REDWOOD CITY, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Oct 23, 2008 Black Box, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) studio, today revealed the soundtracks that will power the award-winning Skate It and Skate 2. These two skateboarding games bring the sport's incredible tricks, epic moves and high energy to gamers with all of the fun and none of the bruises! The 52 featured songs are from some of music's most influential and celebrated artists including Black Sabbath, Public Enemy, Judas Priest and Wu-Tang Clan.
"The soundtracks for Skate It and Skate 2 builds upon last year's critically acclaimed Skate soundtrack," said Chris Parry, Associate Producer. "The songs reflect the culture of skateboarding, with some tracks picked by the pros themselves, and others coming straight out of iconic skate videos. Skateboarding today is an eclectic mix of people and influences and this is true of where we took this year's soundtracks. Look for some old school soul and funk, a few rock anthems, some good beats and a lot of classic punk!"
"Skateboarding culture is like no other culture in the world and with that comes a unique sound of its own," said Steve Schnur, worldwide executive of music and marketing. "Our goal was to create two soundtracks that bring together classic acts and explosive new bands while fearlessly crossing all genres. This soundtrack is truly a tribute to the skate lifestyle, where legendary tracks by The Clash, Judas Priest and WAR can stand alongside cult legends like Dayton Sidewinders and The Specials as well as groundbreaking new acts like Awesome Snakes and Money Your Love."
Skate It and Skate 2 continue to deepen and expand the breadth of the Skate franchise. Skate It, a recent recipient of 2008's Best Wii Game award at the German Games Convention in Leipzig, brings the fun and soul of skateboarding to the Wii and the Nintendo DS. Skate 2 lets players flaunt their style like never before with double the bag of tricks on the PLAYSTATION3 system and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system.
See below for the entire Skate 2 soundtrack. Songs included in Skate It are marked with a '1'.
SKATE 2
ARTIST SONG
Althea & Donna Uptown Top Ranking
Anubis Anubis
ASG The Dull Blade
Awesome Snakes
I Want A Snake1
Black Sabbath Symptom Of The Universe
Black Tide Shockwave
China Creeps Stay On Or Die
Cut Chemist
Addictive1
D.R.I. Beneath The Wheel
Dayton Sidewinders
Go Ahead On1
Dragonforce Heroes Of Our Time
ELO Show Down
Fujiya & Miyagi
Collarbone1
Gang Starr
Step In The Arena1
Gaslight Anthem
I'da Called You Woody, Joe1
Goons Of Doom She Wore Rat Skin Boots
Guilty Simpson Piglets
High Tension Wires They Fall Apart
Judas Priest
Freewheel Burning1
Korrupted Hoodlums S.K.A.T.E.
Koushik feat. Percee P
Cold Beats1
LL Cool J
Rock The Bells1
Louis XIV
Guilt By Association1
McRad Weakness
Money Your Love
For Kristoffer1
Motorhead Eat The Rich
Nas Made You Look
Oh No Heavy
One Man Army It's Empty
Ponce De Leon
Gator Jaws1
Public Enemy Harder Than You Think
Queen Sea Big Shark
Hold Your Hand1
Radio Reelers Runnin' Out
Rage Against The Machine Sleep Now In The Fire
Riverboat Gamblers Uh Oh!
Sam & Dave Hold On, I'm Comin'
Sly & The Family Stone
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)1
Stiff Little Fingers Alternative Ulster
Suicidal Tendencies
Possessed 2 Skate1
T.S.O.L. Superficial Love
Teenage Bottlerocket Crashing
Texas Thieves Los Pool Riders
The Clash
Death Or Glory1
The Riptides Return To Blood Beach
The Specials
Ghost Town1
Tickled Pink Reach Out And Give Me Your Hand
Underground Railroad To Candyland Square Ball
WAR
Low Rider1
Wu-Tang Clan Protect Ya Neck
Year Long Disaster
Leda Atomica1
Youth Brigade I Hate My Life
1 Song included in Skate It soundtrack
To review the full song lists for both titles and purchase the music from the soundtracks, please visit www.ea.com/eatrax/.
That is a pretty nice list; nothing like grinding your board to Protect Ya Neck
