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FIFA 09 soundtrack getting popular artists

by: Sean Colleli -
More On: FIFA Soccer 09
EA wants you to know that the soundtrack to FIFA 09 will have 42 popular artists signed to provide signature hits and even a couple debut songs.  I'm not sure how enthusiastic Americans will be about this news, but the international scene will appreciate it.  Check the release for a full list of songs.

EA’s FIFA SOCCER 09 SOUNDTRACK SCORES

ON INTERNATIONAL MUSIC GOALS

 

 

Roster Features 42 Artists From 21 Countries, Debuts From Kasabian and Datarock,

Exclusive Track From Tom Jones Remixed By Junkie XL

 

 

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – August 14, 2008 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today unveiled the complete music track listing for EA SPORTS™ FIFA Soccer 09, in stores world wide this October. In a game already being heralded for its revolutionary gameplay enhancements, the new FIFA Soccer 09 soundtrack features 42 songs from 21 nations across multiple genres to create an unprecedented global music event.

 

In what has become an annual tradition, FIFA Soccer 09 features a handpicked roster of Platinum acts and soon-to-break artists from around the world that defines the sound of the coming soccer season as it creates new international stars. This year’s soundtrack includes debut tracks from Italian electro-funk artist Caesar Palace, UK rockers Kasabian, and Artwerk Music Group’s international sensation Datarock, as well as exclusives from French hip-hop phenomenon Soprano and a new track by Tom Jones remixed by Junkie XL. The soundtrack is further highlighted by songs from Hot Chip, The Kooks, Foals, The Ting Tings and My Federation (UK); Radiopilot (Germany), Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley (Jamaica); The Kissaway Trail (Denmark); The Fratellis (Scotland); Gonzales (France); CSS and Curumin (Brazil); Duffy (Wales); Cut Copy and The Veronicas (Australia); and Sam Sparro, The Airbourne Toxic Event, MGMT and The Black Kids (USA).

 

“We have exceeded our annual challenge to create videogames’ preeminent international soundtrack,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing at EA. “No other game has been as influential with regards to new music, and FIFA Soccer 09 truly raises the bar worldwide. We’re excited that Brazilian fans of Curumin will hear Spain’s The Pinker Tones and Norway’s Datarock. We’re proud that Canadians who love Chromeo will discover Ladytron from England and Junkie XL from Holland. We want fans throughout France, Mexico and Germany to find that their favorite new song is by Señor Flavio from Argentina, DJ Bitman from Chile or Jupiter One from New York. FIFA Soccer 09 will take music globalization to a whole new level.”

 

The complete in-game soundtrack for FIFA Soccer ‘09 includes:

Artist

Song

Country

Album

Caesar Palace

1ne

Italy

Dogs from V-Gas

Chromeo

Bonafied Lovin' (Yuksek Remix)

Canada

Fancy Footwork: Deluxe Edition

CSS

Jager Yoga

Brazil

Donkey

Curumin

Magrela

Brazil

Japan Pop Show

Cut Copy

Lights And Music

Australia

In Ghost Colours

Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley

Something For You (One Loaf Of Bread)

Jamaica

 

Datarock

True Stories

Norway

 

DJ Bitman

Me Gustan

Chile

Latin Bitman

Duffy

Mercy

Wales

Rockferry

Foals

Olympic Airways

England

Antidotes

Gonzales

Working Together (Boys Noize Remix)

France

Soft Power

Hot Chip

Ready For The Floor (Soulwax Remix)

England

Made In The Dark

Jakobinarina

I'm A Villain

Iceland

First Crusade

Junkie XL feat. Electrocute

Mad Pursuit

Holland

Booming Back At You

Jupiter One

Platform Moon

USA

Jupiter One

Kasabian

Fast Fuse

England

 

Ladytron

Runaway

England

Velocifero

Lykke Li

I'm Good I'm Gone

Sweden

Youth Novels

Macaco

Movin'

Spain

 

MGMT

Kids

USA

Oracular Spectacular

My Federation

What Gods Are These

England

Don't Wanna Die

Najwajean

Drive Me

Spain

Till It Breaks

Plastilina Mosh

Let U Know

Mexico

All U Need Is Mosh

Radiopilot

Fahrrad

Germany

Fahrrad

Reverend And The Makers

Open Your Window

England

The State Of Things

Sam Sparro

Black & Gold

USA

Sam Sparro

Señor Flavio

Lo Mejor Del Mundo

Argentina

Supersaund 2012

Soprano

Victory

France

 

The Airborne Toxic Event

Gasoline

USA

The Airborne Toxic Event

The Black Kids

I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (The Twelves Remix)

USA

I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You

The Bloody Beetroots

Butter

Italy

 

The Fratellis

Tell Me A Lie

Scotland

Here We Stand

The Heavy

That Kind Of Man

England

Great Vengeance And Furious Fire

The Kissaway Trail

61

Denmark

The Kissaway Trail

The Kooks

Always Where I Need To Be

England

Konk

The Pinker Tones

The Whistling Song

Spain

Wild Animals

The Script

The End Where I Begin

Ireland

The Script

The Ting Tings

Keep Your Head

England

We Started Nothing

The Veronicas

Untouched

Australia

Hook Me Up

The Whip

Muzzle #1

England

X Marks Destination

Tom Jones

Feels Like Music (Junkie XL Remix)

Wales

 

Ungdomskulen

Modern Drummer

Norway

Cry-Baby

 

 

 

 

 

This year EA SPORTS™ is changing the way sports games are played online, enabling 20 individuals playing fixed positions to play a single game of FIFA Soccer 09 at the same time. Instead of thinking as an individual player, now the gamer has to think and play as a team in Be A Pro: 10 vs. 10 Online Team Play for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system.

 

To learn more about FIFA Soccer 09 visit www.FIFA09.ea.com. For news, exclusive downloads, streaming music clips and more visit www.ea.com/eatrax/.

 

Developed in Burnaby, B.C., by EA Canada, FIFA Soccer 09 is localized into 18 languages and sold in 37 countries –- it is the most popular franchise globally for EA SPORTS.  FIFA Soccer 09 will be available for the PLAYSTATION®3, Xbox 360®, Wii™, PC, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo DS™, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system and mobileIt is rated “E” for everyone by ESRB and it has not yet been rated by PEGI.