FIFA 22’s soundtrack is the largest in the series’ history, packing 122 songs and over six hours of music across all of its main modes. EA Sports has selected artists from over 27 countries, and it promises that the playlist represents a number of cultures, establishing the football franchise as the “world’s game”. Some of the biggest names include Swedish House Mafia, CHVRCHES, and Glass Animals. Some of the bands have even designed exclusive FUT kits for you to unlock.
The main soundtrack, which will play during Career mode and FIFA Ultimate Team, includes a “genre-spanning collection of bold and uplifting rhythms” featuring artists such as Polo & Pan, Bakar, and Hope Tala – you can listen to the full playlist through here.
Meanwhile, as was the case with FIFA 21, the new and improved Volta Football mode will also boast its own soundtrack, promising a “gritty, underground vibe that embodies the street”. The playlist includes artists like EARTHGANG, and once again, you can listen to the full thing through here.
While there aren’t a huge number of household names here – at least not for fuddy-duddies like yours truly – the sheer number of different artists from around the world is impressive, and based on what we’ve listened to while writing this article, it’s not bad at all. We reckon larger soundtracks lend themselves well to sports games, because it gets real tedious when you’re hearing the same song over and over every hour or so.
[source open.spotify.com, via open.spotify.com]
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I'll assume there isn't any Lamb of God?
Even the musicians are now tied into FUT with those kits being an unlockable incentive, huh? Gotta give EA credit, they're pushing levels of shamelessness that were previously thought impossible to achieve. All in service of the almighty MTX.
I feel like these sorts of soundtracks just have become a bit redundant in the streaming age. Used to be that you’d hear a song and then check out the album on CD from HMV. These days it’s just a collection of songs you could listen to at any time. My uncle still credits his band’s FIFA 10 appearance with getting his music out there and selling CDs across loads of different countries.
Went through the Spotify playlist and while it is missing a huge chunk of songs there, so far seems like really weak playlist. Probably weakest in many years
Happy to see Greentea Peng on the list. Her album is excellent
@oconnoclast There’s so many more ways to get your music out there these days though. It’s not like you only have the radio and the music channels on the TV like in the early to mid 00s. While these are a boost in terms of discoverability, they don’t quite feel like they’re curated in the same way that they were in the older games,
Im gonna assume 9 come with the base game and the remainder are purchasable via lootbox
@nessisonett who is your uncles band fella? I remember FIFA 10 having a particularly fine soundtrack.
@Alfieburns Dananananaykroyd. Prime late 00s indie rock!
Wish Chvrches used ‘Asking for a Friend’ off their new album instead of ‘Good Girls’.
I like ‘Good Girls’ but ‘Asking for a Friend’ is so much better.
Is Kasabian on there... dunno who they are but used to be in a lot of FIFAs. And that song Fool's Gold was in almost every game 😆. Still I think FIFA'04 had one of the best soundtracks.
That will definetly make up for everything else the game is lacking.
Don't think people buy FIFA to listen to music 😂
FIFA is a now a tentpole. A tent which has a massive rip, broken zip and smells. The other 3 tentpoles are E Soccer, Madden and the annual WWE game.
KERO KERO BONITO
@nessisonett Now I feel old. They had Black Wax on the soundtrack yes? They were a bit of a buzz band when I was at uni.
And now a member was a poster’s uncle.
#midthirtiesanxiety
@nessisonett I've got one of their CDs somewhere. It was canny good as I recall.
This soundtrack is exactly what I expected it to be before I opened the link. It's a shrug in musical form.
Thats nice and all but still it doesn't make it worth 80$ for base game. Remember old Fifa with Robbie Williams exclusive music
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