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Project 8 booms 56 tracks

By Tim Surette, GameSpotPosted Oct 17, 2006 11:31 am PT

In-game soundtrack for upcoming skater features usual dose of hip-hop, punk, rock; Gnarls, NIN, Toots, Hieroglyphics on board.

Ollies, McTwists, acid drops, and Saran Wraps just don't have street cred when performed to the tunes of Perry Como, Celine Dion, or polka king Jolly Joe Timmer. For the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's Project 8, Activision culled songs from recent memory and yesteryear, and there's not a waltz, muzak, or easy-listening tune in earshot.

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The soundtrack is populated with 56 songs from rock, hip-hop, and punk artists all spanning a few decades. Among the new acts, such as Gnarls Barkley ("Gone Daddy Gone"), Wolfmother ("Woman"), and Kasabian ("Club Foot"), are classic bands, including Joy Division ("Interzone"), Kool and the Gang ("Summer Madness"), and The Ramones ("I Wanna Live"). The full soundtrack is listed over at MP3.com.

The new band featuring former Blink-182 members, Plus-44 (pictured), is using the soundtrack to debut a song from their forthcoming album When Your Heart Stops Beating. Gamers will be able to hear the song "Lycanthrope" in Project 8 a week before the album is released in mid-November.

Tony Hawk's Project 8, rated T for Teen, is scheduled for release November 7 on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and Xbox. A PlayStation 3 version is also in the works and will be released later this year. For more information, read GameSpot's previous coverage.

77 Comments

  • PoP-WW

    Posted Nov 10, 2006 3:03 am PT

    Plus 44 rules

  • psycho2272005

    Posted Nov 6, 2006 4:01 pm PT

    NIN, Gnarls, and wolf mother sounds good but i hope they have any of these:
    Trivium: entrance of the confragation
    anything system of a down
    avenged sevenfold and a couple other bands

  • BGOATDoughnut

    Posted Nov 2, 2006 9:38 am PT

    Yay for Van Stone. Boo for everything else.

  • Homsar13

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 7:24 pm PT

    Gym Class Heroes, Plus 44, Wolfmother, and Kasabian are the only ones i like.

  • Gamingod2272

    Posted Oct 26, 2006 6:20 pm PT

    God I don't want to listen to any of them. They all suck can't they for once have a good soundtrack. Well I guess just hope they let you use your own sountrack (WHAT NOW PS2 OWNERS???)

  • mothra

    Posted Oct 26, 2006 3:10 pm PT

    I wonder if you can use custom soundtracks...

  • spitfireman13

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 1:52 pm PT

    Dam that soundtrack sucks, it gets worst game after game.

  • chimairawr

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 3:45 am PT

    ANGEL OF DEATH HELL YEAH.

  • BetterThanCO2

    Posted Oct 19, 2006 10:30 am PT

    @thastillmatic1
    It is quite poor that they haven't added Lupe Fiasco as that has been one of my favourite tunes of the year and would have fitted in to Project8 nicely.

    Oh well at least Klaxons are in there which is quite surprising. Go Klaxons.

  • LuminosityBlaze

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 11:45 pm PT

    wHAT? Some of you people are ridiculous! Never heard of any of the bands??! Man, that is a awesome soundtrack! Yea, I really wish that the PS3 would have custom soundtracks too. I come up with music for stuff all the time...

  • DrBombay85

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 10:04 pm PT

    wow... ONE good song. im glad to see Hieroglyphics on there. At The Helm is such a rad song...

  • XxGeexX

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 2:32 pm PT

    well in my eyes some of these artsits i dont like so any ideas if there will be a custom trax option

  • kexet

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 1:39 pm PT

    so damn good list!

  • faizali86

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 9:10 am PT

    they better be good

  • adrianpolonis

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 8:41 am PT

    It's actualy preaty bad IMO. American Wasteland was bad, Underground 2 only good. Only Underground wa worth some thing. Project 8 sucks ass, but at least one Slayer title : )

  • hemakm3

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 8:24 am PT

    Good list of music.

  • morororo

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 8:17 am PT

    Sweet, The Klaxons Gravity's Rainbox is on there. Some other cool bands too. Dunno why gamespot thinks Plus-44 are worth mentioning though. Blink 182 were absolutely pants.

  • Auburn_freak23

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 6:35 am PT

    "Woman" by Wolfmother is the only song and band I've every heard of on the whole soundtrack. To hear "Woman," go hear and click on "Woman" on the music player.

    http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=18035203

  • ocdog45

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 6:14 am PT

    I only know one of the bands and its ine inch nails. usualy they go a good job with the soundtrack. i sue my music anyway most of the time.

  • wreakjavik

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 2:16 am PT

    That Mogwai song on the soundtrack is downright amazing. It alone is going to be enough for me to buy the game...in about a year and a half, when it comes down to about $15.

    Seriously, I had the same experience with Tony Hawk's Underground and Refused - New Noise.

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