Rockstar Games
and Interscope Records announced the release of a double CD soundtrack as well as an 8 CD
box set soundtrack to the highly-anticipated videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the
next installment in the best-selling Grand Theft Auto franchise. The double CD and box set
are scheduled for release on November 23rd, 2004 in the US and November 22nd, 2004
throughout Europe.
As a bonus the official soundtrack double CD will feature a
separate stand-alone DVD containing The Introduction, the cinematic prologue to Grand Theft
Auto: San Andreas. The Introduction tells the full story of the events leading up to CJs
return to San Andreas. Why was he forced to come back? What is he leaving behind and what is
he really walking into? This exclusive prequel is not available anywhere else and has been
crafted with the highest production standards Rockstar is famous for. Look for some familiar
faces making a surprise return.
With the game set in the early 1990's, the Grand
Theft Auto: San Andreas soundtrack will feature a large variety of tracks spanning the FM
radio dial of the West Coast during this particularly influential period in American music
and culture. The double CD will feature a mix of select tracks from Grand Theft Auto: San
Andreas' many in-game radio stations while each album of the 8 CD box set will replicate a
music station from the game featuring a broader selection of tracks ranging from
contemporary west coast and classic east coast hip-hop, funk, rare groove, new jack swing
and contemporary soul, alternative rock, classic rock, reggae and country.
In-game
radio stations have become one of the signature aspects of the Grand Theft Auto franchise,
delivering a realistic radio experience by allowing players to tune the radio station in the
huge selection of vehicles in the game to any station they like, complete with hours of
satirical commercials and DJ banter that cleverly parodies a wide mix of radio formats. The
radio stations in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will feature the most staggering selection
of music ever assembled for a video game with over one-hundred and fifty tracks from artists
including James Brown, Willie Nelson, 2 Pac, and Rage Against the Machine plus many, many
more that encompass a great deal of the radio spectrum of the early 90's.
The double
CD also includes as a bonus track an exclusive cover of the Nine Inch Nails early 90s
industrial staple Head Like A Hole by Northern Californian punk band AFI, who formed in
1991. The track has been recorded by AFI specifically for the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
soundtrack album and as a tribute to this unique era in music.
The complete track
listing for the double CD is as follows:
CD 1
1. The Theme From San Andreas
2.
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
3. 2 Pac - I Don't Give A Fuck
4.
James Brown - The Payback
5. Ronnie Hudson - West Coast Poplock
6. Guy - Groove
Me
7. Eddie Money - Two Tickets To Paradise
8. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A
Man
9. The Maytals - Pressure Drop
10. Slick Rick - Children's Story
11. Rick
James - Cold Blooded
12. Raze - Break 4 Love
CD 2
1. Ohio Players - Funky
Worm
2. Heart - Barracuda
3. Compton's Most Wanted - Hood Took Me Under
4. Lyn
Collins - Think About It
5. Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause
6. Faith No More -
Midlife Crisis
7. Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
8. Max Romeo & The Upsetters - Chase The
Devil
9. Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
10. Willie Nelson - Crazy
Bonus
Track:
11. AFI - Head Like A
Hole
