EA Music Boss Explains Madden Music Motivation
Ever wonder why EA [http://www.easports.com], recently took some time to explain it.
In an interview with Madden NFL 09 [http://kotaku.com/5022903/eas-steve-schnur-explains-the-hype-behind-the-madden-soundtrack].
"We believe that hip-hop, rock, other forms of music... there's no reason to put up walls between them," he said. "Hip-hop artists love rock songs because of Madden and vice versa, when we don't hear them separated out on the dial."
That positive association works both ways, according to Schnur; while not every gamer is going to enjoy every song included with the Madden soundtrack, he added, "The goal was that after you played Madden in 2004, 2006, 2009... three months later when you hear that Trivium [http://www.trivium.org/] song, you're gonna go, 'Oh, Madden.'"
Starting with 4000 potential songs for the Madden 09 soundtrack, Schnur said it took him and two others working from January to May to get it cut down to the current list. "What a song has to do is, it has to serve the game - in the case of Madden, get you pumped up," he said. "We have to... see how it fits within the game, and if that band could potentially have an impact on people going forward."
The complete interview with EA's Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing is available here [http://kotaku.com/5022903/eas-steve-schnur-explains-the-hype-behind-the-madden-soundtrack].
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Ever wonder why EA [http://www.easports.com], recently took some time to explain it.
In an interview with Madden NFL 09 [http://kotaku.com/5022903/eas-steve-schnur-explains-the-hype-behind-the-madden-soundtrack].
"We believe that hip-hop, rock, other forms of music... there's no reason to put up walls between them," he said. "Hip-hop artists love rock songs because of Madden and vice versa, when we don't hear them separated out on the dial."
That positive association works both ways, according to Schnur; while not every gamer is going to enjoy every song included with the Madden soundtrack, he added, "The goal was that after you played Madden in 2004, 2006, 2009... three months later when you hear that Trivium [http://www.trivium.org/] song, you're gonna go, 'Oh, Madden.'"
Starting with 4000 potential songs for the Madden 09 soundtrack, Schnur said it took him and two others working from January to May to get it cut down to the current list. "What a song has to do is, it has to serve the game - in the case of Madden, get you pumped up," he said. "We have to... see how it fits within the game, and if that band could potentially have an impact on people going forward."
The complete interview with EA's Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing is available here [http://kotaku.com/5022903/eas-steve-schnur-explains-the-hype-behind-the-madden-soundtrack].
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