Need For Speed: Most Wanted Soundtrack

[Kraig]

Eclectic soundtrack for street racer will feature crossover collaborations between Jamiroquai and Timo Maas and The Roots and BT.

Electronic Arts has long collaborated with high-profile musical artists, ranging from the latest Madden rockin' soundtrack to Def Jam: Fight for NY, which features hip-hop artists, as well as their music. It's all part of the EA Trax music initiative, which, since its inception in 2001, has sought to bring popular music to gamers--through EA games, naturally.

So it's little surprise, then, that a slew of top-selling artists is featured on the soundtrack for one of EA's highest-profile holiday releases, Need for Speed Most Wanted. Besides offerings from rappers P$C (short for Pimp Squad Click) and rockers Avenged Sevenfold, the game's soundtrack sports some interesting crossover collaborations. Disco-funk favorite Jamiroquai is remixed by techno DJ Timo Maas, hip-hop quartet The Roots team up with progressive-dance master BT, and downtempo innovator DJ Spooky aligns with heavy metal drummer Dave Lombardo and rapper Chuck D. of Public Enemy fame. A full track listing is below:

ARTIST / SONG
Avenged Sevenfold / Blinded In Chains
Bullet For My Valentine / Hand of Blood
Celldweller feat. Styles of Beyond / Shapeshifter
Celldweller / One Good Reason
Dieselboy + Kaos / Barrier Break
Disturbed / Decadence
DJ Spooky and Dave Lombardo feat. Chuck D / B-Side Wins Again
Evol Intent, Mayhem & Thinktank / Broken Sword
Hush / Fired Up
Hyper / We Control
Ils / Feed The Addiction
Jamiroquai / Feels Just Like It Should (Timo Maas Remix)
Juvenile / Sets Go Up
Lupe Fiasco / Tilted
Mastodon / Blood And Thunder
Rock / I Am Rock
Static-X / Skinnyman
Stratus / You Must Follow (Evol Intent VIP)
Styles of Beyond / Nine Thou (Superstars Remix)
Suni Clay / In A Hood Near You
The P$C / Do Ya Thang
The Perceptionists / Let’s Move
The Prodigy / You’ll Be Under My Wheels
The Roots and BT / Tao of The Machine (Scott Humphrey’s Remix)

Besides the soundtrack offerings, Need for Speed Most Wanted will sport a cinematic score from composer Paul Linford. Linford has written music for many high-profile Hollywood films, including Bad Boys II, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Enemy of the State, and Con Air.

Need for Speed Most Wanted will be released for the PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, and PlayStation 2 in mid-November. The game will also be released for the DS and Game Boy Advance, though it's unclear which selections from the soundtrack will accompany those versions. A PSP variant, Need for Speed Most Wanted 5-1-0, will also be available.

[ebbomega]

lol. Didn't get the job?

The NFSU:Rivals soundtrack was pretty cool too. Had some Felix Da Housecat, Chem Bros, Soulwax....

[Mr.Wrong]

games are coming out with some sick soundtracks

nba 2k6 soundtrack

01. RJD2 - Schoolyard Scrimage
02. Lyrics Born - Big Money Talk
03. Redman - That's Why I'm Here
04. Blackalicious - Excellent
05. Little Brother - Carolina Agents
06. The Roots - Set 'Em On Fire
07. Aceyalone - Doin' My Job
08. Hieroglyphics - Throw It In Ya Grill
09. Common - The Movement
10. Jean Grae - The Jam
11. Zion I - Ride
12. Aesop Rock - Junkyard
13. SKillz - 2K6
14. RJD2 - Schoolyard Scrimage

[omega_image]

ssx on tour has an amazing soundtrack, great follow up to the last one who's soundtrack was fucking off the hook

[project.one]

Im just happy I can findally listen to DnB/Jungle while driving as opposed to shitty emo songs!

[Sykonee]

Originally Posted by projectone

Im just happy I can findally listen to DnB/Jungle while driving as opposed to shitty emo songs!

Never played Rollcage II?

[tiedye]

Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse. . . . best game soundtrack ever =)

[Kraig]

DAmn... I posted this ages ago back when I worked for EA... Same with Adam for that matter!

[G3N3R4L]

^^ and meee!


edit.. this is from when i used to work there.. haha

[project.one]

How was that job? What did you guys do?

[G3N3R4L]

Originally Posted by projectone

How was that job? What did you guys do?

its an awesome job if you like shit pay, and shit hours.


but the people that work there are awesome.. and that made my time there good.

[project.one]

Originally Posted by G3N3R4L

its an awesome job if you like shit pay, and shit hours.

but the people that work there are awesome.. and that made my time there good.

Well, then I probably wont work there...but...

Originally Posted by projectone

How was that job? What did you guys do?

Still curious!

What is shit pay?

[G3N3R4L]

i was a software tester..

i started at 10/hr.

got to like 14 in 2 years.



they've changed the whole thing now iirc.. i think its like 8 bucks (or whatever base minimum is) and they give one month contracts.

favoring kids out of school or doing summertime coop.

[Kraig]

Originally Posted by projectone

How was that job? What did you guys do?

At EA? I recruited EA Burnaby (aka. EAC) and EA Vancouver's (Blackbox aka. EAX) Producers (Creative Director types) and Development Directors (Project Manager types).

I've sinced move on from there and head up the Global Staffing & Workforce Planning Team and Vivendi Games. They own Blizzard Entertainment (makers of World of Warcraft), Radical Entertainment here in Vancouver, High Moon Studios (makers of Darkwatch), Massive Entertainment and Swordfish Studios.