“Madden NFL is the foundation of what we do and sets the standard for every soundtrack we create,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing for EA. “Madden NFL revolutionized the industry by making music of multiple genres – from both established acts and brand-new artists – an essential emotional component of the videogame experience and the NFL season itself. This 20th Anniversary Edition soundtrack celebrates that legacy like never before, complete with marketing events that take the excitement to a whole new level. Not only have we changed the gaming culture forever, we continue to move the needle musically for millions of people around the world. Madden NFL will always be recognized as the game that made the music matter in videogames.”
The highlights of the Madden NFL 09 soundtrack include genre-bending collaborations by Busta Rhymes featuring Linkin Park and Young Dre, The Truth featuring Good Charlotte, as well as returning Madden NFL hit makers Franz Ferdinand, Gym Class Heroes (both with pre-album prerelease tracks), All American Rejects, Shinedown, Senses Fail, Disturbed, The Offspring and Airbourne. The soundtrack’s trend of introducing emerging artists continues with 12 new acts that include The Fashion, Kardinal Offishall featuring Lindo P, In Flames, Innerpartysystem, Hollywood Undead, Mindless Self Indulgence, Izza Kizza, Trivium, Kovas and Tyga.
Cross-promotional events leading up to the game’s release include a series of :60 viral videos for tracks featured in the game, a special Madden Music Anniversary tribute issue of Billboard on newsstands July 13th, as well as other marketing partnerships to be announced in the near future. Beginning the week of August 4th, a different Madden NFL 09 soundtrack artist will perform live each night on a popular late night show.
Over the past decade, the Madden NFL soundtrack has launched premier artists that include Good Charlotte, OK GO, Fallout Boy, Franz Ferdinand, Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine, Yellowcard, Dashboard Confessional, Jet, Ozomatli and 30 Seconds To Mars, and featured such superstars as Green Day, Outkast, Foo Fighters, blink-182, Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne, The Hives, Timbaland featuring Justin Timberlake and Sum 41.
The complete in-game soundtrack for Madden NFL 09 features the following 26 songs:
| ARTIST | SONG |
| Airbourne | Stand Up For Rock ‘N Roll |
| Busta Rhymes feat. Linkin Park | We Made It |
| Disturbed | Inside The Fire |
| Franz Ferdinand | Lucid Dreams |
| From First To Last | Worlds Away |
| Gym Class Heroes | I’m Home |
| Hollywood Undead | Undead |
| In Flames | The Mirror’s Truth |
| Innerpartysystem | Don’t Stop |
| Izza Kizza | Millionaire |
| K’NAAN | ABC’s |
| Kardinal Offishall feat. Lindo P | Burnt |
| Kidz In The Hall | Blackout |
| KOVAS | Wax On, Wax Off |
| Mindless Self Indulgence | Never Wanted To Dance |
| Rev Theory | Hey Yeah |
| Senses Fail | Wolves At The Door |
| Shinedown | Devour |
| The All-American Rejects | The Real World (Demo) |
| The Fashion | Like Knives |
| The Offspring | Hammerhead |
| Trivium | Into The Mouth Of…We March |
| Tyga | Diamond Life |
| Underoath | Desperate Times, Desperate Measures |
| Wale feat. Southeast Slim | Breakdown |
| Young Dre The Truth feat. Good Charlotte | Workin’ |
Music from the Madden NFL 09 soundtrack is available on EA’s music website at www.ea.com/eatrax.
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Cool
Posted by:
g4theman
on July 8, 2008, 8:16 am
Not enough rap
lol
Im glad they put on "we made it" with busta
Walllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
We made it is such a good song
Posted by:
OhMyBosh
on July 8, 2008, 9:29 am
Lol at the mix of emo and rap
madden sucks at soundtracks
Posted by:
Siggy111
on July 8, 2008, 9:30 am
Skimpy soundtrack
Pretty awesome looking soundtrack for Madden this year.
