We’ve already established that Need for Speed Unbound is way too cool for school, so you can only imagine what its soundtrack looks like. Look, we hate drawing attention to our thinning hair, but genuinely we’re struggling with this list of artists. A$AP Rocky was a given, he’s a character in the game, after all. And we’ve heard of PVRIS, Diplo, Charli XCX, Rosalia, and Alison Wonderland – but beyond that, we’re struggling.
The good news is that the soundtrack actually sounds pretty solid. You can listen to it through here, on Spotify, and after several tracks we reckon it’s going to suit the style of game – which is the most important part, really. Give it a go and let us know what you think in the comments section below.
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You're not jokin lol do guitars still exist ??
@TheMadRabbid Yesss!
A lot of these are kinda underground artists so thats good
Sorry but im a metalhead and have no idea who these people are lol not saying the music's bad but Underground 1 and 2 have yet to be beat in that department in terms of NFS imo
Looks terrible lol they'll never top underground 2s soundtrack ... Riders on the storm 🎶
I just turned 55 myself, but I've heard of ASAP. He's married to Rihanna (who's probably yesterday's news herself).
I might have heard of Diplo. Or am I just confusing it with Duplo? (you know the Lego toy sets for even younger children than fans of Diplo )
Had to turn off NFS Heat music as I found it super annoying and couldn't even understand what was being said in the songs. Fair to say ain't my cup of tea music wise and this looks no different here. Would be nice if it came with a rock station. Having said that my music tastes doesn't really suit street racers
Surprised you haven’t heard of Tyler the Creator or Clipping, which is Daveed Diggs’ project.
Im currently in Glasgow off to see Sigur Ros (highly unlikely they will ever appear in a NFS game hahhaha)
Anyone know if this will be on ea play 10 hour trial?
79p at the moment I would like to try before I buy it...
@Would_you_kindly That song started annoying me alot. It felt like that was the only song the game wanted to play.
@Gloamin Aye saw them last in Edinburgh few years ago, mind blowing stuff.
Haha Bonez MC & AK
Nice for the German artists
@Smiffy01 Haha, hope you enjoy your time here! We get quite a lot of bands, plus the ones that are arse usually skip going much further north than Manchester.
@nessisonett Glasgow's always decent, best place in Scotland to see gigs. Plastic cups @ the barrowlands lol
Old music, like no silly sounding auto tuned vocals and a real person on drums instead of computer generated drum sounds? That would be nice.
Guess I'll just mute the music and use the playlist from Underground.
No Genesis? No purchase!
Yah this is sh! t but expected. This trash isn't and never has been music. A form of poetry sure, art... Absolutely, but music not a friggin chance. I can't get past the extremely meaningless and infantile lyrics on most of the songs in this and it's accompanying genres. Music not only has to move me on a musicality level but also in that which it conveys and evokes.
Soundtrack sure, musical score..... Hellllll naw. Will likely turn this down or off as well as the comic book animations just to stomach this on a discount. I predict this being extremely mediocre and a target marketing attempt to gloss that fact over. Hey though, it will be a game to potentially add to the token Chad's library alongside COD, FIFA, Madden, NBA 2k, etc...... lmfao
Thank God for turning the game music off and having Spotify on! Sadly, it's been a long time since the NFS catered to my taste in music
Suddenly, im not so hyped. 😂
Ouf! JP the Wavy, best *****. And no way the put Ash B on the sounds track, that’s crazy. ODZ is kinda cool aswell.
Is it too much to expect some decent rock music to race to? Deep purples highway star for example. There are so many to choose but E.A. have to try and keep relevant..
No point in being annoyed with what's on offer here, just put on your own music while playing.
I usually have my 11000+ song itunes playlist on shuffle while playing games, unless its a very dialogue-based or heavily story-based games where music would be distractive.
I want to play this game, but this style of music is very offputing to me.
I don't know one of the music bands from that list give me some modern Simon & Garfunkel then i will be on trend.
Are these articles always necessary lol, it's a pretty good lineup
I'll just put Pacific Dreams radio station from Cyberpunk 2077 on in the background.
asap rocky’s music is pretty mid , used to bump his music back in 2012/2013 but his music is too plain idk
I prefer In Your Own Time Rocky. He's much more laid back.
@shgamer I'm with you. Maybe duplo has finally been given AI, and this what we got haha
I have no idea who all those people are, which is something that happens with every NFS game I play. But I always like quite a few songs so I'm not complaining.
I only heard about Tyler the creator that he's dating Jaden Smith. Never heard a song of his. I know Charli XCX though, she was in that fancy song, she's haven't scored a hit in years though. Never heard of the rest. Make a rock/metal soundtrack next time!
Don't care what the music is, so much as I care about questions like, can I flag songs that bug me to remove them from the list, or play my own music instead? I start with the soundtrack the game gives me, but sometimes there's a song that I just HATE and want it gone, or I want to play to whatever earworm I've been listening to elsewhere. Is it flexible?
@Danloaded I guess I am old as I only really know a couple on that entire list... This will be one of those times I disable in game music and put my own on. And yes that will be metal.
Literally the first thing I do in every racing game I play is turn off the music without exception. This won't be any different but I hope some people find enjoyment in the soundtrack
Welp, that settles it I guess.. I’ll be turning off their music and plugging in Spotify
One of the best things in gaming that happened was when i bought the original xbox and i was able to race pgr with a custom soundtrack ripped from my own vast library of cd's. The xbox 360 continued this trend but now its as if gaming has gone backwards in time and is the worse off for it..sometimes its the tiny things that innovate..
@Northern_munkey
I'd much rather just mute the music and replace it with whatever music you want from a spotify playlist, you do know you can do that right?
@PegasusActual93 really?
@Northern_munkey
There are music apps you can run in the background on PS4 and PS5 while playing games, most games even mute the background music automatically when you do it. I believe it's the same on Xbox.
@PegasusActual93 i was being sarcastic
I mean... this is all tiktok garbage music, so who cares we don't know it.
I guess y'all need to hire some younger staff. Run The Jewels is a huge duo. Danny Brown is one of the best lyricists on the list. Tropkillaz and Medusa are good artists too! This is a nice soundtrack!
If I have the option, I'd just restrict the playlist to PVRIS, their first two albums being absolutely excellent.
Other than that, I've heard of Charli XCX - and that's it. Then again, I am too old (thankfully) to listen to Radio 1 these days.
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