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. 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.”
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. 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.”
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. Some of the artists on tap this year are Franz Ferdinand, The Offspring, Rev Theory, and Busta Rhymes (featuring Linkin Park, no less).
Hit the jump for the press release, which contains the full tracklist. I wonder how long it’ll take me to get sick of these songs. 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. Give me the original title menu music from NHL 95 any day.
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