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EA Announces Fall Music Line Up for Sports Franchises

July 27, 2009

All-New Editions of Madden NFL, FIFA, NHL and NBA LIVE

Spotlight Music from International Superstars and Breakthrough Artists

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today unveiled the full soundtracks for Madden NFL 10, FIFA 10, NHL®10 and NBA LIVE 10. This first-ever quadruple announcement represents the sounds of this fall’s four sports franchises and affirms EA’s standing as the leaders in worldwide videogame music and marketing.

“Each EA SPORTS game is unique to every gamer that picks up the controller, we wanted to make sure the music matched each of those unique experiences,” said Steve Schnur, Electronic Arts’ Worldwide Executive for Music and Marketing. “With the big songs and huge bands in Madden NFL, bringing back the Soul of the Game to NBA LIVE, tapping into the hard hitting metal tracks of NHL and the international flavor of FIFA, this year’s EA SPORTS soundtrack line up aligns with each of the game’s unique styles.”

MADDEN NFL 10

Since 2001, the annual Madden NFL soundtrack has become music’s most essential launching pad for such artists as Avenged Sevenfold, Franz Ferdinand, Lupe Fiasco and Fallout Boy. This year, Madden NFL 10 makes the ultimate surprise play with a front-line of classics that includes Black Sabbath, 2Pac, Iron Maiden, Kid Rock, Nirvana, Public Enemy, System Of A Down and Rage Against The Machine; tracks by breakout bands Airbourne, Mastodon, and Killswitch Engage; and an exclusive new song by Cypress Hill.

The complete in-game soundtrack for Madden NFL 10:

ARTIST   SONG
2Pac   Can't C Me
Airbourne   Heads Are Gonna Roll
Alice In Chains   Them Bones
B.o.B   Created A Monster
Bang Camaro   Revolution
Beastie Boys   Sabotage
Black Sabbath   Paranoid
Cypress Hill   Get ‘Em Up
Helmet   Unsung
Iron Maiden   Aces High
Judas Priest   Painkiller
Kid Rock   I Am The Bullgod
Killswitch Engage   Reckoning
Korn   Blind
Mastodon   Divinations
Nas feat. Puff Daddy   Hate Me Now
Nirvana   Breed
Pantera   Walk
Public Enemy   Shut Em Down
Rage Against The Machine   Guerrilla Radio
Set Your Goals   Gaia Bleeds (Make Way for Man)
Slipknot   Duality
System Of A Down   Sugar
The Vanity Plan   Before I Die
Young Dre The Truth Cheah Beah

NBA LIVE 10

Long recognized as the premiere showcase for diverse and innovative new music, NBA LIVE 10 features more than 80% exclusive tracks, including reinvented classics from Afrika Bambaataa, Dead Prez and Snoop Dogg, along with ground-breaking collaborations by indie-rockers Matt & Kim with the legendary De La Soul, and newcomers Mickey Factz & B.o.B. The soundtrack also spotlights never-before-heard songs from Beastie Boys and Wyclef Jean.

The complete in-game soundtrack for NBA LIVE 10:

ARTIST   SONG
88 Keys feat. Colin Munroe   Wake Up Call
Afrika Bambaataa feat. Why G, Mickey Factz &The Fort Knox Five   Zulu! (We Don't Stop Yawl)
B.o.B.   Champion
Beastie Boys   Pop Your Balloon
David Banner & GQ   S.P.I.T.
De La Soul   La La La
Dead Prez   Still Bigga Than
Embassy Music Board   Overtime
Grand Puba   Get It
Laza   Crank It Up
Matt & Kim feat. De La Soul   Daylight (Troublemaker Remix)
Matt & Kim   Daylight
Mick Boogie feat. Kidz In The Hall, Donnis & Daytona   Class Of Our Own
Mickey Factz & B.o.B.   Mind Got Blown
Mos Def feat. Talib Kweli   History
Murs feat. Kurupt & Jay Rock   We Ballin'
Pete Rock   When I Need It
Reflection Eternal   Get Lite
Rye Rye feat. Busy Signal   Get Like This
Snoop Dogg   Lodi Dodi (LIVE 10)
Wale feat. Jazmine Sullivan   World Tour
Wyclef Jean feat. Haitian Fresh   Ballin'
Xzibit feat. BJ The Chicago Kid & Poo Bear   Fanatic
Young Dre The Truth & 2Pac feat. BJ The Chicago Kid   All Eyez On Me (The Truth)
Zion I   Go Hard

NHL 10

NHL 10 boasts a crunching line-up of metal, indie-punk and rapcore tracks from both legendary platinum bands – including Megadeth, Scorpions, Green Day and Rancid – and breakthrough new acts such as Cancer Bats and Metalkpretty.

