Tony Hawk's Project 8's rockin' soundtrack

Posted Oct 17, 2006 at 2:06PM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3, PSP, Xbox 360 Tags: Activision, PS2, Sonic, Tony Hawk

Imagine playing Gears of War with Enya or Jessica Simpson playing in the background. Or Assasin's Creed with Cyndi Lauper and Aqua. Can't do it, can ya? Us neither. Because whether you're aware of it or not, the soundtrack plays a huge role in pumping up your adrenaline while playing a game. So when we get our filthy little hands on news about game soundtracks, we think you guys should get a heads up on it.

So, the latest in-game soundtrack we scored some info on is for Tony Hawk's Project 8 (PS3, PSP, PS2, Xbox, Xbox360). And this early on, we can tell you that the soundtrack rocks. And as Tim Riley, Activision's worldwide executive of music, puts it, "The Tony Hawk's Project 8 soundtrack features an eclectic collection of original and licensed music from punk rock and hip hop to metal. The music captures the rebellious, off-beat, high energy vibe exemplified in skate culture and in the video game."

You got that right, Tim. With tunes from The Ramones, Sonic Youth, Toots & the Maytals, and then backtracks to the 80s with The Cure and Kool and the Gang, the soundtrack showcases a cross-genre collection of tracks suited for the overall feel of the game. The massive (and boy, do we mean MASSIVE) track list also includes the debut single from the group Plus-44. Here's the massive track list for Project 8:

76% Uncertain - "Radio"
Aurelius- "Hemlock"
Bad Religion - "Social Suicide"
Black Mountain - "Druganaut"
Charizma & PB Wolf - "Devotion"
Claus Grabke - "Cause"
Cryptic Slaughter - "Lowlife"
Damian Marley - "Move"
Dead Milkmen, The - "Punk Rock Girl"
Die Young (TX) - "Anthem of the Prodigal Son"
Eagles of Death Metal - "Chase The Devil"
Funk Face - "Zoo York City"
Gnarls Barkley - "Gone Daddy Gone"
Gym Class Heroes - "The Queen And I"
Hieroglyphics - "At The Helm"
Hold Steady, The - "Your Little Hoodrat Friend"
Immortal - "One by One"
Jaylib - "The Red"
Joy Division - "Interzone"
Kasabian - "Club Foot"
Kool and the Gang - "Summer Madness"
Legitimate Business - "80 on 80"
Liquid Liquid - "Optimo"
Living Legends - "Moving at the Speed of Life"
Ministry - "Stigmata (Remix)"
Mogwai - "Glasgow Mega Snake"
Monty Are I - "In This Legacy"
Nine Inch Nails - "Getting Smaller"
Noise - "Dirty Evil"
Oh No - "Chump"
Pardon My Extinguisher - "Bitch And Moan"
Plus 44 - "Lycanthrope"
Primus - "American Life"
The Ramones - "I Wanna Live"
Revolution Mother - "Second Thoughts"
Slayer - "Angel of Death"
Sonic Youth - "Nic Fit"
Stasera - "Palisades"
Supersuckers - "Goodbye"
The Channeling - "The Frighteners"
The Cure - "Plastic Passion"
The Klaxons - "Gravity's Rainbox"
The Sword - "Iron Swan"
The Throwaway's - "You're Not the Only One"
The Walkmen - "This Job is Killing Me"
Thine Eyes Bleed - "Without Warning"
Thunderlords - "Ice Cream Headache"
Toots & the Maytals - "Time Tough"
Transplants - "Pay Any Price"
Typical Cats - "Any Day"
Ugly Duckling - "Smack"
VanStone - "Skate Town"
Voltera - "Do What Your Daddy Say"
Wildchild - "Wonder Years"
Wolfmother - "Woman"
Zeke - "Kill the King"

Via IGN

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Comments

# lol — $s2 2006-10-17 09:31

i've never heard of any of these bands. hope this soundtrack isn't as suck as wasteland's was.

# Right — Guest 2006-10-17 09:56

If you have never heard any of these bands then you shouldn't be worrying about the THP8 soundtrack. Come on, Bad Religion. Everyone knows them.

