EA's Need for Speed Most Wanted Soundtrack Pumps up the Adrenaline as Gamers Set out to Become the Most Notorious Street Racer

Business Wire, Oct 13, 2005

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) today revealed an in-game soundtrack that will get gamers' hearts thumping as they race their way to the top of the Blacklist to become the most notorious street racer in Need for Speed(TM) Most Wanted. In addition to hot tracks from T.I. Presents The P$C, Jamiroquai, and Disturbed, composer Paul Linford will bring a Hollywood-caliber score to the game. Linford has composed music for such popular films as Bad Boys II, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Coach Carter, Enemy of the State and Con Air among other blockbusters.

Unlike most racing games, the score in Need for Speed Most Wanted is fully interactive. Custom-designed to adapt to the players' every move, the music highlights the intensity of the chase, telling you when you're about to get away... or about to get busted.

"Need for Speed Most Wanted blends an original score with licensed tracks to deliver a truly customized soundtrack that perfectly complements the in-game action at every turn," said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing at EA.

The complete licensed song list includes:

ARTIST                              SONG
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Avenged Sevenfold                   Blinded In Chains
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Bullet For My Valentine             Hand Of Blood
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Celldweller feat. Styles Of Beyond  Shapeshifter
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Celldweller                         One Good Reason
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Dieselboy   Kaos                    Barrier Break
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Disturbed                           Decadence
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DJ Spooky And Dave Lombardo         B-Side Wins Again feat. Chuck D
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Evol Intent, Mayhem & Thinktank     Broken Sword
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Hush                                Fired Up
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Hyper                               We Control
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Ils                                 Feed The Addiction
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Jamiroquai                          Feels Just Like It Should (Timo
                                     Maas Remix)
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Juvenile                            Sets Go Up
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Lupe Fiasco                         Tilted
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Mastodon                            Blood And Thunder
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Rock                                I Am Rock
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Static-X                            Skinnyman
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Stratus                             You Must Follow (Evol Intent VIP)
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Styles Of Beyond                    Nine Thou (Superstars Remix)
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Suni Clay                           In A Hood Near You
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T.I. Presents The P$C               Do Ya Thang
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The Perceptionists                  Let's Move
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The Prodigy                         You'll Be Under My Wheels
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The Roots And BT                    Tao Of The Machine (Scott
                                     Humphrey's Remix)
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From the makers of the hit Need for Speed(TM) Underground series, Need for Speed Most Wanted challenges players to become the most notorious street racer. Combining illicit street racing and tuner customization with the intensity of strategic police pursuit, Need for Speed Most Wanted is sure to be on every gamer's holiday gift list.

The in-game music soundtrack is a part of the EA(TM) TRAX music initiative that EA debuted in 2001. The program is dedicated to bringing gamers the hottest music through EA's videogames.

For more information about Need for Speed Most Wanted, please visit the official game site at: http://www.eagames.com/official/nfs/mostwanted/us/home.jsp.> About Electronic Arts