Rockstar Games published a new press release for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition. The new info gives a list of included music tracks for radio stations. The list consists of over 200 songs across 29 radio stations. But there is a catch. Some of the old tracks from the original versions of the GTA 3, GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas were cut. Licensing is still an issue for this type of content.
Removed music from Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive
Edition
GTA: San Andreas
Ultramagnetic MC’s — Critical Beatdown;
2 Pac — I Don’t Give A f*ck;
Compton’s Most Wanted — Hood Took Me Under;
NWA — Express Yourself;
Fatback — Yum Yum;
Roy Ayers — Running Away;
The Gap Band — You Dropped A Bomb On Me;
Tom Petty — Running Down A Dream;
Joe Cocker — Woman to Woman;
Black Harmony — Don’t Let It Go to Your Head;
Blood Sisters — Ring My Bell;
Ozzy Osbourne — Hellraiser;
Rage Against the Machine — Killing in the Name;
Charles Wright — Express Yourself;
The Blackbyrds — Rock Creek Park;
James Brown — Funky President;
Macer & The Macks — Soul Power ‘74;
James Brown — The Payback;
The JB’s — Grunt.
GTA: Vice City
Michael Jackson — Billie Jean;
Michael Jackson — Wanna Be Startin' Somethin;
Ozzy Osbourne — Bark At The Moon;
Kate Bush — Wow;
Herbie Hancock — Rock It;
Afrika Bambaataa — Looking For The Perfect Beat;
Lionel Richie — Running With The Night.
Missing music
Video Games Chronicle checked the list and didn't find a number of additional tracks. Remastered version may include them or not. We will see once the games will be officially released. GTA: San Andreas
George Clinton — Loopzilla;
Bobby Byrd — Hot Pants – I’m Coming, I’m Coming, I’m Coming;
Lyn Collins — Rock Me Again And Again;
Maceo & The Macks — Soul Power’74;
Bobby Byrd — I Know You Got Soul.
GTA: Vice City
Quiet Riot — Cum On Feel the Noize;
The Cult — She Sells Sanctuary;
Loverboy — Working for the Weekend;
Alcatrazz — God Blessed Video;
Love Fist — Fist Fury;
Gary Numan — Cars;
ABC — Poison Arrow;
Animotion — Obsession;
The Buggles — Video Killed the Radio Star;
Aneka — Japanese Boy;
Joe Jackson — Steppin’Out;
The Fixx — One Thing Leads to Another;
Trouble Funk — Pump Me Up;
2 Live Crew — Get It Girl;
Cachao — A Gozar Con Mi Combo.
The good news that the music will get a higher quality audio at 16bit 44hrz as well as original ambient effects. Also the remasters are capable of 5.1 Surround Sound.