FIFA 08 banners a musical score like never before

September 11, 2007

The nationalistic fervor burns even hotter in EA Sports‘ FIFA 08 as the developers of one of the world’s best-selling sports game franchises announce a collection of 50 songs from artists around the world.

Every national team represented in FIFA 08 has a corresponding song and band from their own country that ups the passion as you take on the world’s elite teams in the planet’s most popular ballgame.

Included in the mix are artists such as The Hoosiers (UK), Babamars (France), Bodyrox (UK), Junkie XL (Holland), and Santogold (USA), Simian Mobile Disco (UK), CSS (Brazil), Datarock (Norway), Dover (Spain), Ivy Queen (Puerto Rico), Junkie XL (Holland), Maximo Park (UK), Mexican Institute of Sound (Mexico), Peter Bjorn And John (Sweden), Planet Funk (Italy), Superbus (France), The Cat Empire (Australia), and Wir Sind Helden (Germany). Many more are in store to be discovered when the game hits.

“WeÂ’ve been working for nearly a year to deliver what we believe is the ultimate FIFA 08 soundtrack,” comments Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music at EA. “These are the most songs ever in a FIFA edition representing the most countries in the history of the videogame.”

EA Sports’ FIFA football franchise is the longest-running football simulation to date and has sold millions of copies around the world with iterations dating back to almost two decades. FIFA 08 will be released on the Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PC, Nintendo DS and Sony PlayStation Portable.

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