For those who grew up with the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games, you’ll know how integral the soundtrack has been to each instalment of the franchise. And excitingly, with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 set to return this October, the game publisher, Activision have finally revealed the tracklist for the upcoming game.
The soundtrack this time around offers an eclectic mix of bands, from British rockers Royal Blood, 70’s punk band Death, dubstep icons Skrillex (in collaboration with Yogi) and heavy rockers, Killer be Killed.
The full soundtrack includes 32 songs destined to be a perfect match for shredding around the new skate-parks and performing some rad kickflips and grinds in game. The tracklist is as follows:
‘Stars and Stripes’ – Anti-Flag- ‘Southsiders’ – Atmosphere
- ‘Hipster Shakes’ – Black Pistol Fire
- ‘Milkman’ – Bully
- ‘I’m Not Part of Me’ – Cloud Nothings
- ‘A Little Death to Laugh’ – Cold Cave
- ‘International Hustler’ – Connie Price and the Keystones
- ‘All 149’ – Crass Mammoth
- ‘Degenerate Mind’ – Deaf Poets
- ‘Virgins’ – Death From Above 1979
- ‘When The Wolves Come Out’ – Deer Mother
‘Mini Brute’ – Doomtree- ‘Rorschach’ – Fake P
- ‘Raised By Wolves’ – Family Force 5
- ‘Go Down In History’ – Four Year Strong
- ‘Moment to Myself’ – Harlan
- ‘Our Ritual’ – Hundred Visions
- ‘Highline’ – Hungry Hands
- ‘Cynics and Critics’ – Icon For Hire
- ‘Wings of Feather and Wax’ – Killer Be Killed
- ‘Everywhere I Go’ – New Politics
- ‘Black Sap Scriptures’ – Plague Vendor
- ‘Cream on Chrome’ – Ratatat
‘Skate Rock’ – RattBlack- ‘Little Monster’ – Royal Blood
- ‘Secrets’ – State Champs
- ‘Shelter Song’ – Temples
- ‘Who Needs You’ – The Orwells
- ‘Rat Trap’ – The Schitzophonics
- ‘Bad Things Are Bad’ – The Sheds
- ‘Burial’ – Yogi & Skrillex
Ever since the release of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater in 1999, the franchise has been recognized for it’s eclectic mix of hardcore punk and rock – with a mixture of hip-hop and metal for good measure – to further enhance the in-game skater environment.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 is set to be released on Xbox One and Playstation 4 on 29th September. Watch a making-of video below.
