The fall of 2012 saw the release of one of the most highly expected motorsport video games in recent times with probably the best soundtrack for a video game of all time. The question that pops into mind when you feast your eyes upon the list of tracks is simply- What the...?! This may well be the hottest release of 2012 in motorsports gaming, but what’s more spectacular is the unbelieveble line-up on its O.S.T. So we've decided that the soundtrack of Forza Horizon is The Video Game Soundtrack of the Year. If you are wondering which other soundtracks we took into consideration, the answer is – we didn’t. Alright, alright - we had to consider the soundtrack of Need For Speed Most Wanted as well. But Forza exceeds them by far with a more exciting, versatile and complete selection of driving tunes. And if you start to imagine what we’re talking about, you’ll get what we're saying here.
We’re struggling to come up with words to describe how great this set of tracks really is. So what we’re going to do, is bring you some hand-picked pearls from the ocean of musical supremacy, that is this soundtrack. As we’re all about DJs on DJfollower.com we’re concentrating on DJs rather than bands. However, it must be understood that the bands and artists on this track are as top notch as the DJs/producers. Forza has this great feature of radio stations. So the soundtrack is divided up by 3 radio stations, as described on the official Xbox page:
- “Horizon Bass Arena” – “A bleeding-edge mix of the latest electronic and dance music, from dubstep to electro to drum & bass. If it’s got bass, you’ll find it here.”
- “Horizon Pulse” – “An eclectic selection of indie festival favourites, remixed to keep you driving”
- “Horizon Rocks” – “If it’s got guitars in it, it’s here. Whether these bands are hitting the festival scene for the first time in 2012 or are legends reforming for one last gig, you’ll find a diverse selection of music on this station, all turned up to eleven."
There’s something for every tastebud you have – indie music stars like Santigold, Miike Snow and Hot Chip on the Horizon Pulse. Then there’s the Horizon Rocks, where you’ll find among others the Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys, LCD Soundsyctem and The Stone Roses.
Check out the article with the hand-picked tracks from the Soundtrack of Forza Horizon here!
The tracklist consisting of almost 70 tracks:
Horizon Bass Arena
Levels (Skrillex Mix) -- Avicii
Reckless (With Your Love) -- Azari & III
Cinema (Skrillex Remix) -- Benny Benassi
Blind Faith (feat. Liam Bailey) -- Chase & Status
Hot Mess (feat Elly Jackson) (Duck Sauce Mix) -- Chromeo
Encore -- Digitalism
The Power (feat. Dizzee Rascal) -- DJ Fresh
Silicone Lube -- Feed Me
Lies (Alex Metric Remix) -- Fenech-Soler
Icarus -- Madeon
Show Me A Sign -- Modestep
Lick The Rainbow -- Mord Fustang
Remanence (Junior Remix) -- Mr Magnetik
Me & You -- Nero
Reaching Out (Fred Falke Remix) -- Nero
Blue Monday -- New Order
Language -- Porter Robinson
Everyday (Netsky VIP Remix) -- Rusko
Somebody to Love (Sigma Remix) -- Rusko
The Hope -- Scuba
Bass 4 -- The Hacker
Illmerica (Extended Version) -- Wolfgang Gartner
Horizon Pulse
Need You Now -- Cut Copy
Awake -- Electric Guest
Walking on a Dream -- Empire of the Sun
Iron Deer Dream (Chad Valley Remix) -- Fixers
Don't Stop (Color on the Walls) -- Foster The People
Hawaiian Air -- Friendly Fires
Hurting Friendly Fires
No Love -- Hooray for Earth
Over & Over -- Hot Chip
Black, White and Blue -- Ladyhawke
Let Me Go -- Maverick Sabre
Paddling Out -- Miike Snow
Life is Life (Yuksek Remix) -- Noah and the Whale
Take A Walk -- Passion Pit
1901 -- Phoenix
Bom Bom -- Sam and the Womp
Disparate Youth -- Santigold
Spirit of the Night -- Tesla Boy
Pelican -- The Maccabees
Punching in a Dream -- The Naked & Famous
Aroused -- Tom Vek
Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix) -- Two Door Cinema Club
Yeah Yeah -- Willy Moon
Horizon Rocks
R U Mine -- Arctic Monkeys
Lonely Boy -- Black Keys
The Infected -- Four Year Strong
Back of your Neck -- Howler
Give It Up -- LCD Soundsystem
Bring Em Down -- Lostprophets
We Bring An Arsenal -- Lostprophets
Teenager -- Mona
Animal -- Neon Trees
Wildfire, Smoke & Doom -- Pulled Apart By Horses
Lazy Eye -- Silversun Pickups
Surrender -- The Duke Spirit
Away from Here -- The Enemy
Had Enough -- The Enemy
Hate To Say I Told You -- The Hives
She Bangs The Drums -- The Stone Roses
Rock n Roll Queen -- The Subways
Motoring -- TOY
Bug -- Wavves
Farewell to the Fairground -- White Lies
Bite My Tongue (feat. Oli Sykes) -- You Me At Six
Get Away -- Yuck