Fave licenced music in a game

[Jintor]

Can be on the radio, actual use in-game as bgm, etc. Just thinkin' bout lots of artists I got into because they had a song in a game.

The first one I really think about is Grand Theft Auto Vice City and its radio stations. Hard to pick a fave... I used to be fully VRock, but these days I'm a bit more FlashFM or Wave103. Either way there's a whole plethora of music I love and was introduced to in those games.



Brutal Legend is another radio fave. Mouth of Metal was so sick... even apart from all the celebs already in the game. Such a great selection.



Genki Rockets made it into two games, No More Heroes and Child of Eden. It was CoE that did it for me since it was basically built around their first album, but the No More Heroes inclusion was my first exposure



I never thought Saints Row the Third played especially good but I can't deny that this mission ruled

 

[RockmanBN]

Imaginary Places in THUG is so nostalgic to me

 

[Pyro]

Brutal Legend made me go through a metal phase my freshman year lol, so damn good.

 

[Khanimus]

Foals - Spanish Sahara

 

[--R]

The entirety of Death Stranding's licensed music. And yes, that includes the best song of them all.

 

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[Jintor]

Foals - Spanish Sahara

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I soured on the game but boy I thought that soundtrack was good. Might go listen to it outside of the game.

 

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[Z-Beat]

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1


Jet Set Radio


Disney Extreme Skate Adventure


Crazy Taxi

 

[Pascal]

From RDR2. Love this song so much.

 

[RecRoulette]

Son...you've got a way to fall

"Way to Fall" from Metal Gear Solid 3



Honorable mentions: Mickey in Lollipop Chainsaw (really good use of it), Every single intro from Tales from the Borderlands, the demakes from BIoshock Infinite (notably God Knows and Girls Just Want to Have Fun)

 

[Pancoar]

Driver: San Fracisco had such a banging soundtrack

 

[Uncle Sensei]

Tony Hawk 2 is basically the perfect soundtrack for that game

 

[Omanisat]

Alan Wake had some great licensed music; and it introduced me to Poets of the Fall.

 

[Mentalist]

Best track for a GOAT game

 

[Jintor]

Driver: San Fracisco had such a banging soundtrack

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i should replay this game, one of the few driving games i got super into

Honorable mentions: Mickey in Lollipop Chainsaw (really good use of it), Every single intro from Tales from the Borderlands, the demakes from BIoshock Infinite (notably God Knows and Girls Just Want to Have Fun)

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I really like Cherry Bomb in Lollipop Chiansaw, and my fave demake in Infinite is probably Shiny Happy People haha

 

[flashman92]

I feel like no game (besides rhythm games) is defined by it's music like Crazy Taxi

 

[purseowner]

Groove Armada - Madder (Rayman 3)

 

[jakomocha]

All of Life is Strange's music

 

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Foals - Spanish Sahara

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All of Life is Strange's music

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This. Alongside this song from Life is Strange 2:



Also, this from The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit (a free Life is Strange 2 prequel):



The Life is Strange games are the best games I've ever played. Their licensed music is absolutely incredible, rivaled only by the games' own beuatiful melancholic instrumental soundtrack.

 

[UshiromiyaEva]

All I Want is just mentally engrained as my mind as the Crazy Taxi default song, even Sega acknowledges it as Crazy Taxi music in Chunithm.

 

[Lulu]

This. Alongside this song from Life is Strange 2:



Also, this from The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit (a free Life is Strange 2 prequel):



The Life is Strange games are the best games I've ever played. Their licensed music is absolutely incredible, rivaled only by the games' own beuatiful melancholic instrumental soundtrack.

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Never played this game but yea, I can't imagine I'd pick something over Suftan with the proper context

 

[scottbeowulf]

OP you got it with Vice City.

 

[Deleted member 7883]

Also the entirety of GTA V's Non-Stop-Pop FM

 

[Shakerovic]

A song i would like to wake up to if i ever were in a coma

 

[Vazra]

Lollipop Chainsaw OST - Hey Mickey! (by Toni Basil)

Lollipop Chainsaw OST - Show Mickey (by Toni Basil)

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[Designer_Fake]

Radio Broker in Grand Theft Auto IV shaped my entire taste in music when I was a teenager. Some of the songs on that station are still among my all-time favorites.

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

Jamming out and badly singing along to What I Got in Saint's Row 3 felt so genuine, i loved it.

 

[Luschient]

n2O with the Crystal Method soundtrack.

 

[Kevinsky]

Yakuza Zero:


Jet Set Radio Future:

 

[chrominance]

Wipeout 3: Sasha - Xpander


Grand Theft Auto: Vice City: Kim Wilde - Kids in America


Need for Speed: Underground: Asian Dub Foundation - Fortress Europe

 

[Flannel_and_Assam]

The entire playlist from the Generation X radio station in Saints Row 2. A perfect time capsule of 2007/08 emo/scene tastes.

 

[Steak Ranchero]

The entirety of Death Stranding's licensed music. And yes, that includes the best song of them all.

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What I cane to post. Low Roar fit that game so well. Absolutely in love with them now because of DS.

 

[Bishop89]

Madden 2004


Pretty sure from nfs underground


Alpha protocol, boss fight.

 

[raeaburame]

Saints Row 2 had 1 Thing by Amerie and Me & U by Cassie back to back on the hip hop radio station, literally the perfect combo

 

[Starlatine]

Retrograde from James Blake in the intro card for Chapter 5 (iirc) from Tales of the Borderlands

It just fits so well. and its a nice song

 

[Sora64]

So many great games to choose from but honorable mentions for me would be Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 (RIP), Saints Row IV, and Death Stranding.

 

[DarkJ]

Florence and the Machines version of Stand by Me is the best thing about Final Fantasy 15.

 

[c0Zm1c]

Hypersonic, Jane's Addiction - SSX 3.

 

[carda114]

Two creepy game choices I enjoy.

 

[Akauser]

Gotta love it!

 

[Red Devil]

This 1960s instrumental song somehow found its place on Sega's delightful rhythm game Space Channel 5.

 

[The Lord of Cereal]

Can't seem to find it right now, but the instrumental version of the Micheal Andrews and Gary Jules version of Mad World used in Gears of War 3 (and the scene it was used in) was beautiful and it was the perfect music for the scene (even if it was a little bit corny) and now any time I hear that song I instantly think of Gears of War 3. I know the song also has a history in the series being that it was used in one of the commercials for the first game, but even if it was never used it was still a beautiful moment.

 

[ClickyCal']

 

[Duxxy3]

Not my favorite game or favorite song from Mogwai, but I was really surprised to see this in a game.

 

[Jaded Photographer]

 

[Princess Bubblegum]

Life is Strange 1 & 2 got brought up but no love for Before the Storm's use of Daughter along with new music they made for it. :(

Daughter - Youth

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Daughter - No Care

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(Both of these are licensed tracks used in the game..)

There's also other licensed tracks from other bands like Speedy Ortiz.

Speedy Ortiz "No Below"

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[Hilarious_Bearious]

Also the Fallout and GTA games, but that's kind of cheating as they have full on radio stations.

Oh honorable mention to MGSV; there are some great 80s jams in that game, and it's a nice touch that you have to steal the song on a cassette tape to acquire it.

 

[Mr.fresh]

power by Kanye west playing in the early mission on Saints Row the Third. I will never forget that moment it was soo damn awesome at the time.

 

[Suedemaker]

Since "Superman" was already posted...



Easily the best licensed Credits song in the history of the universe.



The airport sequence was excellent especially with this blaring in the background