EA Announces Soundtrack For Video Game "Skate"

Electronic Arts announced today the complete track listing in SKATE which is set to release fall 2007 on the PS3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system. SKATE boasts 45 songs from some of the most influential and celebrated artists including David Bowie, Nirvana, N.W.A., The White Stripes, Gang Starr and The Ramones. The game also features 18 exclusive tracks from mixing mastermind XXXChange, skateboarding’s very own legend, Tommy Guerrero, as well as other world renowned DJs.

“The soundtrack for SKATE is a direct reflection of true outlaw skateboard culture," said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing at EA. “It's a throwback to the days of underground skateboard videos when skaters created their own soundtracks that raided every genre of music. In that spirit, we talked to hardcore skaters around the country to help pick many of the songs for SKATE. Real recognizes real, and this soundtrack is a straight-up tribute to a culture like no other.”

SKATE is the closest thing to skateboarding without actually putting your feet on a board. With innovative Flickit controls that take advantage of the dual analog sticks and the ability to sculpt tricks that define your own style, SKATE delivers an authentic boarding mecca like no other videogame. Players will explore, find, and own the best spots in the fictitious city of San Vanelona while listening to a soundtrack that’ll get them up and moving. As they cruise through this enormous city, players will capture footage to show off their own style with friends across the world.

ARTIST                         SONG
Agent Orange                No Such Thing
Airbourne                      Let’s Ride
Bad Brains                    I Against I
Band Of Horses             The Funeral
Beat Beat Beat              Sinking Slow
Black Flag                     Six Pack
Booker T & The MG’s     Green Onions
Challenger                    Input The Output
Cheap Trick                  Surrender
Children Of Bodom        Hate Crew Deathroll
David Bowie                  Queen B****
Dead Prez                     Hip Hop
Devo                            Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy
Eddie Rap Life               Push Your Wood
Eric B & Rakim              Juice (Know The Ledge)
Escalera                       Go It Alone
Filthy Thieving Ba******…Lords Of The Avenues
Gang Starr                    Now You’re Mine
H.I.T.                           Drama
Mac Mall                       Perfect Poison
Motorhead                    We Are Motorhead
Nirvana                        Lounge Act
N.W.A.                         Express Yourself
Renee Renee                Stand Up Talk Easy
Rick James                   Give It To Me Baby
Rick Ross                     Hustlin’
River City Tanlines        Black Knight
S.T.R.E.E.T.S.               Georgia St.
Sicker Than Others        Face Away
Sister Nancy                 Bam Bam
Slayer                          Raining Blood
The Briefs                    Poor And Weird
The Coup                     Ride The Fence
The Dwarves                Massacre
The Exploding Hearts     Your Shadow
The Falcon                    Blackout
The Mag Seven             D*** Cemetery
The Ramones               Psycho Therapy
The Returnables            Teenage Imposters
The Sex Pistols             Pretty Vacant
The Stars Misplaced      Prophets And Kings
The White Stripes         Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine
Trouble Andrew            Chase Money
Valient Thorr                Man Behind The Curtain
ZZ Top                        Just Got Paid

SKATE will ship in fall 2007 and has not yet been rated by the ESRB.

--Press Release