Steam news is reporting that the official Dawn of War II soundtrack is available to download. Simply go here, scroll down, and download the archive. The 20 tracks are in 320Kbps, so that should keep all but the most avid audiophiles happy. Game soundtracks, for me, are in a strange category. They’re most often brilliant, but rarely the kind of thing you’d listen to on a normal occasion. They’re sort of the gentleman’s suit of the music world.

The tracks are courtesy of Relic Composer, Doyle W. Donehoo and Audio Lead, Jason Ross with contributions by artist Noah Stacey and Noobie Noobinson, as well as THQ, Games Workshop, and Steam. Hit the jump if you need to know the tracklist in full.

• 01 There Is Only War (opening title).mp3 – 2:55
• 02 Angels Of Death (Space Marine Theme).mp3 – 3:02
• 03 Primarch’s Honour.mp3 – 4:37
• 04 No Mercy No Respite.mp3 – 4:39
• 05 March Of The Waaagh! (Ork Theme).mp3 – 3:05
• 06 Purge The Xeno Scum.mp3 – 4:39
• 07 Forged In Battle.mp3 – 4:39
• 08 Ancient Rites (Eldar Theme).mp3 – 3:05
• 09 The Green Horde Rises.mp3 – 4:40
• 10 Khaine’s Wrath.mp3 – 4:35
• 11 Attack Of The Heretics.mp3 – 4:38
• 12 Xeno Presence (Tyranid Theme).mp3 – 3:04
• 13 For The Craftworld.mp3 – 4:41
• 14 They Come In Waves And We Push Them Back.mp3 – 4:40
• 15 The Great Devourer.mp3 – 4:36
• 16 To Battle Brothers.mp3 – 4:43
• 17 Hunting The Hive Tyrant.mp3 – 4:42
• 18 The Emperor’s Victory.mp3 – 2:05
• 19 Show Me What Passes For Music Among Your Misbegotten Kind (credits roll).mp3 – 13:31
• 20 Meridian Nights (Noobie’s Grim Dark Future Remix).mp3 – 2:36

Braid was a great game that had a lot going for it, including a fantastic soundtrack, which is now on sale.

The album contains not only the tracks from the game but a couple remixes as well, which use the time-altering effects to change up the music. You can download it for around $7 or purchase a physical copy for $12.97 at Magnatune.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Mushroom Men: Spore Wars, it’s a quirky little platformer coming out in the Wii next month. After a meteor crashes on Earth, four tribes of Mushroom Men gain consciousness and fight against each other (and other plants come to life) for the right to survive.

What’s cool about this game is that Les Claypool, bassist of Primus, had a heavy hand in both contributing to and influencing the game’s music. Working with audio company GL33k founded by Matt Piersall, a truly unique audio experience was born. You see, the noises and sound effects in Mushroom Men aren’t merely ambient sounds–all of the outdoor noises follow the same beat!

Matt and his team at Gl33k seem to have gone above and beyond the call of duty to put together the sounds for this game. To start off, all of the sounds in the game are set to the same BPM of 120. After getting 5 tracks composed by Les Claypool, they drew from his music the inspiration for the rest of the game’s varied soundtrack.

This wasn’t their only inspiration though. Some members of the team actually went camping to collect samples of genuine “outdoors” noises. These sounds were then given their own tempo and then placed in specific locations within the game. This means that the background noises and music of the game will differ depending on where you’re standing. An ever-changing soundtrack is a refreshing change from the more standard looped tracks in most other games.

Piersall had a lot to say about the music:

The music was a tough beast to tackle. We had Les Claypool create five tracks for the game. The tracks included four tracks for the races and one title track. His music was really cool and really helped drive a lot of interest in the project. He delivered his tracks as well as multi-tracked sessions (individual elements) that we used as world sounds, pickup sounds, and base elements for other tracks. Bob Arlauskas and myself composed a good majority of the music. The whole game has somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 tracks because constant looping music is one of my biggest pet peeves. For our approach we wanted to go with a sort of weirdo psychedelic dub feel. There is a slight reggae feel and Jimi Barkers original basslines gave us a cohesive palette from which to work.

I remember when I was able to play the demo I thought there was something different about the background noises. I guess it got kind of stowed in the back of my mind, since I was a bit busy gleefully smacking glowing rat carcasses with a stick.

Unfortunately it looks like the date for this one, along with Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi, has been pushed back a bit to December 2nd. Not a terribly long time to wait, and seeing how much work on the audio alone gives me hope that the rest of the game got just as much attention.

Prince of Persia games have a history of being an all-around awesome gaming experience (unless you happen to be playing on PSP). So it’s not surprising that the music also excels in quality. A mix of traditional eastern instruments with a dash of the all-time American favorite electric guitar and some orchestral flair gives you a quality of music normally associated with blockbuster movies. So it’s no surprise that some familiar names are returning to the series to bring us a soundtrack for the new game that Ubisoft boasts will be “a compelling and epic original score.” You hear that? It’s gonna be freaking epic!

The magicians behind the previous few Prince of Persia games, Inon Zur (Two Thrones and Warrior Within) and Stuart Chatwood (Sands of Time, Two Thrones, and Warrior Within) are once again joining forces to create a musical experience that will hopefully lend itself well to the tone and gameplay of Prince of Persia.

