Soundtrack Details Announced for Need for Speed: Carbon

In what may well be the best game soundtrack of the year, EA's Need for Speed: Carbon features an international soundtrack comprising of some 30 diverse cuts that reflect the game's three distinct car classes, including Exotics, Muscles and Tuners.

The Exotic class consists of a mix of the new UK Grime scene, Muscles are fueled by riff-heavy power bands, and Tuners deliver a newly revitalized sub-genre of 'Electro' (electronic music).

Artists announced for the car classes are the following:

• Muscle Class : Kyuss (US), Eagles of Death Metal (US), Metro Riots (UK), Wolfmother (Australia)
• Tuner Class : Ladytron (UK), Goldfrapp (UK), The Presets (Australia), Melody (Japan), Tiga (Canada)
• Exotic Class : Lady Sovereign (UK), Roots Manuva (UK), Sway (UK), Pharrell (US), Spank Rock (US)

Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing at EA added, "Street racing is an international outlaw sport with a velocity all its own, Need for Speed Carbon takes a cinematically sonic approach to the sport's different personalities and the crews that rule it. We've spent close to a year working with artists and labels from around the world to ensure that not only does the music capture the true hardcore styles of the sport, it also pushes it forward with breakthrough new artists. By combining these genres, we've now taken the premier street racing simulation brand in the industry to an unstoppable new level."

Need for Speed: Carbon will be available on most platforms including PSP, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation3, Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation2, Xbox and Nintendo Gamecube.

Buy: [Need for Speed: Carbon Xbox 360]
Buy: [Need for Speed: Carbon PSP]

In what may well be the best game soundtrack of the year, EA's Need for Speed: Carbon features an international soundtrack comprising of some 30 diverse cuts that reflect the game's three distinct car classes, including Exotics, Muscles and Tuners.

The Exotic class consists of a mix of the new UK Grime scene, Muscles are fueled by riff-heavy power bands, and Tuners deliver a newly revitalized sub-genre of 'Electro' (electronic music).

Artists announced for the car classes are the following:

• Muscle Class : Kyuss (US), Eagles of Death Metal (US), Metro Riots (UK), Wolfmother (Australia)
• Tuner Class : Ladytron (UK), Goldfrapp (UK), The Presets (Australia), Melody (Japan), Tiga (Canada)
• Exotic Class : Lady Sovereign (UK), Roots Manuva (UK), Sway (UK), Pharrell (US), Spank Rock (US)

Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing at EA added, "Street racing is an international outlaw sport with a velocity all its own, Need for Speed Carbon takes a cinematically sonic approach to the sport's different personalities and the crews that rule it. We've spent close to a year working with artists and labels from around the world to ensure that not only does the music capture the true hardcore styles of the sport, it also pushes it forward with breakthrough new artists. By combining these genres, we've now taken the premier street racing simulation brand in the industry to an unstoppable new level."

Need for Speed: Carbon will be available on most platforms including PSP, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation3, Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation2, Xbox and Nintendo Gamecube.

Buy: [Need for Speed: Carbon Xbox 360]
Buy: [Need for Speed: Carbon PSP]