on May 1st worldwide, but release first for PS3 in North America.

However, there’s always one specific theme that most games are associated with. When you thinks of games like The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Halo or God of War, a few particular themes always immediately spring to mind. And thus, we’re here to compile a list of what we think are the ten best main themes in recent video game OSTs.

Be warned, you won’t see many games that were released before 2010 on this list, because then there would just be too much content to cover, and we wanted to make a Top 10 list, not a Top 80 list.

Also, please note that this list is not about soundtracks in general. It is about main themes. Also, only the main themes from OSTs are being listed, not any other tracks.

Only one game per series is being listed.

So let’s begin!

God of War 3

God of War has always had epic music, matching the games themselves perfectly. Though “Overture” doesn’t manage to outdo the excellent, adrenaline shock inducing “The End Begins” of God of War 2 and Ghost of Sparta, it still manages to prepare you, right from the game’s menu itself, for what is an epic, unforgettable ride through mythological Greece. This surely ranks as one of the best themes for a game, ever.

Assassin’s Creed 2

“It is a good life we lead, brother.”

“The best. May it never change.”

“And may it never change us.”

This is how Ubisoft introduces us to the wonderful game that is Assassin’s Creed 2, accompanied with a breathtaking Florence skyline and the striking, memorable music that has now become anonymous with the Assassin’s Creed franchise and even Ezio himself. Sure, Ubisoft may have delivered a perfectly decent main theme with Assassin’s Creed 3’s “Lorne Balfe” but I doubt they will ever outmatch “Ezio’s Family”.

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

We’ve heard different renditions of “Nate’s Theme” four times now, with each Uncharted installment, and while some might say that Uncharted 2’s version is better, Uncharted 3’s “Nate’s Theme 3.0” actually makes some slight improvements that makes it sound somehow more grand and sweeping. Everytime you boot up your Uncharted 3 disc, you’re greeted by this wonderful music in the main menu itself. That’s the best gift a Naughty Dog fan could ask for. And a good game, of course.

Gears of War 3

Gears of War 3 is one hell of a game, and it deserves to have excellent music. Thankfully, it does. The main theme itself sets the mood for the rest of the game- epic, large in scope, thrilling. It’s what you want a main theme to do- you want it to describe the mood of the game, and this one does it perfectly. Also, it serves as perfect background music when you’re doing your math sums.

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