“Inon’s music underlines sumptuously the dramatic and the cinematic
qualities of the story,” said Simon Landry, Music Supervisor for
Prince of Persia. “Bringing together, in a video game perspective,
tragedy, humor, violent confrontations, romance and moral dilemmas is
a huge challenge but the new Prince of Persia soundtrack makes it
happen, reaching new artistic heights and emotional depth.”

Boasting many instruments will silly names such as Santoors, Sarods, Sitar, Zournas, and Tamboura, the soundtrack for this game looks like it’s in good hands. One of the many games this season that I’m sure many are salivating over hungrily. Om nom noms begin December 2, 2008.

Dave Chappelle once said, “Nobody likes getting their ass beat to a soundtrack.” Dave never played FaceBreaker. EA’s arcade-style boxing game’s soundtrack has been announced, and it’s full of Grateful Dead and Jack Johnson. You know — good, mellow stuff.

OK, I lied. The FaceBreaker soundtrack contains tunes with such auspicious names as “Sucker Punch,” “Knock Me Down,” and “Girl Fight.” How appropriate.

Hit the jump for the full list of songs that make you want to punch your friends in the face.

• Boys Noize – “Arcade Robot”
• Boys Noize – “Oh!”
• Dropkick Murphys – “The Warrior’s Code”
• Fort Knox Five featuring Mustafa Akbar – “The Spirit of 75”
• From First to Last – “Worlds Away”
• From First to Last – “Two As One”
• From First to Last – “We All Turn Back to Dust”
• Fujiya & Miyagi – “Sucker Punch”
• Gogol Bordello – “60 Revolutions”
• Kenna – “Out of Control (State of Emotion) – Free Donuts and Shellfish XXXChange with Ronnie Darko Spankrock Remix” (won an award for most obnoxious song title ever)
• Kinky – “Uruapan Breaks”
• Los Mocosos – “Bandolera Era (Reggaeton Remix)”
• Ozomatli – “Street Signs”
• Tone Loc featuring Peaches – “Wild Thing (Peaches RMX)”
• Prophet Omega – “Criminal”
• Quit Your Day Job featuring R.A. The Rugged Man – “Warmachine (Remake)”
• Santogold – “Creator”
• Sweatmaster – “Animal”
• The Go! Team – “Universal Speech”
• The Hives – “Square One Here I Come”
• The Procussions – “Fight Here”
• The Rivers – “Knock Me Down”
• Tigarah – “Girl Fight”
• Tone Deaf Junkies – “Kwaai Techtic”
• Wolfmother – “Woman (MSTRKRFT Remix)”

EA Sports has announced the 42-song soundtrack to FIFA Soccer 09 this morning. Featuring songs from 21 countries and a number of genres, the soundtrack follows the style of their previous sports games with a mix of both established and new music acts. Some of the artists include The Ting Tings, Kasabian, The Kooks, Foals, and Duffy.

“We have exceeded our annual challenge to create videogames’ preeminent international soundtrack,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing at EA, in a press release. “No other game has been as influential with regards to new music, and FIFA Soccer 09 truly raises the bar worldwide. We’re excited that Brazilian fans of Curumin will hear Spain’s The Pinker Tones and Norway’s Datarock. We’re proud that Canadians who love Chromeo will discover Ladytron from England and Junkie XL from Holland. We want fans throughout France, Mexico and Germany to find that their favorite new song is by Señor Flavio from Argentina, DJ Bitman from Chile or Jupiter One from New York. FIFA Soccer 09 will take music globalization to a whole new level.”

Here’s the complete track list:

* Caesar Palace – 1ne
* Chromeo – Bonafied Lovin’ (Yuksek Remix)
* CSS – Jager Yoga
* Curumin – Magrela
* Cut Copy – Lights And Music
* Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley – Something For You (One Loaf Of Bread)
* Datarock – True Stories
* DJ Bitman – Me Gustan
* Duffy – Mercy
* Foals – Olympic Airways
* Gonzales – Working Together (Boys Noize Remix)
* Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor (Soulwax Remix)
* Jakobinarina – I’m A Villain
* Junkie XL feat. Electrocute – Mad Pursuit
* Jupiter One – Platform Moon
* Kasabian – Fase Fuse
* Ladytron – Runaway
* Lykke Li – I’m Good I’m Gone
* Macaco – Movin’
* MGMT – Kids
* My Federation – What Gods Are These
* Najwajean – Drive Me
* Plastilina Mosh – Let U Know
* Radiopilot – Fahrrad
* Reverend And The Makers – Open Your Window
* Sam Sparro – Black & Gold
* Señor Flavio – Lo Mejor Del Mundo
* Soprano – Victory
* The Airborne Toxic Event – Gasoline
* The Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (The Twelves Remix)
* The Bloody Beetroots – Butter
* The Fratellis – Tell Me A Lie
* The Heavy – That Kind Of Man
* The Kissaway Trail – 61
* The Kooks – Always Where I Need To Be
* The Pinker Tones – The Whistling Song
* The Script – The End Where I Begin
* The Ting Tings – Keep Your Head
* The Veronicas – Untouched
* The Whip – Muzzle #1
* Tom Jones – Feels Like Music (Junkie XL Remix)
* Ungdomskulen – Modern Drummer

FIFA Soccer 09 will be available in stores on October 16 for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii, PS2, PSP and Nintendo DS.