EA takes it to the street with international music soundtrack for FIFA Street 3

Environments Pulsate and Explode To Life with The Beat of the Music

EA unveiled today an international selection of artists and music that make up the soundtrack of FIFA Street 3, the newest installment of the EA SPORTS BIG™ street football arcade series. Hand selected to bring the exhilarating football experience to life through environments that pulsate to the beats, the FIFA Street 3 in-game soundtrack features 37 songs representing a resurgence in electronic music and brings the beautiful game back to the streets.

The third chapter in the FIFA Street series creates a hyper-real world that brings to life football’s biggest stars as stylised action heroes who perform to an eclectic selection of music seamlessly infused into their surroundings. The game’s environments pulsate and explode to life with every well-timed tackle, outrageous trick move or unstoppable shot on goal.

A playable demo of FIFA Street 3 for the Xbox 360™ and PLAYSTATION®3 is now available for download. The PLAYSTATION3 downloadable demo is available at the PLAYSTATION Store and the Xbox 360 downloadable demo is available on Xbox Live Marketplace.

The FIFA Street 3 soundtrack boasts an extraordinary mix of music gathered from around the globe, hand picked to represent different regions and their passion for the game. It includes songs by Chromeo (Canada), MC Amilcka (Brazil), Datarock (Norway), Junkie XL (Holland), M.I.A. (Sri Lanka/ London), and Underworld (London).

“This has always been a game with global underground credibility, and our responsibility is to always take its music to the next level,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing at EA. “For FIFA Street 3 we’ve created a soundtrack that digs deep into hardcore electronic culture, bringing together the genre’s most radical breakthrough artists from more than a dozen countries. It’s more than just the world sound of the streets; it’s the sound of FIFA Street.”

The music in FIFA Street 3 includes:

FIFA Street 3 features over 250 of the world’s best players representing 18 of the top international teams. Decked out in authentic training kits, every player has been rendered into a stylized caricature and boasts his own, distinctive style of play with unique abilities to match. Whether you’re after brawn, brains, silky skills or crunching tackles to complete your team, the perfect street player is out there. Choose from Tricksters, Enforcers, Playmakers and Finishers to give you different options on the ball and make your mark on the street.