Wednesday, February 8, 2012

SSX Goes Big with Soundtrack

EA's upcoming reinvention of the classic extreme sports title SSX is almost upon us- and it's bringing a pretty big name soundtrack with it.

SSX has always been one of EA’s most music intensive, genre diverse and sonically adventurous titles,” says Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music & Music Marketing. “The songs on this new soundtrack cover ground from indie rock, dub step, hip-hop, drum + bass and beyond. As fans of the ultimate snowboarding franchise have come to expect, our artists range from top cutting-edge stars to tomorrow’s hottest underground acts. Ultimately, it’s a soundtrack full of next-level music that is totally ripe for discovery.” 
Probably could have done without the dub step, but if you don't care for something on the packed in playlist, you can add in your own tunes. That's always an appreciated feature. There's also something called a 'dynamic music remix' tool happening here. What's that do?
SSX also features a dynamic music remix tool that will automatically remix licensed tracks and custom music based on the player’s actions and performance in-game.
Sounds like some cool stuff- getting a true dynamic and changing background score might be a little bit of a challenge considering we're not just talking about orchestral tracks here. Switching things up in a piece of music that has vocals in it might be somewhat dicey. We shall see.
While we all wait for the game to drop into stores at the end of this month, why not peruse the complete track list? There's bound to be something you'll like... or not. Who can tell anymore, you're so picky.

Artist
Track
Camo & Krooked
Breezeblock
Camo & Krooked
Portal
Dels
Capsize ft. Joe Goddard & Roots Manuva
Digitalism
Blitz
DJ Shadow
I Gotta Rock (Irn Mnky Swagger Mix)
Felguk ft. Example
Plastic Smile
Flux Pavilion
I Can't Stop
Foster the People
Houdini
Handsome Furs
Damage
Hyper
Accelerate
J Boogie's Dubtronic Science
Magik (Egyptian Lover Remix) ft. Aima the Dream, Cait La Dee & Raashan Ahmad
Kid Digital
Done With That ft. Profit
Konrad Old Money
Big Error
Lateef the Truthspeaker
Oakland ft. Del the Funky Homosapien & The Grouch
Nero
Scorpions
Noisia
Could this Be
Noisia
Machine Gun
Pretty Lights
Hot Like Dimes
Raffertie
Twitch (It Grows and Grows: SSX Version)
Run-DMC
It’s Tricky (SSX Pretty Lights Remix)
Skrillex
Scatta ft. Foreign Beggers & Bare Noize
Styrofoam Ones
Better
The Big Pink
Stay Gold
The Herbaliser
What You Asked For
The Hives
1000 Answers
The Naked and Famous
Young Blood
The Prototypes
Your Future
The Qemists
Bones ft. Kellermensch
The Qemists
Stompbox
The Qemists
Lifeline
Theophilus London
I Stand Alone (Ocelot Mix)
TRS-80
Mirage
Turbowolf
A Rose for the Crows
Two Door Cinema Club
Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix)
Wretch 32
Traktor
Zion I and the Grouch
Drop It on the 1