The Hollywood Music Awards hailed the greats of mainstream and indie artists once again, and thankfully, giving video game music a slice of the pie. Inside are the winners for "Best Original Score," "Best Original Song," and "Outstanding Music Supervision" of the video game category.

Mirror's Edge (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) just gets cooler by the minute. Not only does it have a cool gameplay, it's also got a cool soundtrack. DICE has announced that they will be releasing a Remix album in conjunction with the game's release, and it'll feature the world's best DJs.

Rock Band and Guitar Hero 3 have been making news lately as they drive up digital sales for their in-game tracks. But why should distributors stop there? Electronic Arts, Rock Band's distributor, seems to be interested in expanding their selection of downloadable tracks to their other franchises such as Madden. Details in the full article.

Well known as a high-speed arcade racer, the Need for Speed series is taking a different approach for its next generation series.

Electronic Arts' Need for Speed ProStreet (PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, DS) takes out most of the arcade street racing elements from its former iterations and features a more realistic take on the racing aspect of the game.

Aside from that, you can also expect the soundtrack to be just as adrenalin pumping and as fast paced as the game has always been. EA recently revealed the entire soundtrack for the game which features 35 songs from a varied range of artists.

It also premieres an original score made by renowned DJ and producer Junkie XL which captures the speed and style of the pro street racing culture. EA Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing Steve Schnur relates how the soundtrack fits into the game's new look:

We've brought together an unprecedented collection of artists that represents an international convergence of emerging Rock, aggressive Electro, UK Grime and much more, including a truly dangerous original score by our Artwerk artist Junkie XL.

Here's the entire list of artists and their respective songs that will be featured in the game:

• Airbourne - Blackjack
• Avenged Sevenfold - Almost Easy
• Bloc Party - Prayer (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix)
• Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Guns ‘N Bombs Remix)
• Clutch - Power Player
• CSS - Odio Odio Odio Sorry C
• Datarock - I Used To Dance With My Daddy (Karma Harvest Mix)
• Digitalism - Pogo

Check the full soundtrack list after the jump!



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If you've got some musical talent and have been dreaming to make it big as a geek god/rockstar with your own geek palace and a virtual harem, Electronic Art's Burnout Bandslam is just the right thing for you.

Burnout Bandslam is a collaborative search by EA, MySpace, Virgin Records and Epiphone across United States and Europe for a hot new band whose track will be used for future Burnout videogames. Candidates will get a chance to showcase their best tracks in front of a global audience of 80 million MySpace users (they'll be later on asked to vote for their favorite track online).

Runners-up in the United States and Europe will win a top-of-the-line Epiphone Les Paul Custom Guitar and will receive a Virgin Records demo recording contract. The best prize here though is the chance to have their songs included in a future Burnout video game. The geek palace and virtual harem must come from other sources, though.

"Many of the biggest bands around the world have been first discovered through EA videogames, and now we are expanding the opportunity to unsigned bands through this year's Burnout Bandslam," says Steve Schnur, worldwide executive of music and marketing for EA, adding that "the Burnout videogame series is all about attitude and rebellion."

For those who want to view the Contest Official Rules, just check the read link below. No purchase is necessary, although eligibility restrictions apply. What are you waiting for, rock on dude!