The complete in-game soundtrack for NHL 10:

ARTIST   SONG
Alexisonfire   Young Cardinals
Cancer Bats   Deathsmarch
CKY   Hellions On Parade
Disco Ensemble   Golden Years
Drangonforce   Heroes Of Our Time
Eagles Of Death Metal   Anything 'Cept The Truth
Earl Greyhound   Oye Vaya
Green Day   Know Your Enemy
Megadeth   Peace Sells
Metalkpretty   Wake Up! Wake Up!
Ministry & Co-Conspirators   Keys To The City (Chicago Blackhawks Theme Song)
MxPx   Kids In America
Nickelback   Burn It To The Ground
Papa Roach   Into The Light
Priestess   Raccoon Eyes
Rancid   The Bravest Kids
Scorpions   Rock You Like A Hurricane
Thousand Foot Krutch   Fire It Up

FIFA 10

For the latest edition of the most influential global soundtrack in the world today, EA SPORTS FIFA 10 brings together genre-spanning tracks from 39 different artists representing more than 25 nations, including England, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Brazil, Norway, New Zealand, Israel, USA and Nigeria.

The complete in-game soundtrack for FIFA 10:

ARTIST   SONG   COUNTRY
Adiam Dymott   Miss You   Sweden
Afrobots   Favela Rock   Brazil
Alex Metric   Head Straight   England
Auletta   Meine Stadt   Germany
Balkan Beat Box feat. Tomer Yosef and Saz   Ramallah-Tel Aviv   Israel
BLK JKS   Lakeside   South Africa
Bomba Estéreo   Fuego   Mexico
The BPA feat. Ashley Beedle   Should I Stay Or Should I Blow   England
Buraka Som Sistema feat. Pongolove   Kalemba (Wegue - Wegue)   Portugal
CasioKids   Fot I Hose   Norway
Children Collide   Skeleton Dance   Australia
Crookers feat. The Very Best, Two Fingers & Marina Gasolina   Birthday Bash   Italy
Cut Off Your Hands   Happy As Can Be   New Zealand
Dananananaykroyd   Black Wax   Scotland
Datarock   Give It Up   Norway
Fabri Fibra   Donna Famosa   Italy
Fidel Nadal   International Love   Argentina
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs   La Luz Del Ritmo   Argentina
Macaco   Hacen Falta Dos   Spain
Major Lazer   Hold The Line   USA
Marcio Local   Soul Do Samba   Brazil
Matt & Kim   Daylight (Troublemaker Remix feat. De La Soul)   USA
Metric   Gold Guns Girls   Canada
Mexican Institute Of Sound   Alocatel   Mexico
Nneka   Kangpe   Nigeria
Passion Pit   Moth's Wings   USA
Peter Bjorn And John   Nothing To Worry About   Sweden
Pint Shot Riot   Not Thinking Straight   England
Playing For Change   War / No More Trouble   WORLD
Rocky Dawuni   Download The Revolution   Ghana
Röyksopp   It's What I Want   Norway
Soshy   Dorothy   France
The Answering Machine   It's Over! It's Over! It's Over!   England
The Enemy UK   Be Somebody   England
The Temper Trap   Science of Fear   Australia
Tommy Sparks   She's Got Me Dancing   England
The Whitest Boy Alive   1517   Germany
Wyclef Jean   MVP Kompa   Haiti
Zap Mama   Vibrations   Belgium

For more information and previews of EA SPORTS franchise soundtracks, please visit http://www.ea.com/music.

EA SPORTS™ is the leading interactive sports software brand in the world, with top-selling titles and franchises including Madden NFL Football, FIFA Soccer, NHL® hockey, NBA LIVE basketball, NCAA® Football and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR®.

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA MobileTM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.

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