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Special Achievement

Best Licensed Music

Taking someone else's songs and successfully incorporating them into your video game is no easy feat. Many games use licensed soundtracks to complement the gameplay, but it takes a special game to integrate preexisting music in a way that enhances and enriches the experience. Similarly, there is a lot of great music that finds its way into the many rhythm games on the market, but only a few games manage to gather a tracklist that sets them apart from the rest. Whether it's a great setlist or a rockin' soundtrack, these games made the best use of licensed music in 2009.

Editorial Nominees

Editors' Choice Winner

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147 Comments

  • Darthkaiser

    Posted Jan 1, 2010 11:25 am PT

    I voted for GH5 tracks are a lot better than world tour

  • ParappaDeAmigo

    Posted Dec 31, 2009 8:25 am PT

    The second sentence of this synopsis nailed it.

    (I've heard more musical sounds coming from a construction site as opposed to some of the noise merchants in Brutal Legend)

  • Onafets87

    Posted Dec 29, 2009 12:47 pm PT

    Brutal Legend should win this award because it has an amazing sountrack with names such as Black Sabbath, Manowar, Motley Crue, Ozzy..... The most kickass soundtrack ever!!!!! LET'S ROCK!!!!!

  • derk4

    Posted Dec 27, 2009 10:47 pm PT

    Hm, I figured the Beatles would win.

  • guyxeno

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 5:37 pm PT

    @anelzukic.......no one cares about last year this is about 2009

  • zsoujiro

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 4:00 pm PT

    My vote goes to Queen because I know Beatles rock band is gonna win. I love both bands

  • woahwoah678

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 11:01 am PT

    Lego Rock Band was way better than this.

  • AnelZukic

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 8:47 am PT

    Like I said it was Brutal legend for me, and it's stil icognito for me why did Braid won this award last year

  • ryan19993

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 8:17 am PT

    beatles suck i cant understand y people like theem

  • tmaclabi

    Posted Dec 25, 2009 6:17 am PT

    The beatles is still unbeaten when it comes to music.

  • ViralPlayer

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 8:40 pm PT

    This is a no brainier. Harmonix did a great job on the game. The Beatles is THE best rock band ever.

  • Geo1676

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 6:20 pm PT

    Makes sense that the game for the greatest band in history won.

  • Luke_Skywacko

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 5:36 pm PT

    Wow, what a bunch of whiny kids you're, all of you. Metallica are t*ats, their last albums are freaking horrible and Metal can't be taken seriously anymore. You're campioning a generic band against the greatest band ever, and that speaks volumes about how much you guys don't know about either music or videogames (how can you compare all the attention to detail poured into Beatles: RockBand agains "Another GH with reused stuff" that is EVERY GH game?)

  • Rejukem

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 11:48 am PT

    Should've been brutal legend. The metal songs in that are tight and they were fit perfectly into the game.

  • xVaughn360x

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 9:52 am PT

    @rEvilKoala Well for one, Rock Band has a sh!tload of songs to download. Releasing new DLC every week? Epic.

  • DrEvilKoala

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 8:42 am PT

    It's obvious that Brutal Legend should have won. Rock Bands selection is rather poor if you ask me.

  • Darth_Pietrus

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 1:09 am PT

    It all depends what kinda music u like. I prefer metallica but thats just my opinion. I know theres others my will die for metallica but then u also have alot of people who just hate it and dont understand how people can listen to it.

  • Kenny789

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 8:07 pm PT

    Kinda obvious, grats Beatles

  • FadeToBlack90

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 2:43 pm PT

    They can say what they want, the name on the cover won this one.

  • Sonicplys

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 12:56 pm PT

    Metallica > the Beatles

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Winner Reveal Schedule

  • Dec 21
    Special Achievement
  • Dec 22
    Dubious Honors
  • Dec 23
    Genre Awards
  • Dec 24
    Platform Awards
  • Dec 25
    Game of the Year

Readers' Choice winners are announced Jan. 27, 2010