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Amon Tobin — Chaos Theory

Creating an original soundtrack for a wildly popular video game is, in most cases, an exercise in futility. Forced to make his sounds subservient to the game, Brazil’s Amon Tobin comes up with a score that, while perfectly serviceable as an accompaniment to the action, isn’t much to listen to on its own. Tobin is known for his genre-mashing...
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Amon Tobin - Chaos Theory

SSX Tricky Video Soundtrack

Dude, did you see the half-pipe show at the Olympics the past few days? The guys in the States had a total sweep last night, winning gold, silver and bronze. But the music they were pumping was sick. All that house and pumping DJ shit. So sick, dude. So was the amplitude they were hitting. And the snowbettys? Man, they were hitting...
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SSX Tricky

The Beatles: Rock Band Trailer

Here's the trailer for the upcoming The Beatles: Rock Band game, which will be in stores on Sept. 9 (that's 9/9/09, and hopefully you get that reference if you're a Beatles fan). Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr unveiled the game yesterday (Monday) at a conference in advance of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which opens today. The Beatles:...
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The Beatles: Rock Band

Hip-Hop Stars Come To Life On Def Jam: Icon Video Game

Def Jam Interactive and Electronic Arts are teaming up to put out their third video game together, and music will play a bigger role than ever. Def Jam: Icon, which will be released in March for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, follows 2003's Def Jam Vendetta and 2004's Def Jam Fight For N.Y.EA has just opened a Chicago studio with 150 employees...
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Ludacris

Scarface The Video Game: Say Hello To My Big Soundtrack

Johnny Cash, Iggy Pop and Public Enemy are just a few of the names whose music will be featured in the upcoming video game, Scarface: The World Is Yours. The Vivendi Games/Sierra Entertainment joyride is due to hit stores in October for Playstation 2, Xbox and PC. The game's soundtrack will consist of a whopping 130 songs, old and new, from a...
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Peter Tosh
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