Do soundtracks to video games count as legitimate soundtracks? If so, there is little doubt that the soundtrack to the Stubbs the Zombie video game, being put out by the excellent Aspyr Records, will be the most talked about soundtrack of 2005 (at least here on Donewaiting and within the indie rock press world). The video game is set in 1959 and takes place in a “City of the Future”. All the bands featured on the soundtrack are covering songs from the ’50s and ’60s.
Tracklisting:
Ben Kweller – “Lollipop”
The Raveonettes – “My Boyfriend’s Back”
Death Cab for Cutie – “Earth Angel”
Rogue Wave – “Everyday”
Cake – “Strangers in the Night”
The Walkmen – “There Goes My Baby”
The Dandy Warhols – “All I Have to Do Is Dream”
Oranger – “Mr. Sandman”
The Flaming Lips – “If I Only Had a Brain”
Clem Snide – “Tears on My Pillow”
Rose Hill Drive – “Shakin? All Over”
Milton Mapes – “Lonesome Town”
Phantom Planet – “The Living Dead” (original song)
The soundtrack is scheduled to hit store shelves on March 15, 2005. Think there is a better soundtrack due out in 2005? Discuss here.