Videogame music gains recognition

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The Chicago Tribune posted an article today regarding the rise in brand-name soundtracks within games, which was pioneered by Grand Theft Auto 3, and continued by its successor, Vice City. The latter had a multi disc sountrack, of which one was self-descriptively rock and metal. The article claims that this disc outsold the rest of the collection, which would agree with the current market trends towards more rock/metal orientated bands.

The Chicago Tribune said:
Each "Vice City" CD offers real tunes from the fictional radio stations in the seminal drive-anywhere-do-anything game that has sold 10.5 million copies. The most popular CD, "V-Rock," sold 42,300 copies of music from Van Halen, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Osbourne. Together, the CDs totaled 142,200 units sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan
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GTA3 Vice City wasnt the only game to feature Maiden in the recent past, the Tony Hawks series also featured heavy references, including eddie as a bonus character, Iron Maiden skateboard decks, and "The Number of the Beast" in the soundtrack. Its probably not news to most fans, but it might be an interesting discussion topic :)
 
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Of course ROCKSTAR released THRASHER Skate & Destroy too....


Video Game music has often been a sort of cult thing, but now everything seems to be merging into one overall audio/visual/gaming experience. I love the soundtracks to GTA Vice City. :)

Anyone remember the sound track to Atari's 720 degrees?
 
What about Carmageddon2?(Not very new game, but still..) I've heard there's some songs on it from Iron Maiden... I can be wrong...
 
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Oh, I think I have Carmageddon 2 for the PC tucked away somewhere. I'll go and dig it out later and have a look.
 
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Apparantley it does!

There is a sticker placed on the box, saying 'Featuring Music by Iron Maiden'. No mention in the credits what tracks it is though.

I just placed the CD-ROM into my stereo and skipped past track one, the actual computer software, and there is defintely some music on there! :D

Can't place it name it though.
 
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