The traditional soundtrack is returning to the Madden NFL series this year. Long recognized as a platform that has helped new artists break out, "EA Trax" is in the game for the first time since 2011, as part of "Madden NFL 16."
"The Madden NFL 16 soundtrack features more than 30 tracks from artists you already know and love, including The Weeknd, Yelawolf, Lee Brice, twenty one pilots, James Bay, Blackberry Smoke, and Sigma," EA Sports said in a prepared statement. "The mix also includes brand new music from John Newman, Don Broco, Robert DeLong, Fashon, and Rag‘n’Bone Man. Madden NFL 16 is also your first opportunity to hear new tracks from Brooke Candy, Jimi Charles Moody and LunchMoney Lewis. Hear their new songs first in Madden NFL 16 before they’re available anywhere else!"
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You can listen to 21 of the 30 songs featured on the soundtrack with the Spotify playlist put together by EA Sports. In June the company also promoted a Madden Channel on Spotify which includes music from past editions of the series.
A list of artists and titles on the soundtrack:
A Thousand Horses, "Travelin' Man"
Big Data, "Get Some Freedom (feat. Dragonette)"
Blackberry Smoke, "Holding All the Roses"
Brooke Candy, "Rubber Band Stacks"
Don Broco, "Automatic"
Fashawn, "Something To Believe In" (feat. Nas and Aloe Blacc)
GOH vs. Sugarstarr, "I Used To Be" (feat. Redman and Method Man)
Hermitude, "Through The Roof" (feat. Young Tapz)
James Bay, "Collide"
Jimi Charles Moody, "House Of Moody"
John Newman, "Come and Get It"
Joywave, "Destruction"
King Los, "Ghetto Boy"
Lee Brice, "Sirens"
LunchMoney Lewis, "Ain't Too Cool"
Modestep & Teddy Killerz j, "Make You Mine"
NF, "Intro"
No Wyld, "Odyssey"
Nothing But Thieves, "Ban All The Music"
Rag'n'Bone Man, "Wolves"
Robert DeLong, "Better Days"
Sigma, "Higher" (feat. Labrinth)
The Cadillac Three, "I'm Rockin'"
The Weeknd, "Can't Feel my Face"
twenty one pilots, "Heavydirtysoul"
Viv And The Revival, "Flash"
X Ambassadors, "Superpower"
Xilent, "Animation" (feat. Diamond Eyes)
Yelawolf, "Fiddle Me This"
Youngblood Hawke, "Knock Me Down"
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