The best in videogame music is now global, mobile and
portable. Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced that starting today
the chart-busting music from its best-selling games will be available for
purchase from the iTunes Store via ea.com. Game players and music lovers
worldwide can visit www.ea.com/eatrax/
and jump directly to an iMix of the music from their favorite EA™ game on
iTunes. From Madden NFL to Burnout™ to Need for Speed™, every song that can be
heard in the game can now be purchased on iTunes including exclusive mixes,
non-album cuts and previously unavailable international tracks. Today marks the
world debut of the unforgettable version of The Doors’ Riders on the Storm that
Snoop Dogg remixed exclusively for Need for Speed Underground. The songs are
live in North America today and will be available soon throughout Europe.
EA will continue to add songs, scores, themes, beats and ringtones from EA game
franchises past and present including NBA LIVE, FIFA Soccer, Command &
Conquer™, Medal of Honor™, NASCAR®, SSX™, Battlefield and more.
With over 6M page views per month, EA.com is a powerhouse entertainment
destination online. Gamers and music fans from all over the world can visit
EA.com/eatrax to find exclusive announcements of new game soundtracks and link
to buy the music, mp3s, ringtones and more.
“As our culture goes increasingly mobile, music fans have demanded to take
our game music with them. They have been looking for a singular destination
that houses all of EA’s music – and this is it,” says Steve Schnur, Worldwide
Executive of Music and Marketing at EA. “Our game soundtracks have now officially
transcended their consoles. All songs, all mixes and all exclusives from all
nations: if it’s in the game, it’s now available for fans to own. We consider
this to be the next major step in evolving the music discovery experience.”
Since 2001, EA™ Trax has set the industry standard for music in games and
has helped define the sound of current and upcoming pop culture. EA had helped
break emerging bands on a worldwide level and has brought established
superstars to new international audiences. Its track record speaks for itself.
EA games have helped launch the careers of such artists as Good Charlotte, Jet,
Franz Ferdinand, Scissor Sisters, Arctic Monkeys and Fabolous just to name a
few.
Need for Speed Carbon redefines the sound of street racing with an international
soundtrack of 30 diverse cuts that reflect the game’s three distinct car
classes - Tuner, Muscle and Exotic. The much-anticipated game’s soundtrack
includes the riff-heavy power of such bands as Kyuss, Eagles Of Death Metal,
UK’s Metro Riots and Australia’s Wolfmother, ‘Electro’ acts Ladytron and
Goldfrapp, Australia’s The Presets, Canada’s Tiga, and urban ‘Grime’ featuring
Pharrell, UK’s Lady Sovereign, Roots Manuva and Sway, Japan’s melody, and
Philadelphia’s Spank Rock.
Since its debut in 2002, EA’s Burnout franchise has set the ferocious new
standard for racing games, renowned for both its pulse-pounding carnage and
explosive modern rock soundtracks The series, which includes the top-selling
Burnout 3: Takedown™, Burnout Revenge and Burnout Legends, has featured tracks
by artists that include Fall Out Boy, All American Rejects, Franz Ferdinand,
The Ramones, Jimmy Eat World and Yellowcard.
This season’s edition of Madden NFL – which remains the premier videogame
franchise for breaking new music and new artists – features tracks from an
unprecedented mix of hip-hop and modern rock acts including Bishop Lamont, 30
Seconds To Mars, Audioslave, Panic Channel, Lupe Fiasco, AFI, Dashboard
Confessional, Taking Back Sunday and Rise Against, as well as exclusive remixes
of nearly a dozen original NFL Films themes by production team Da Riffs. The
August release of Madden NFL 07 grossed more than $100 million in its first
week of sales, the biggest launch in the franchise’s 17-year history.
To see the full song lists and purchase the music from the soundtracks,
please visit www.ea.com/eatrax/.
To hear more music from Snoop Dogg, check out Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
available now.