FIFA 13: Kasabian, Wretch 32 & Bloc Party To Feature On Soundtrack

EA Sports have today announced details of the FIFA 13 official soundtrack, confirming an eye-catching roster of performing artists including deadmau5, Bloc Party, Flo Rida with Lil€™ Wayne, Matisyahu and rock icons Kasabian. The track listing, which can be seen in full below, features a mix of genre-spanning music from 50 Gold/Platinum stars and breakthrough artists representing twelve countries from around the world, and according to EA Sports reflects the passion and intensity of FIFA gameplay while defining the sound of the upcoming season for football fans worldwide. Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing at EA released the news of the soundtrack with the following statement:

€œOur FIFA soundtracks are yearly opportunities to showcase a global roster of breakthrough artists from multiple genres. For FIFA 13, we wanted to take that excitement to the next level by adding major star power, top indie acts, and more songs than ever before.€

The FIFA 13 soundtrack features a veritable smorgasbord of artists, including Flo Rida featuring Lil Wayne, Bloc Party, Kasabian, Two Door Cinema Club and Matisyahu, along with such internationally award-winning indie acts as Metric, Santigold, Passion Pit, The Chevin, Hadouken!, Wretch 32 and Band Of Horses. There's also some balance and an international flavour to proceedings, with lesser known and break-through artists like Brazil€™s Zemaria; Youngblood Hawke, Imagine Dragons, Walk The Moon and Fitz & The Tantrums from the U.S.; Sweden€™s Miike Snow and The Royal Concept, Britain€™s Animal Kingdom, The Heavy and Bastille; Germany€™s Kraftklub; UK/Spain€™s Crystal Fighters; Canada€™s Young Empires; Australia€™s Atlas Genius and The Presets; France€™s Madeon; New Zealand€™s Kimbra; and Chile€™s Astro. Jon McClure from Reverend and the Makers whose song "Shine the Light" features confessed that being included on the soundtrack brought them up to a new level of fame in some eyes...

"'We€™re very excited up to be teaming up with EA SPORTS. We could sell-out a full UK tour but my friends would still think having a tune on FIFA is bigger.€

Here's the full track listing... Animal Kingdom - Get Away With It Ashtar Command - Mark IV feat. Joshua Radin Astro - Panda Atlas Genius - If So Band Of Horses - Feud Bastille - Weight Of Living, Part 2 Bloc Party - We Are Not Good People Cali - Outta My Mind Clement Marfo & The Frontline - Us Against The World Crystal Fighters - Follow deadmau5 feat. Gerard Way - Professional Griefers Django Django - Hail Bop Duologue - Get Out While You Can Elliphant - TeKKno Scene feat. Adam Kanyama Featurecast - Got That Fire (Oh La Ha) (feat. Pugs Atomz) Fitz And The Tantrums - Spark Flo Rida feat. Lil Wayne - Let It Roll, Part 2 Foreign Beggars & Bare Noise - See The Light Hadouken! - Bliss Out Imagine Dragons - On Top Of The World Jagwar Ma - What Love Kasabian - Club Foot Jonathan Boulet - You're A Animal Kimbra - Come Into My head Kitten - G# Kraftklub - Eure Madchen Ladyhawke - Black White & Blue Madeon - Finale Matisyahu - Searchin Metric - Speed The Collapse Miike Snow - Paddling Out Passion Pit - I'll Be Alright Reptar - Sweet Sipping Soda Reverend And The Makers - Shine The Light Rock Mafia - Fly Or Die The Royal Concept - Goldrushed Royal Teeth - Wild Santigold - Big Mouth St. Lucia - September Stepdad - Jungles The Chevin - Champion The Enemy - Saturday The Heavy - Don€™t Say Nothing The Presets - Ghosts Two Door Cinema Club - Sleep Alone Walk The Moon - Quesadilla Wretch 32 - Blur Youngblood Hawke - We Come Running Young Empires - Rain Of Gold Zemaria - Past 2 The FIFA 13 demo for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC will launch around the world beginning 11th September, and the game itself will be avaialble for PS3 with PlayStation Move support, Xbox 360 with Kinect, PS Vita, Wii, PC, PS2, Nintendo 3DS, and PSP on 28th September and later this year on Nintendo WiiU. The game will also be available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch. FIFA 13 is rated E for everyone by the ESRB and Pegi 3+.