NFSMW Soundtrack

Post by **Bojan** » 13 Oct 2005, 14:59

From EA's official press releasE:

Electronic Arts today revealed an in-game soundtrack that will get gamersâ€™ hearts thumping as they race their way to the top of the Blacklist to become the most notorious street racer in Need for Speedâ„¢ Most Wanted. In addition to hot tracks from T.I. Presents The P$C, Jamiroquai, and Disturbed, composer Paul Linford will bring a Hollywood-caliber score to the game. Linford has composed music for such popular films as Bad Boys II, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Coach Carter, Enemy of the State and Con Air among other blockbusters.

Unlike most racing games, the score in Need for Speed Most Wanted is fully interactive. Custom-designed to adapt to the playersâ€™ every move, the music highlights the intensity of the chase, telling you when you're about to get away... or about to get busted.

â€œNeed for Speed Most Wanted blends an original score with licensed tracks to deliver a truly customized soundtrack that perfectly complements the in-game action at every turn,â€ said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing at EA.

The complete licensed song list includes:

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 - B-Side Wins Again feat. Chuck D
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
T.I. Presents The P$C - Do Ya Thang
The Perceptionists - Letâ€™s Move
The Prodigy - Youâ€™ll Be Under My Wheels
The Roots And BT - Tao Of The Machine (Scott Humphreyâ€™s Remix)

From the makers of the hit Need for Speedâ„¢ Underground series, Need for Speed Most Wanted challenges players to become the most notorious street racer. Combining illicit street racing and tuner customization with the intensity of strategic police pursuit, Need for Speed Most Wanted is sure to be on every gamer's holiday gift list.

The in-game music soundtrack is a part of the EAâ„¢ TRAX music initiative that EA debuted in 2001. The program is dedicated to bringing gamers the hottest music through EAâ€™s videogames.

YamahaATV · Post by **YamahaATV** » 13 Oct 2005, 15:03

I've never heard any of those songs so I don't know whether I like it or not

Pinecone · Post by **Pinecone** » 13 Oct 2005, 15:40

l can already tell the music is going to be similar to underground, partially punk rock, alternative, heavy and a little too much rap+hip hop

korge · Post by **korge** » 13 Oct 2005, 15:50

Pinecone wrote:l can already tell the music is going to be similar to underground, partially punk rock, alternative, heavy and a little too much rap+hip hop

And lame... Time to once again, turn the music off and run Windows Media Player in the background.

James31278 · Post by **James31278** » 13 Oct 2005, 16:18

Rap and Hip Hop are the same thing.

BluePhirePB · Post by **BluePhirePB** » 13 Oct 2005, 16:31

James31278 wrote:Rap and Hip Hop are the same thing.

Not really. Rap is mainly putting words to syllables and rhythms while R&B has singing in it. However, they are quite similar as they do cross over sometimes and they have the same basic background music.

Prelude · Post by **Prelude** » 13 Oct 2005, 17:39

WoW! It sounds good!

BTW, maybe many people know it, maybe not, that this is the intro music:
DJ Spooky And Dave Lombardo - B-Side Wins Again feat. Chuck D
You know, when you connected to needforspeed.com the track which is played is the B-Side wins again

Post by **TheStig** » 13 Oct 2005, 18:58

From what I heard in the demo and what I know from the list there ar some good songs.

I'm not a big fan of Hip-hop... but it doesn't bother me really.

Prelude · Post by **Prelude** » 13 Oct 2005, 19:32

TheStig wrote:I'm not a big fan of Hip-hop... but it doesn't bother me really.

Same with the rock

R34GTR · Post by **R34GTR** » 13 Oct 2005, 20:03

korge wrote:Time to once again, turn the music off and run Windows Media Player in the background.

Got that right!

only problem with that is that if the game is taking up a lot of your processing speed and you have another application on, the game may run slowly

Prelude · Post by **Prelude** » 13 Oct 2005, 20:06

Actually the game won't run slowly IMO, maybe the music will jagging, I think

Post by **Pabl0z** » 13 Oct 2005, 20:21

I've heard about 4 tracks from the list. They're at least good

.

