“Madden NFL revolutionized the industry by making music of multiple genres - from both established acts and brand-new artists - an essential emotional component of the videogame experience and the NFL season itself. “Madden NFL is the foundation of what we do and sets the standard for every soundtrack we create,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing for EA.
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Madden NFL, the biggest-selling sports franchise in videogame history, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with a full slate of live music events, tributes and television appearances leading up the game’s street date. The new soundtrack features 26 songs from a multi-genre roster of superstar acts and soon-to-breakthrough artists, including Franz Ferdinand, Good Charlotte, Airbourne, From First To Last, The All-American Rejects, Rev Theory, K’Naan, and Kidz In The Hall. – J– Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ: ERTS) today unveiled the music track listing for Madden NFL 09, set to release August 12, 2008. One of the Most Influential Soundtracks in Videogame History Returns with Major Events, Tracks from Busta Rhymes featuring Linkin Park, Disturbed and The Offspring Give me the original title menu music from NHL 95 any day.ĮA Celebrates 20 Years of Madden Music with Announcement of the MADDEN NFL 09 Soundtrack
That’s not a commentary on the quality of the music, but I find that I inevitably become tired of any game’s soundtrack if it features licensed music in this manner. I wonder how long it’ll take me to get sick of these songs. Hit the jump for the press release, which contains the full tracklist. Some of the artists on tap this year are Franz Ferdinand, The Offspring, Rev Theory, and Busta Rhymes (featuring Linkin Park, no less). Still, I definitely remember Madden NFL 2004 shipping with Blink-182’s single “Feeling This,” as well as Madden NFL 2005 featuring Green Day’s new single at the time, “American Idiot” - so perhaps I should note for the second time on Destructoid that I must be hopelessly out of touch with modern music. Of course, I suppose that’s the point EA has always strived to introduce up-and-coming artists and songs with their games’ soundtracks, called “EA Trax.”
You’re going to have to let me know about the validity of that statement from EA’s PR people, since I’m not familiar with a single track in the game. Accordingly, EA announced the game’s 26-song soundtrack this morning it is said to feature “a multi-genre roster of superstar acts and soon-to-breakthrough artists.” More points come thanks to Star Notes which provides extra points for hitting hard notes and Player Statistics give a detailed breakdown on performance on notes hit and missed with a comment on your performance at the end.We’re already into July, so EA Sports’ August 12th launch of Madden NFL 09 on every current platform known to man (and some unknown to this man) is right around the corner. Plus, once a track has been sung, players can replay performances and add cool effects to their voice. In-game awards come from playing either single or multiplayer modes, adding further depth and replay value to We Sing Rock!. Other features include Singing Lessons to help singers fine tune their voices and a Jukebox to queue up songs like their own personal music channel. There’s also Solo mode and Karaoke mode, which strips the track of vocals to really challenge players, or those that fancy an authentic karaoke experience. Party mode includes We Sing, Versus, Group Battle, Pass The Mic, First to X, Marathon, Blind and Expert.
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The majority of the tracks on We Sing Rock! include the original artist videos and each track has its own rating and can be played in short or full length song modes.įun for all the family, We Sing is the only singing series of games to support four players in any Party mode, using four separate microphones.