Datasets:

OSTDB
/

soundtracks

license: cc-by-nc-sa-4.0
language:
  - en
tags:
  - video-games
  - music
  - soundtracks
  - game-music
  - ost
  - open-data
  - tabular
annotations_creators:
  - crowdsourced
pretty_name: OSTDB - Official Video Game Soundtracks
size_categories:
  - 1K<n<10K
configs:
  - config_name: default
    data_files: ostdb-soundtracks.csv

OSTDB: Official Video Game Soundtracks

OSTDB is an open, community-maintained database of official video game soundtracks with links to Spotify, Apple Music and album.link.

Website: https://ostdb.net
Source data: https://github.com/OSTDB/soundtracks
API: https://ostdb.net/api

Quick start

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("metjum/ostdb", split="train")
print(ds[0])

Or with pandas: pd.read_csv("hf://datasets/metjum/ostdb/ostdb-soundtracks.csv").

Updates

The file is regenerated from the OSTDB database every Monday. Each row is one soundtrack release; one game can have several.

Fields (`ostdb-soundtracks.csv`)

Column	Description
`id`	Unique soundtrack id
`game_igdb_id`	Game id in IGDB
`game_name`	Game title
`album_name`	Soundtrack release title
`artists`	Credited artists/composers, separated by `;` (may be empty)
`spotify_url`, `apple_music_url`, `album_link_url`	Links to the release (may be empty)
`ost`	`1` if the release is marked as the game's original soundtrack
`created_at`	When the row was added (UTC)

Only approved entries are included. Games without a known soundtrack are left out.

Citation

@misc{ostdb,
  title  = {OSTDB: Official Video Game Soundtracks},
  author = {{OSTDB contributors}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://ostdb.net}
}

License

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Please attribute OSTDB (https://ostdb.net).

Limitations

Only official releases are listed. Coverage is incomplete and grows daily. Streaming links can change or disappear.