A-spec · Post by **A-spec** » 13 Oct 2005, 21:01

I see some good music and some rap mixed in.

Dragon-of-Rune · Post by **Dragon-of-Rune** » 13 Oct 2005, 21:39

I only see a few good songs, so i will probaly only let those songs play and turn the rest off.

xturbo · Post by **xturbo** » 13 Oct 2005, 22:12

i wanted System of a Down, but seems EA isn't interested with political and real facts of life...damn!...just commercial music.....but that's ok because they are giving the opportunity to other bands to be famous in game world.

str33trac3r89 · Post by **str33trac3r89** » 14 Oct 2005, 00:26

A-spec wrote:I see some good music and some rap mixed in.

yeh need some rap. but this soundtrack ONce again, sucks

Temperamental · Post by **Temperamental** » 14 Oct 2005, 03:33

The sountrack is pretty good, there should be something for everyone except jazz and classical aficionados. I'm glad the NFS series hasn't COMPLETELY succumbed to trends and fallen to terrible rap music. I vomited when I heard "lean back" in NFSU2. Snoop's remix of Riders in the Storm, however, was a pleasant surprise.

Avenged Sevenfold and Mastodon instantly made my day, albeit being odd choices.Both hard rock (and Mastodon is straight up heavy metal). Still there's plenty of variety. Unless you're a single-genre whore you shouldn't find this soundtrack offensive or horrible.

Speed818 · Post by **Speed818** » 14 Oct 2005, 03:36

The only thing i've heard outta this whole thing is Static-X-Skinnyman, and it's definiatley not my favorite

euronsu · Post by **euronsu** » 14 Oct 2005, 04:42

I like rock music, rap & hip hop don't really bother me. I'm cool with the soundtrack

James31278 · Post by **James31278** » 14 Oct 2005, 09:43

BluePhirePB wrote:
James31278 wrote:Rap and Hip Hop are the same thing.
Not really. Rap is mainly putting words to syllables and rhythms while R&B has singing in it. However, they are quite similar as they do cross over sometimes and they have the same basic background music.

Trust is its the same thing I know it for a fact plus my TRU friend who listens to that mess says its the same thing.

Florida_Marlinz · Post by **Florida_Marlinz** » 14 Oct 2005, 15:10

korge wrote:
Pinecone wrote:l can already tell the music is going to be similar to underground, partially punk rock, alternative, heavy and a little too much rap+hip hop
And lame... Time to once again, turn the music off and run Windows Media Player in the background.

No way man, this soundtrack in so much better than both the Undergrounds

I would have to say my fav songs out of the lot are -

Disturbed - Decadence
Static-X - Skinnyman
The Prodigy - Youâ€™ll Be Under My Wheels

Prelude · Post by **Prelude** » 14 Oct 2005, 15:12

^agree it'll be better but this is the best:
DJ Spooky And Dave Lombardo - B-Side Wins Again feat. Chuck D

Dragster · Post by **Dragster** » 14 Oct 2005, 21:22

James31278 wrote:Trust is its the same thing I know it for a fact plus my TRU friend who listens to that mess says its the same thing.

It's not the same thing, far from it...

Rap = 2Pac, Coolio
Hip Hop = Sly Boogy (

)

You'll know the difference.

Good soundtrack, The Prodigy is a great addition!

James31278 · Post by **James31278** » 14 Oct 2005, 21:36

Dragster wrote:
James31278 wrote:Trust is its the same thing I know it for a fact plus my TRU friend who listens to that mess says its the same thing.
It's not the same thing, far from it...

Rap = 2Pac, Coolio
Hip Hop = Sly Boogy ( )

You'll know the difference.

Good soundtrack, The Prodigy is a great addition!

I disagree, I still say its the same stuff. Anyway as with the other NFS games the ghetto music gets turned off.

korge · Post by **korge** » 14 Oct 2005, 22:07

James31278 wrote:Anyway as with the other NFS games the ghetto music gets turned off.

Anyways,

The people that say that Rap and HipHop are the same thing are usually the people who dont even listen to rap or hiphop on a regular basis.. In fact, most of the people who say that probobly dislike the music completely.