Zelda BotW won Best Design, Best Audio and Game of the Year award at GDC 2018

[Darashiva]

Jumpin said:

Darashiva said:
Can't dispute the others, well deserved, but does Best Audio mean best score, or just sound design in general? Because if its about the soundtrack, then I definitely don't agree with that one.

Soundtracks are subjective - personally, Breath of the Wild's is by far my favourite of the Zelda franchise. I enjoyed the orchestrated renditions, both the remakes of the Koji Kondo classics and the new stuff, which really suited the events occurring in the game. It has a very timeless sound to it; and is up there with FF8 as my favourite soundtrack - of course, that's just my subjective opinion. I like orchestrated music. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 also had a great soundtrack, unfortunately, it didn't have much of a chance for the recognition it deserves due to the other Titans it was up against.

Anyway, yeah, soundtracks are subjective - definitely. For my tastes, Breath of the Wild tops the Zelda franchise and is in my top bunch (which also includes FF6, 7, 8, Xenogears, Chrono Trigger, and GTA Vice City).

Yeah, I have no problem with people considering the music in Breath of the Wild great, as it's, like you said, completely subjective. Personally I found it largely forgettable, but that's still just my opinion and nothing more.