Super Mario 3D World. I think this is the most balanced of the main Super Mario soundtracks, it combines both the whimsical, energetic side of Mario with the epic, more atmospheric side of it, it has a good deal of variety, while also remaining memorable through the game.
Tales of Symphonia. I find this to be the best of the Tales of series, it stays consistent across most tracks, and it doesn't suffer from an issue of modern Tales of games of the melody and tempo being drowned out by generic orchestral instrumentation or very low melodies across what could be pretty good tracks otherwise. Phantasia and Vesperia are also up there with Symphonia's score.
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk. It strikes the best balance of having variety and memorable tunes, it keeps the happy style of a lot of Atelier songs, while also adding a more melancholic batch of songs to it to represent the Dusk quite well.
Pokemon Sword/Shield. Gen 5 music but even cooler. Slumbering Weald is one of the most beautiful Pokemon compositions ever made and the Champion theme epitomizes the entire game and franchise for me with the best use of one of the main themes of the series.
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Adventure!
Xenoblade Chronicles X. Papa Sawano, some things just create a perfect harmony, and I can't think of a more fitting score to the alien planet of Mira than this, title screen greets you with a mix of electronic alien sounds with the orchestral instruments building up the scale of it all and it maintains that sense of sheer epicness and adventure through the entire game.
Toby Fox (Undertale/Deltarune/Little Town Hero). He can do anything.
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze. Much like every level of Tropical Freeze stands out, is all supported by a track for every level, all peak David Wise.
Paper Mario, the Alpha.
Paper Mario: The Origami King, the Omega.
64 and Origami King share things in common, both are big soundtracks that never falter in quality, other scores are smaller, or have a handful of tracks that don't stick the landing as the rest does, these two Paper Mario games don't fall on that in their runtime, a lot of areas have multiple themes across the board, plus a lot of one off tracks that are used for a single moment and the like, variations for the hubs and in the case of Origami King, for battles as well. The original Paper Mario is an impressive soundtrack that gives a different touch to a traditional Mario adventure, Origami King is an impressive soundtrack that keeps the spark of Paper Mario while also taking the music into very non-Mario territory and it comes out being what may as well be my favorite soundtrack of all time.
