Goldfinger also made their return to the franchise after Superman became inextricably linked with the first game, with the song Spokesman. Classic rock was introduced through AC/DC’s T.N.T, Iron Maiden’s Run to the Hills and The Cult’s Bad Fun. The fourth installment in the franchise might have been the first to overhaul the game’s format but the soundtrack team only made minor tweaks. Plus, you can’t go wrong with a bit of Motorhead. It was a success and they sit comfortably alongside more contemporary cuts from AFI, Red Hot Chili Peppers and the unconventional Mad Capsule Markets. THPS3 delved back into the early days of punk and hardcore for the first time with Ramones' Blitzkreig Bop and The Adolescents’ Amoeba. It’s also the heaviest soundtrack in the series with Pig Destroyer, At the Gates and Darkest Hour all featured. Proving Ground was the final Tony Hawk skateboarding game from Neversoft, so they splashed out on huge songs from Foo Fighters, Nirvana, The Rolling Stones, The Sex Pistols, The Clash. Key Track: Faith No More - Midlife Crisis Some weird choices, including Johnny Cash's Ring Of Fire and Frank Sinatra’s That’s Life, present immersion-breaking tone shifts though. Underground 2’s soundtrack is solid with Metallica’s Whiplash, Rancid’s Fall Back Down and Faith No More’s Midlife Crisis all highlights. It is also noteworthy for its commissioned covers album that includes everything from the sublime Thursday version of Ever Fallen In Love With Someone, to a somewhat tepid Search And Destroy from Emmanuel. If you like songs about LA, this is the soundtrack for you. Key Track: Pkew Pkew Pkew - Mid 20’s Skateboarder Millencolin – ‘No Cigar’ ( Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2)Ī bracing, half-pipe-ready tune from these Swedes whose drilling guitars and defiant lyrics (“ I don’t care where I belong no more“) made it the ultimate Tony Hawk’s song – frantic-paced, rebellious and with a pop-punk stream in keeping with the culture of skating.We hoped 2020’s remake would uplift exciting underground bands like the originals (particularly given the rude health of punk and hardcore at the moment) but instead we got Chick Norris, All Talk and Machine Gun Kelly. We’re worshiping at the altar of Bad Religion for this rapid-fire sugar rush of melodic punk. Bad Religion – ‘You’ ( Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2) American Wasteland wasn’t the greatest Tony Hawk’s game, arguably trying too hard with a strange free-to-roam sandbox design, but its soundtrack was jammed pack of huge tracks like this.Ģ. Hit play and let havoc be wreaked on your board. Sham 69 – ‘Borstal Breakout’ ( Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland)Ī snarling, oi-led battle cry, you can’t get more punk than Sham 69. Surely there’s no better reason to delve into House Of Pain’s often underrated back catalogue – there’s more to them than ‘Jump Around’, as this bellowing monster of a track proved.ģ. “ Because I’m not Phil Collins/I’m more like Henry Rollins,” boasts Everlast in a tune so groovy it probably has its own mountain range. House Of Pain – ‘I’m A Swing It’ ( Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3) That riff isn’t one you’ll be shaking off in a hurry – infectious, heavy, furiously good.Ĥ. CKY – ’96 Quite Bitter Beings’ ( Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3)Ī song so intrinsically linked to 1990s skate culture, in part thanks to MTV show Jackass, it is strange to think it took till the third Tony Hawk’s for it to appear on the soundtrack. Anthrax featuring Chuck D – ‘Bring The Noise’ ( Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2)Ĭhuck teamed up with thrashy legends Anthrax to bring Public Enemy’s noise in a whole new way on the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 soundtrack. Such was the perfection of listening to this 1999 album ‘The Battle of Los Angeles’ standout while hurtling around sun-kissed Playstation vistas on a skateboard, for those who grew up on Tony Hawk’s games, it’s almost weird listening to it without a controller in hand, complaining as you stack a near-brilliant combo.Ħ. Rage Against The Machine – ‘Guerrilla Radio’ ( Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2)
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