What's The Best Uses of "Mainstream" Music in Game

Post by **racketboy** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:54 pm

I guess I should specify this shouldn't include games like Guitar Hero, DDR, and such that revolve around licensed music.

Look forward to hearing what you can come up with...

Post by **lordofduct** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 6:44 pm

Crazy Taxi was fun! Offspring was a PERFECT choice for the game... though a lot of people rag on it, and say it gets redundant after a while. But I'm an actual fan of Offspring (literally, I own legite copies of all their albums... how gay is that?), so it was cool for me!

Rez was nice. I wouldn't say it really mainstream, but the artists are real musicians not attached to the video game world. And Adam Freeland spins some sick shit! (the others are kinda dry, and meh, but I really do like Freeland)

I can't think of any other games off the top of my head right now. But I probably will later.

Post by **aaron** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:19 pm

Top Sk8er in the arcades had pennywise songs.

i guess all the GTA games from vice city on up used licensed music pretty well, even though it's in the background. they did release soundtrack box sets of all the "radio station" setlists.

tony hawk games (all)

the madden games are responsible for making some very terrible bands very famous now (avenged sevenfold, fall out boy, etc).

crazy taxi is a good mention also, i think either the first or second one had bad religion on the soundtrack as well.

also who could forget green jelly in maximum carnage for gen/snes ?

Post by **aaron** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:22 pm

oh! GWAR in beavis and butt-head for gen/snes, also. though i guess that's not really "mainstream"

Post by **lordofduct** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:29 pm

aaron wrote:oh! GWAR in beavis and butt-head for gen/snes, also. though i guess that's not really "mainstream"

OH YEAH! I remember that shit... that was funny.

GWAR is mainstream enough, everyone knows atleast WHO they are... they are like the KISS of... well, of... ermm... fetish parties?

Post by **pocket** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:41 pm

Green Jelly from Maximum Carnage for snes.

Post by **Mozgus** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:56 am

The Crystal Method in N20.

Post by **Amon** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:19 am

What about the need for speed games like hot persuit 2?

Post by JC » Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:48 am

Wipeout 2097, hands down for me.

Post by **Ivo** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:02 am

Do licensed games like Star Wars or Harry Potter count? Because clearly, the games need the respective music so much it might count as the "best use". (I don't know if you consider it mainstream when the latest movie was released, tunes from the Harry Potter soundtrack were passing on the radio very frequently, so that should count).