hmm… never heard of a company announcing their music for their sports video games… but EA seems to think you want to know about it…
All-New Editions of Madden NFL, FIFA, NHL and NBA LIVE
Spotlight Music from International Superstars and Breakthrough Artists
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today unveiled the full soundtracks for Madden NFL 10, FIFA 10, NHL®10 and NBA LIVE 10. This first-ever quadruple announcement represents the sounds of this fall’s four sports franchises and affirms EA’s standing as the leaders in worldwide videogame music and marketing.
“Each EA SPORTS game is unique to every gamer that picks up the controller, we wanted to make sure the music matched each of those unique experiences,” said Steve Schnur, Electronic Arts’ Worldwide Executive for Music and Marketing. “With the big songs and huge bands in Madden NFL, bringing back the Soul of the Game to NBA LIVE, tapping into the hard hitting metal tracks of NHL and the international flavor of FIFA, this year’s EA SPORTS soundtrack line up aligns with each of the game’s unique styles.”
MADDEN NFL 10
Since 2001, the annual Madden NFL soundtrack has become music’s most essential launching pad for such artists as Avenged Sevenfold, Franz Ferdinand, Lupe Fiasco and Fallout Boy. This year, Madden NFL 10 makes the ultimate surprise play with a front-line of classics that includes Black Sabbath, 2Pac, Iron Maiden, Kid Rock, Nirvana, Public Enemy, System Of A Down and Rage Against The Machine; tracks by breakout bands Airbourne, Mastodon, and Killswitch Engage; and an exclusive new song by Cypress Hill.
The complete in-game soundtrack for Madden NFL 10:
ARTIST
SONG
2Pac
Can’t C Me
Airbourne
Heads Are Gonna Roll
Alice In Chains
Them Bones
B.o.B
Created A Monster
Bang Camaro
Revolution
Beastie Boys
Sabotage
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
Cypress Hill
Get ‘Em Up
Helmet
Unsung
Iron Maiden
Aces High
Judas Priest
Painkiller
Kid Rock
I Am The Bullgod
Killswitch Engage
Reckoning
Korn
Blind
Mastodon
Divinations
Nas feat. Puff Daddy
Hate Me Now
Nirvana
Breed
Pantera
Walk
Public Enemy
Shut Em Down
Rage Against The Machine
Guerrilla Radio
Set Your Goals
Gaia Bleeds (Make Way for Man)
Slipknot
Duality
System Of A Down
Sugar
The Vanity Plan
Before I Die
Young Dre The Truth
Cheah Beah
NBA LIVE 10
Long recognized as the premiere showcase for diverse and innovative new music, NBA LIVE 10 features more than 80% exclusive tracks, including reinvented classics from Afrika Bambaataa, Dead Prez and Snoop Dogg, along with ground-breaking collaborations by indie-rockers Matt & Kim with the legendary De La Soul, and newcomers Mickey Factz & B.o.B. The soundtrack also spotlights never-before-heard songs from Beastie Boys and Wyclef Jean.
The complete in-game soundtrack for NBA LIVE 10:
ARTIST
SONG
88 Keys feat. Colin Munroe
Wake Up Call
Afrika Bambaataa feat. Why G, Mickey Factz &The Fort Knox Five
Zulu! (We Don’t Stop Yawl)
B.o.B.
Champion
Beastie Boys
Pop Your Balloon
David Banner & GQ
S.P.I.T.
De La Soul
La La La
Dead Prez
Still Bigga Than
Embassy Music Board
Overtime
Grand Puba
Get It
Laza
Crank It Up
Matt & Kim feat. De La Soul
Daylight (Troublemaker Remix)
Matt & Kim
Daylight
Mick Boogie feat. Kidz In The Hall, Donnis & Daytona
Class Of Our Own
Mickey Factz & B.o.B.
