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I was in EB a little while ago and someone playing a skateboarding game on the PS2 display. I didn't take a close look at the game. I think it was a Tony Hawk game but I don't follow that genre. To my surprise, the music playing out of it was Motorhead. I thought these games only had alternative/punk, rap, or nu-metal music. It was cool to hear my outdated kind of music in a game for once. Are there any other examples of games that have non-modern/popular licensed music in them?
That was THPS3, and the song was "The Ace of Spades".
Yeah, much to my chagrin (what a great word), the THPS series started to incorporate other styles of music such as rap in it's second installment. It took a while to get used to, but it eventually grew on me.
How about all the songs from the Scarface sound track in GTA3?Quote:
Are there any other examples of games that have non-modern/popular licensed music in them?
And um...
Rouge Trip for the PSX had live tracks from the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Thrasher: Skate and Destroy for PSone has some old-school rap tracks from Grandmaster Flash and Sugar Hill Gang, among others.Quote:
Originally posted by NeoZeedeater
Are there any other examples of games that have non-modern/popular licensed music in them?
You don't get much more old-school than that.
Bless them, the Tony Hawk team put Blitzkrieg Bop on the Tony Hawk soundtrack.
As games get more "realistic", I guess it would benefit for the more close to life ones to use good music, classic or not. It would help in solidifying gamings place in the culture at large.
"Bring the Noize" in THPS 2 was pretty cool.
The Public Enemy song? No way.Quote:
Originally posted by Melf
"Bring the Noize" in THPS 2 was pretty cool.
Holy Shit GTA3 has Scarface music? Maybe I don't give them game enough credit. I may pick it up now.
Every song on Flashback FM is from Scarface.Quote:
Originally posted by amerlop
Holy Shit GTA3 has Scarface music? Maybe I don't give them game enough credit. I may pick it up now.
The whole game is riddled with Scareface refrences, such as Columbians that shout out random quotes.
"She's on fire!"
You waited this long?Quote:
Originally posted by amerlop
Holy Shit GTA3 has Scarface music? Maybe I don't give them game enough credit. I may pick it up now.
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Originally posted by Regus
Every song on Flashback FM is from Scarface.
The whole game is riddled with Scareface refrences, such as Columbians that shout out random quotes.
"She's on fire!"
Oh, so it's sort of like all the Evil Dead/Ash quotes that the Duke Nukem 3D developers lifted
well, I played a bit of it and I was dissappointed since I was a big fan of GTA2...but I suppose I didn't give it enough of a chance.Quote:
Originally posted by sleeveboy
You waited this long?
I thought this thread was going to be about old-school video game music.