Y wen they got rap its gotta be some hybrid collaboration bs
Posted by:
J.Hen
on July 8, 2008, 11:37 am
I thought N.E.R.D. was supposed to be on the soundtrack?
Posted by:
J-klem
on July 8, 2008, 12:20 pm
Wale!
Any rap is too much rap
Posted by:
QBtozan7
on July 8, 2008, 12:49 pm
These songs suckkkkkk!!
they never have any good songs, they need to put some people we knoo
I like We Made It,but there still isn't enough Hip Hop.
This is awesome. compared to bullshit.
Meh.
It costs to much money to get the big name artists and songs, thats why they are so crappy
Posted by:
mastarkz
on July 8, 2008, 7:44 pm
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Kardinal Burnt is my shit
Posted by:
Caneboi7
on July 8, 2008, 7:54 pm
Wale makin it big time that's what's up!!!! I am diggin this soundtrack
Their are only 2 good songs the others suck, i thought soulja boy was going to be on their, why did they get rappers that nobody has ever heard of and the rap sucks
I hardly know any of the songs on here. weird thing is i'll probably end up liking about 4-6 of them.
Rev Theorys song should be called hell yeah not hey yeah. man EA sports is still really uptight about all of their games
Posted by:
-COBHC-
on July 9, 2008, 4:28 am
This is the best Madden sountrack yet!!
Posted by:
cj112
on July 9, 2008, 5:59 am
Even though theres not enough rap songs this year but Busta Rhymes,Kids n the Hall,and Wale makes it cool with me and i'll end up liking about 4 of the rock songs
The only thing that pisses me off is that it is always censored...
Posted by:
BmoreGDX
on July 10, 2008, 6:14 am
Gym Class Heroes is technically Hip-Hop...
I think Madden 2004 still is the best Madden soundtrack to date.
Posted by:
Fins1399
on July 10, 2008, 3:13 pm
Good not to much rap
That tyga song is badass, mark it down
Senses Fail+Underoath= FTW
The only thing that sucks is that they hardlyhave any rap
Posted by:
Andreaous
on July 11, 2008, 3:11 pm
Sucky ass soundtrack no real rap or hip-hop nowhere. You can keep that crap hopefully I'll be able to play my own music ie. Young Jeezy ft. Kanye West "Put On" and Big Kuntry Kane ft. Trey Songz The Baddest.
Posted by:
caerwyn0
on July 12, 2008, 3:49 pm
Not enough good rap songs to get u pumping like all the songs are good pumping songs gets u ready for big hits n great touchdowns
LINKIN PARK
Disturbed FTW!
I like "inside the fire" by Disturbed.
Not a huge fan of this list.
But..I'm sure it will grow on me as
it usually does. :)
That is after I disable a couple of bands first. :P
Wack man
no rap....the only rapper well known is busta and its mixed wit rock
and too many rock bands to even follow n dis world
I wish they had custom soundtrack options.
Bad soundtrack
1. Glad to see MSI on there. That'll be looping while I make roster changes.
2. Is the word "Hell" seriously a deal breaker for the E rating? Rev Theory's "Hey Yeah" seems to have lost it's punch. "Gimme a HEY! Gimme a YEAH!"... No...
Any chance of using custom soundtracks like Pro Evo?
Madden always has the worst soundtracks
Posted by:
endwill1
on July 30, 2008, 9:50 am
Disturbed is the greatest band ever EA should legally have to put them on evey madden
I like the MSI song.. but if thir trying to give you a like your watching the game on tv experience o think they should def. add some MORE rap songs! cuse lets get it stright know one wonts to score a td with a guy like TO, or chad a wonts to rub it in while bumbing some slit your wrist music wright?
Not giddy about the soundtrack. There are 4 or so songs that I will play continually while turning the others off.
Posted by:
Madrox54
on August 6, 2008, 12:27 pm
Hellya DISTURBED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
