"Our approach was very much that we have to make sure it's an amazing soundtrack, because that will lead to an amazing game." "From the outset we knew we had to have a kick-ass soundtrack," Blackman says.
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Read the full article here: Game Informer Rolling Stone Interview A lot of the '60s most popular stuff, like the Stones, didn't really break out until the late 60s." If we had been set in '65 or '66, we would've been in what we consider the oldies era. Not to say that there wasn't a lot of great music after 1968, but there are some really good songs that came out in 1968 and we want to make sure we had what we needed. "That year just happens to be a great cut-off for music. "We're being really hardcore about the music selections, and making sure that nothing in our playlist is from after 1968," says studio head and creative director Haden Blackman. Five songs made number one on the Billboard charts in 1968, the year the game takes place: (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, Love Child, Chain of Fools, I Wish It Would Rain, and Folsom Prison Blues.īehind the Scenes Game Informer Interview.The soundtrack has 27 songs that hit number one on the Billboard charts.Five of the bands on the soundtrack performed at Woodstock.The soundtrack includes 28 performers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.The soundtrack isn't restricted to the car radio either as you explore the sights of New Bordeaux's ten districts it can be heard played live inside of bars and nightclubs as well as on radios throughout the city.Īlong with the soundtrack, the game also captures the distinctive sound and feel of New Bordeaux through the Mafia III Original Game Score, created by two of the gaming industry's greatest composers, Jesse Harlin and Jim Bonney. Selected tracks are used for specific illustrative purposes to punctuate the dramatic mood of the moment and underscore the emotions Lincoln Clay faces throughout the game.
In addition to being filled with great artists and songs of the day, the soundtrack acts as a character in the game, helping establish the gritty, southern mood and turmoil of the late 60s era. As you drive down the streets of New Bordeaux you will hear everything from classic rock, country, soul, rhythm & blues to authentic Louisiana Zydeco music.
The Mafia III Soundtrack features 101 carefully curated songs from the era that set the tone for Lincoln Clay's journey through the game.
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