The following is a list of video games which utilizes live-performed soundtracks, including orchestra, band, rock, choir, and solos. One of the most notable games to use such performances was Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii which successfully incorporated orchestra into various parts of the game, and thus receiving critical acclaim.
NOTE: This list is incomplete and additional titles may be included.
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Super Smash Bros. Melee (orchestra)
Kirby Air Ride (orchestra, solos; select tracks)
Star Fox: Assault (orchestra)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (orchestra; trailers only)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (orchestra)
Super Mario Galaxy (orchestra, choir)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (orchestra, solos, choir; main theme and select arrangements)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (orchestra)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (orchestra, band, solos, choir)
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (orchestra)
Kid Icarus: Uprising (orchestra, rock)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (orchestra, choir)
Nintendo Land (violin, solos)
Fire Emblem Awakening (choir, solos, violin)
Super Mario 3D World (band, solos, traditional, rock, orchestra)
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (flutes, guitar, traditional, solos)
Mario Kart 8 (band, rock, violin solo)
Hyrule Warriors (violin, guitars, band, solos)
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (band, rock, violin, solos, traditional; select arrangements)
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (orchestra)
Splatoon (rock)
Xenoblade Chronicles X (orchestra, rock, violin, solos)
Fire Emblem Fates (choir, piano, violin, solos)
Pokkén Tournament (band, rock, solos)
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (traditional, solos)
Paper Mario: Color Splash (band, violin, solos)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (orchestra, traditional, violin, piano, solos, choir)
ARMS (band, solos, strings, violin, rock, choir)
Splatoon 2 (rock, band, violin)
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (orchestra, choir)
Super Mario Odyssey (orchestra, band, rock, solos, traditional, violin)
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (orchestra, band, rock, solos, traditional, violin)
Super Mario Party (saxophone solo)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (orchestra, band, violin, rock, solos, strings, choir; main theme and select arrangements)
Super Mario Maker 2 (traditional, solos; edit mode)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (orchestra, violin, solos)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019) (traditional, solos, violin, flutes, mini orchestra)
Fire Emblem: Three Houses (rock, violin, choir, solos)
Pokémon Sword and Shield
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (band, solos, mini orchestra)
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition (orchestra, violin, piano, solos; rearrangement)
Paper Mario: The Origami King (rock, band, violin, solo)
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (band, rock)
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (orchestra)
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (orchestra, violin, solos, rock, choir; Bowser's Fury )
Splatoon 3 (rock, violin, band, jazz, solos)
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope (orchestra)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (orchestra, band, violin, solos)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Switch) (band, solos)