Mind Got Blown
Mos Def feat. Talib Kweli
History
Murs feat. Kurupt & Jay Rock
We Ballin’
Pete Rock
When I Need It
Reflection Eternal
Get Lite
Rye Rye feat. Busy Signal
Get Like This
Snoop Dogg
Lodi Dodi (LIVE 10)
Wale feat. Jazmine Sullivan
World Tour
Wyclef Jean feat. Haitian Fresh
Ballin’
Xzibit feat. BJ The Chicago Kid & Poo Bear
Fanatic
Young Dre The Truth & 2Pac feat. BJ The Chicago Kid
All Eyez On Me (The Truth)
Zion I
Go Hard
NHL 10
NHL 10 boasts a crunching line-up of metal, indie-punk and rapcore tracks from both legendary platinum bands – including Megadeth, Scorpions, Green Day and Rancid – and breakthrough new acts such as Cancer Bats and Metalkpretty.
The complete in-game soundtrack for NHL 10:
ARTIST
SONG
Alexisonfire
Young Cardinals
Cancer Bats
Deathsmarch
CKY
Hellions On Parade
Disco Ensemble
Golden Years
Drangonforce
Heroes Of Our Time
Eagles Of Death Metal
Anything ‘Cept The Truth
Earl Greyhound
Oye Vaya
Green Day
Know Your Enemy
Megadeth
Peace Sells
Metalkpretty
Wake Up! Wake Up!
Ministry & Co-Conspirators
Keys To The City (Chicago Blackhawks Theme Song)
MxPx
Kids In America
Nickelback
Burn It To The Ground
Papa Roach
Into The Light
Priestess
Raccoon Eyes
Rancid
The Bravest Kids
Scorpions
Rock You Like A Hurricane
Thousand Foot Krutch
Fire It Up
FIFA 10
For the latest edition of the most influential global soundtrack in the world today, EA SPORTS FIFA 10 brings together genre-spanning tracks from 39 different artists representing more than 25 nations, including England, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Brazil, Norway, New Zealand, Israel, USA and Nigeria.
The complete in-game soundtrack for FIFA 10:
ARTIST
SONG
COUNTRY
Adiam Dymott
Miss You
Sweden
Afrobots
Favela Rock
Brazil
Alex Metric
Head Straight
England
Auletta
Meine Stadt
Germany
Balkan Beat Box feat. Tomer Yosef and Saz
Ramallah-Tel Aviv
Israel
BLK JKS
Lakeside
South Africa
Bomba Estéreo
Fuego
Mexico
The BPA feat. Ashley Beedle
Should I Stay Or Should I Blow
England
Buraka Som Sistema feat. Pongolove
Kalemba (Wegue – Wegue)
Portugal
CasioKids
Fot I Hose
Norway
Children Collide
Skeleton Dance
Australia
Crookers feat. The Very Best, Two Fingers & Marina Gasolina
Birthday Bash
Italy
Cut Off Your Hands
Happy As Can Be
New Zealand
Dananananaykroyd
Black Wax
Scotland
Datarock
Give It Up
Norway
Fabri Fibra
Donna Famosa
Italy
Fidel Nadal
International Love
Argentina
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
La Luz Del Ritmo
Argentina
Macaco
Hacen Falta Dos
Spain
Major Lazer
Hold The Line
USA
Marcio Local
Soul Do Samba
Brazil
Matt & Kim
Daylight (Troublemaker Remix feat. De La Soul)
USA
Metric
Gold Guns Girls
Canada
Mexican Institute Of Sound
Alocatel
Mexico
Nneka
Kangpe
Nigeria
Passion Pit
Moth’s Wings
USA
Peter Bjorn And John
Nothing To Worry About
Sweden
Pint Shot Riot
Not Thinking Straight
England
Playing For Change
War / No More Trouble
WORLD
Rocky Dawuni
Download The Revolution
Ghana
Röyksopp
It’s What I Want
Norway
Soshy
Dorothy
France
The Answering Machine
It’s Over! It’s Over! It’s Over!
England
The Enemy UK
Be Somebody
England
The Temper Trap
Science of Fear
Australia
Tommy Sparks
She’s Got Me Dancing
England
The Whitest Boy Alive
1517
Germany
Wyclef Jean
MVP Kompa
Haiti
Zap Mama
Vibrations
Belgium
For more information and previews of EA SPORTS franchise soundtracks, please visit http://www.ea.com/music.
EA SPORTS™ is the leading interactive sports software brand in the world, with top-selling titles and franchises including Madden NFL Football, FIFA Soccer, NHL® hockey, NBA LIVE basketball, NCAA® Football and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR®.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA MobileTM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA’s homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA’s products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.