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EA unveils eclectic FIFA 08 soundtrack

British football demigod David Beckham is apparently playing soccer in the US now. News, right? Indicative of the sport's massive popularity everywhere other than the US, California-based megapublisher Electronic Arts revealed today that it has tapped a global roster of artists for the soundtrack to this year's FIFA Soccer 08.

The soundtrack is set to feature tunes from 50 artists hailing from 27 different countries. According to EA, highlights from the lineup include CSS (Brazil), Datarock (Norway), Dover (Spain), Ivy Queen (Puerto Rico), Junkie XL (Holland), Maximo Park (UK), Mexican Institute of Sound (Mexico), Peter Bjorn & John (Sweden), Planet Funk (Italy), Simian Mobile Disco (UK), Superbus (France), The Cat Empire (Australia), and Wir Sind Helden (Germany). A full song list and sample tracks are available through EA's FIFA 08 Web site.

FIFA 08 will arrive on North American shores for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, PC, and mobile on October 9. The PlayStation 3 version follows a week later on October 16. The game will be available on all platforms in Europe on September 28.

39 Comments

  • sentenced83

    Posted Sep 16, 2007 10:41 am PT

    the best soundtrack for fifa was in 98

  • DynamoFan

    Posted Sep 16, 2007 6:55 am PT

    i love soccer, thats two soccer games i want for wii so far, msc and fifa 08

  • DynamoFan

    Posted Sep 16, 2007 6:53 am PT

    sorry but i dont know any of those

  • Ttime_25

    Posted Sep 14, 2007 2:00 pm PT

    This game is going to be sweeeeeeet, can't wait to play as toronto fc, and barca's fantastic four with ronaldinho, henry, messi, and etoo, they are going to be dominant.

  • thegamelover

    Posted Sep 13, 2007 8:13 pm PT

    fifa 08 will be great and i cant wait. i hope those fifa haters can just get lost forever please lord

  • ayazahmad

    Posted Sep 13, 2007 10:12 am PT

    noiiiicceee

  • wars45

    Posted Sep 13, 2007 6:47 am PT

    STILL WONT BE HAS GOOD HAS PRO PRO RULES IF U DONT THINK SO SEND ME PM AND AL TELL U WAY PRO RULES

  • bhaskarchatta

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 11:03 pm PT

    fifa soundtrack wooowww that's great... just can't so long for this one

  • haesuse

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 12:38 pm PT

    this is actualy nothing new. check last 2-3 soundtracks and you will realize that while it didnt have the variety from this year, FIFA has always had a very international soundtrack. but for what its worth, good job again.
    and PES fans, take your silly fanboy crap elsewhere. this way just an article about music in FIFA 08, not a p1ssing contest over which is a better game!

  • dirty55409

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 12:05 pm PT

    winning eleven has been and always will be the better football franchise. FIFA Fanboys are lame. music can't change a crappy game

  • hector1313

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 9:40 am PT

    I'm curious... have any of you actually ever played a FIFA game? Last year's installment was terrible! It's inferior in every possible way imaginable to Pro Evolution Soccer, and I don't think a cultured soundtrack is really going to do anything to change that. I personally haven't enjoyed an EA soundtrack ever... so they can't even get that right in my view.

  • The_Weekend

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 7:56 am PT

    sounds cool

  • danielson2k

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 6:04 am PT

    That was kind of an obvious list. Only really one decent track (CSS - Off The Hook). But whatever, I shall be playing PES with the music turned off and iTunes running in the background so i really don't care.

  • DanC1989

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 5:18 am PT

    Console demo please.

  • call1

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 5:14 am PT

    Dude its going to be hilarious with ronadhino, johnson, and beckham wiis.

  • JussCaca

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 4:20 am PT

    FIFA always has great music

  • Seifer_Almasy_1

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 4:16 am PT

    MLS??? why would i want to play a lame league like that!?!?

  • other44

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 12:43 am PT

    sweet

  • KingKoop

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 12:12 am PT

    I cant stand EA music, games are good but the soundtracks are awful, I'll use my own music

  • bhuddamonk

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 10:15 pm PT

    It seems that the big EA soundtracks are the best part of their sports games nowadays. How about improving gameplay? Pro Evo 2008 is going to smack FIFA down. No amount of music is gonna change that.

  • Ugotownedo

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 9:42 pm PT

    @mugupo:

    Great idea, on top of all of this great music coming in Fifa 08, we should be able to play our own music. I hope the graphics are good.

  • Ugotownedo

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 9:34 pm PT

    @mugupo:

    Great idea, on top of all of this great music coming in Fifa 08, we should be able to play our own music. I hope the graphics are good.

  • purrplexxd

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 9:32 pm PT

    all the fifa soundtracks have been pucker, the best of any game, now if they could just take the best bits of fifa and merge them with pes everyones a winner

  • khaos_65

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 9:32 pm PT

    soundtrack looks like it's going to be solid i just hope they improve on field gameplay for this fifa

  • mugupo

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 8:59 pm PT

    No matter what soundtrack they put, there's always some song we not all likes, hope they added a feature allowed for user to put their own music on the game for ps3 and xbox360.

  • OfficialBed

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 8:21 pm PT

    i want, i want, i want

  • Fauij posted Sep 11, 2007 8:01 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    Fauij

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 8:01 pm PT (hide)

    another ea crappy sountrack

  • joeyfine posted Sep 11, 2007 7:45 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    joeyfine

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 7:45 pm PT (hide)

    and then we remember this is America and no one cares about soccer

  • ChancreScolex

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 7:33 pm PT

    That is seriously like the best game soundtrack I've seen in a long time.

  • hvnspwn

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 7:19 pm PT

    FIFA's soundtracks year in and year out never disappoint! EA Sports ought to get an award for this thing. I hope this year's gonna rock too!

  • jop360

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 7:19 pm PT

    This gam3 iz gonna B3 SiCk.

  • Pete5506

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 7:11 pm PT

    game is going to rock

  • THA-TODD-BEAST posted Sep 11, 2007 6:57 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    THA-TODD-BEAST

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 6:57 pm PT (hide)

    No thanks. I'll stick to Madden where the big boys play.

  • msaudsrk

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 6:40 pm PT

    I always enjoy FIFA soundtracks. Can't say the same about the game though.

  • soroush7

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 6:33 pm PT

    Link doesn't work. Anyways, can't wait.

  • epking

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 6:31 pm PT

    yes i agree, the world wide soundtrack is fantastic, as it's much less repetitive than the typical EA garbage RAP or pseudo-alternative music fare. I thought the soundtrack to UEFA champions League was fantastic, glad FIFA 08 is taking a similar tact. Nothing worse than a soundtrack where every song sounds the same. Fight Night and NFS underground soundtracks made me want to put a spike in my brain.

  • biglewiss

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 6:24 pm PT

    this game will be sweet, cant wait to be becks in the mls

  • MysticDynamite

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 6:09 pm PT

    Offering music from around the world is a very nice feature, especially when the game involves a sport that is popular worldwide. Good idea!

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