# Nice tracklisting... — kid6488 2006-10-17 10:02

If you don't know who Bad Religion, The Cure, Ministry, Primus, The Ramones or Slayer are... then WOW.

Nice tracklisting, BTW.

# Thank You — Guest 2006-10-17 10:30

Seems like Tony Hawks games are going back to how 1 and 2 where. A couple of bigger names, but mainly unheard bands. Yeah you got Bad Religion Kool and the Gang Primus Slayer Sonic Youth Transplants and The Cure but for me personally the rest of that list is new stuff. I remember when THPS 1 and 2 came out it opened up a new genre of music for me (I was 8 and 9 at the time and had never heard punk or ska) and shaped the person I am today. Heres hoping the gameplay and soundtrack is truly old skool style.

# Meh — Guest 2006-10-17 11:12

I've heard of a couple of these bands, but that doesn't mean they're good...

# Kick Pushed — Guest 2006-10-17 12:31

If the dont put lupe fiasco on this soundtrack then these guys need to be fired.. Kick Push is the only skateboarding sound to ever grace rock and rap stations around the country it has to make this game or they should call it quits

# rap — Guest 2006-10-17 12:37

no rap or hip hop

da older one had N.W.A. (ps2 nd xbox)

# KICKASS!!! — Guest 2006-10-17 12:55

i've never heard of any of these bands. hope this soundtrack isn't as suck as wasteland's was.

========================

I hope that was sarcasm cause a soundtrack can never go as kickass is this is...

Nine Inch Nails, Minstry, Slayer, The Cure, Eagles Of Death Metal, The Ramones, Bad Religion, Primus, Joy Division... this cant get any better than that!!

If you havent heard of them, then you need to get outta britney's @$$...

just messin wid ya abt the britney comment

# heck yes — Guest 2006-10-17 13:53

i want to be in britneys @$$

# You've never heard of? — Guest 2006-10-17 14:36

With all the "obvious" ones, nobody is mentioning Dead Milkmen? I thought that were one of the more obvious ones...or more to the point, I thought Punk Rock Girl was too obvious of a song.

# Well... — Guest 2006-10-17 17:01

Dead Milkmen are rather obscure. Most people only know them for '*****ing Camero'

# your dumb — Guest 2006-10-17 20:58

You never heard of nine inch nails ????/ LOL

# Escuse me while I clean the vomit from my keyboard — hush404 2006-10-17 23:48

OMG. Rockin ST? More like PoS ST. Lets all hope it has custom ST support.

# Orange County Local Bands — Guest 2006-10-18 03:23

Pardon My Extinguisher and The Channeling are both small punk bands from orange county, can be found on myspace @

http://myspace.com/pardonmyextinguisher

http://myspace.com/thechanneling

# .. — Guest 2006-10-18 07:46

One of the best things with thps is the soundtrack, they have always promoted these more or less unknown bands that people in general dont know about.. me i'v been around for a while so i recognize many of the bands atleast by name, Ministry and Sonic Youth is some of may wayback favorits, some old Bad Brains songs would have been nice.

# whatever — Guest 2006-10-22 06:04

yo man thp8 is gonna be awsome. what r u guys worrying with the soundtrack for its about the game not the music!oh and if you enter the thp8 sweepstakes jeep give away you always win a free hat and shirt and other stuff. go to tonyhawksprojec t8.com for details

# Huh — Guest 2006-10-24 05:51

Dead milkmen are classics. And punk Rock Girl is one of there best.

And anyone that doesnt know these bands must be very young, or live under a rock. This line up has some killer old school tracks that i used to listen to when i first started snowboarding. Any Skater will know all of these songs. Alot of them IMO are skate/snowboard anthems.

# Soundtrack — Guest 2006-10-28 05:47

Check out the 76%uncertain track

www.myspace.com/76percent

They rock

# NOT EVEN GONNA LIE — Guest 2006-11-10 02:08

I like one of the tracks on the whole list - slayer - angel of death

the rest is s**t

# come out — Guest 2006-11-14 10:34

when does this game come out oh and i never herd of thies bandes ether they probly suck........ hi you guis

# i agree — Guest 2006-11-14 10:37

i dont get thies songs so i am with you there.... and i thot wasteland was a goood game but that music sucked to

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