Ask anyone about influential moments in music and 1968 will be near the top of that list every damn time. So many different genres came together to create a soundtrack that’s lived beyond one generation and helped define an era. So, as you hop into a Lassiter Leopard and cruise through Mafia III’s streets of New Bordeaux, crank up the radio. You’ll have more than 100 classic songs that will send you back to a very different time.
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Rather than make you wait until the game’s launch on October 7, though, you can groove to the sounds of 1968 New Bordeaux starting today on Pandora with the Mafia III Hit List. You’re one link away from this awesome collection of classic rock, country, soul, blues and popular music straight from this transformative era in American – and music – history.
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Here, though, is the FULL track list of what you’ll hear playing while you’re playing Mafia III:
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- And The Mysterians: “Ninety-Six Tears”
- The Animals: “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place”
- Aretha Franklin: “Chain of Fools,” “Respect”
- Barry Maguire: “Eve of Destruction”
- Beach Boys: “Help Me, Rhonda,” “Heroes and Villains,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”
- Beethoven Ben: “Dance of the Hours”
- Big Brother & The Holding Company: “Piece of My Heart”
- Blue Cheer: “Good Times Are So Hard To Find”
- Bobby Fuller Four: “I Fought The Law”
- Box Tops: “The Letter”
- Canned Heat: “On The Road Again”
- Chambers Brothers: “I Can’t Turn You Loose”
- Clarence Carter: “Slip Away”
- Clifton Chenier: “Ay-Tete-Fee”
- Count Five: “Psychotic Reaction”
- Cream: “White Room”
- Creedence Clearwater Revival: “Proud Mary,” “Fortunate Son,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Born on the Bayou”
- Del Shannon: “Runaway,” “Keep Searchin’ (We’ll Follow The Sun)”
- Delta Rae: “Bottom of the River”
- Dewey Edwards: “I Let A Good Thing Go By”
- Diana Ross & The Supremes: “Love Child”
- Dusty Springfield: “Son of a Preacher Man”
- Eddie Floyd: “Knock on Wood”
- Elvis: “A Little Less Conversation”
- Etta James: “Don’t Go To Strangers”
- Four Tops: “Reach Out, I’ll Be There”
- Freddie Cannon: “Palisades Park”
- Iron Butterfly: “In A Gadda Da Vida”
- James Brown: “I Got You (I Feel Good)”
- Jefferson Airplane: “Somebody to Love,” “White Rabbit”
- John Lee Hooker: “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer”
- Johnny Cash: “Folsom Prison Blues (Live),” “Ring of Fire”
- Jr. Walker and the All Stars: “Shotgun”
- L.C. Cooke: “Take Me For What I Am”
- Lightnin’ Hopkins: “Black Ghost Blues,” “Sinner’s Prayer,” “The Howling Wolf”
- Lightnin’ Slim: “G.I. Blues”
- Little Richard: “Long Tall Sally”
- Lonnie Youngblood: “Go Go Shoes”
- Martha and the Vendellas: “Nowhere to Run”
- Marvin Gaye: “You”
- Mercy Dee Walton: “Five Card Hand”
- Misfits: “You Belong To Me”
- Mourning Ritual (ft. Peter Dreimanis): “Bad Moon Rising”
- Otis Redding: “Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay,” “Hard To Handle”
- Otis Redding & Carla Thomas: “Tramp”
- Otis Spann: “Must Have Been The Devil”
- Patsy Cline: “Crazy”
- Paul Revere and the Raiders: “Kicks”
- Ramones: “Palisades Park”
- Roger Miller: “King of the Road”
- Roosevelt Sykes: “Hey Big Momma”
- Roy Orbison: “Running Scared”
- Rufus Thomas: “Walking The Dog”
- Sam and Dave: “Hold On, I’m Comin’,” “Soul Man”
- Sam Cooke: “Chain Gang,” “Wonderful World,” “Bring It On Home To Me,” “Another Saturday Night,” “I’m Gonna Forget About You”
- Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs: “Li’l Red Riding Hood”
- Sonny Rhodes: “You Better Stop”
- Status Quo: “Pictures Of Matchstick Men”
- Steppenwolf: “Desperation,” “Born To Be Wild”
- Supremes: You Keep Me Hangin’ On
- Temptations: “I Wish It Would Rain”
- The Animals: “House of the Rising Sun”
- The Avengers: “Paint It Black”
- The Band: “The Weight”
- The Chambers Brothers: “Time Has Come Today”
- The Dramatics: “Get Up and Get Down”
- The Duprees: “You Belong To Me”
- The Fun Sons: “Hang Ten”
- The Miracles: “You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me”
- The Rolling Stones: “Mother’s Little Helper,” “Paint It Black,” “Sympathy For The Devil,” “Street Fighting Man,”
- The Searchers: “Take Me For What I’m Worth,” “Needles & Pins”
- The Shadows of Knight: “I Got My Mojo Working”
- The Supremes: “Baby Love”
- The Tams: “What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)”
- The Temptations: “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg”
- The Troggs: “Wild Thing”
- Three Dog Night: “One”
- Vanilla Fudge: “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
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In addition to this curated soundtrack, Mafia III also tapped two of the gaming industry’s greatest composers, Jesse Harlin and Jim Bonney. The two have composed an original score you’ll hear during gunfights, cut scenes and other in-game moments. The 26-track Mafia III Original Game Score is will be available for digital purchase on iTunes, Amazon and the Google Play stores. A version of that score will also be available on vinyl in the Mafia III Collector’s Edition.
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That’s right, the Mafia III Collector’s Edition comes fully loaded with the sounds of 1968 New Bordeaux on 180 gram vinyl. Besides that, you can score a collectable art book, art prints, and a whole lot more. More details on that here.
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