NFS Soundtracks (feat. Chika Fujiwara)

The Need for speed series is famous for its soundtrack. In some parts it is perfect, in some it is controversial, in some it is very strange and in some it sounds like a non-sewn sleeve. As a big fan of tracks from the old NSF, I thought: what about the music for the rest of the later parts? Well, it's music time, ladies and gentlemen!

PS Also, Tim - Tick's wife listened to the soundtracks with me, and her emotions from this or that music will be attached as screenshots from the anime (I experienced the same emotions).

P.S. 2 Some parts had to be removed from the post, because the blocks are not rubber.

NFS High Stakes

I'll start with the fact that in the NFS series, music is based on 3 genre pillars and the first one appears in this part. It's ELECTRIC. Junkie XL, Lunatic Calm, Surreal Madrid and a bunch of other musicians piled up straight electro bases (in fact, the sound consists only of electronics here). But the juice was given out by comrade Rom Di Prisco, whose tracks are saturated with energy and drive (Paradigm Shifter is his best creation for NFS). But to be fair, there is too little variety. Thank God - it was bigger and thicker.

7 out of 10

NFS: Hot Pursuit 2

The second pillar of the music of the Thirst for Speed is ROCK. And in this part, he is all so aggressive and vicious, making it clear to you that no one will take prisoners. The invited bands, however, were still little known to anyone, because the series itself was then a nouname, but all sorts of The Buzzhorn, Matt Ragan, Humble Brothers gave a lot of shit. And of course the divine Hot Action Cop - Going Down On It - I'll listen to it until I go deaf!

8 out of 10

NFS Underground

I think everything is clear here without my comments - the first subway is a cult thing. Starting from electronic music in the form of BT, The Crystal Method, Junkie XL, rock in the form of Static-X, Rob Zombie, Fuel and ending with the third pillar of NFS music - RAP. After all, Underground gave the players tuning, and pumping their trough is ideal for rap music (and driving under it too). Rap was represented here by people like Nate Dogg, T.I. and all the already fucked-up RON DON DON, FIGHT FIGHT HA! THIS IS FUI NA!. But my favorite is BT - Kimosabe. In general, it's almost perfect!

9 out of 10

NFS Underground 2

Despite the fact that I played more of the second part than the first, the soundtrack in the sequel was worse. Because it has become more light, which does not really stick with illegal races. Nevertheless, bands such as Cirrus, SpiderBait, Skindread, Rise Against and a bunch of others did not let you get bored. The high-end luxury makeover of Riders On the Storm was especially good.

7 out of 10

NFS Most Wanted

A masterpiece! This is a fucking masterpiece in the world of soundtracks!!! All three genre pillars came together and gave out just fierce coolness. Do you like metal and rock? Hold Mastodon, Static-X, Disturbed and Bullet For My Valentine! Or are you more into electro? Get Celldweller, The Prodigy and Hyper in your ears! Or is he a rap fan? Pile on Suni Clay, T.I. and The Perceptionists! + social credits are credited to Paul Linfard for the amazing music in the chase with the cops (it's worth listening to firsthand).

I do not even know which track to throw off with a link to the wiretap, because they are all worth listening to. Well, then here's the best rap track for you: Hush - Fired Up, the best electro track: Hyper - We Control and the best rock track (which has become synonymous with the words Most Wanted): Disturbed - Decadence.

10 out of 10

NFS Carbon

You all know the fact that I love electro music. Actually, this part of 80% consists of electronics and it would seem that I should be happy and write with boiling water. That's just all this electronic stuff.... empty or something. During the listening, nothing jumped in my chest at all, as it was with the rest of the soundtracks, for example. Xs why, there seems to be both Junky and Tiga and a wagon of other good performers. But alas, not mine... Except that Valient Thorr - Heatseeker was not bad.

5 out of 10

NFS ProStreet

Well, the situation is better here. Junkie XL was personally behind the writing of the music and the selection of others. musical groups. Despite the fact that the entire soundtrack is a typical hodgepodge of all sorts, it sounds cheerful: The Toxic Avenger, MSTRKRFT, TV On The Radio, Klaxons and Junkie himself are proof of this (Junkie XL feat. Lauren Rocket - More (Junk O Punk Remix) it sounds like a thrill). It's just a pity that the dynamics and anger in the music have gone somewhere.

7 out of 10

NFS Undercover

In this part, the developers have relied on high-speed BPM, so there are a lot of "fast" tracks in the game. The main decoration of the Undercard is Pendulum - Granite - the most gorgeous DnB track, which is perfect as a soundtrack to the races (like the rest of the tracks of this band). And here's the rest of the music... this is practically the second Carbon Fiber. I.e. boring and monotonous.

6 out of 10

NFS Hot Pursuit 2010

You know, while listening to the music of this part, I felt like a Two-faced Batman. On the one hand, I wanted to shake hands with the developers, hug them and kiss them for The Crystal Method, Hadouken!, 30 Seconds to Mars and other cool musicians, and on the other hand, I wanted to take a rocker and beat the fuck out of the hump that put the Avengers music in pursuit with the cops. All this orchestral astralabia with chorus and howls sounds incredibly foreign. It looks especially moronic when you change the music: you are running such a sprint under 30 Seconds to Mars - Edge of the Earth, but then a cop shoots you and suddenly music starts playing in which Captain America gives a blowjob to Iron Man. In short, a fierce bastard!

6 out of 10

NFS Most Wanted 2012

Another part that consists purely of electronics, but unlike the soulless sound of Carbon, everything here is completely fucked up! For the first time, house and dubstep were added to the NSF series (we also did not forget about other genres), as a result of which we have a lot of juicy and bright performers: Above & Beyond, Icona Pop, The Chemical Brothers, Madeon, Nero, Popeska, Green Day, Bassnectar, Flux Pavilion and one of the best dubstep-tracks in the history of mankind: Melodic and brutal Calvin Harris - We'll Be Coming Back (Killsonik Remix).

Except it's not 10 out of 10. Because there's no music in the chase with the cops. At all. You have to drive with law enforcement guards in deathly silence. A fat minus, because of which I withdraw 1 point.

9 out of 10

NFS Rivals

The music at Riwals was a real discovery for me. Again, it's mostly electric, but it's downright powerful, vicious and gigochadish. Madeon, Knife Party, Linkin Park, The Bloody Beetroots, Feed Me - these are all my favorites. But I will separately note the ultra-annoying track Haezer - Troublemaker. Good, good, and good again!

9 out of 10

NFS 2015

As soon as I opened the folder with the music of this part, I saw the first track of one of my most favorite tracks in my entire life: Aero Chord - Surface - the coolest trap song that has become a cult. Then I thought that all the music in NSF 2015 would be so cool. But alas, only half of it. Basically, most of the tracks here are a lax, calm hodgepodge, which has both goodness and the most boring shit. But all the same, this part deserved a passing ball in terms of music.

7 out of 10

NFS Heat

It's just some kind of pi*dec!!! There is no such obscene word in the world as you can call the soundtrack to this part of the NSF! 99% of the music here is some kind of Latin American nedorep-nedopsa! When listening to the tenth track in the style of "danza kuduro despacito", I got the impression that I was being hammered in the ears by one and a half million Latin Americans. Maybe they're not bad as songs, but as a soundtrack to a racing game, it's the fiercest garbage.

I won't even throw anything off for wiretapping, because if I start looking for an example, then Latin American flashbacks will start again.

Shit is f***ing out of 10

NFS Unbound

Almost the same tops as with Heat. If the Latin American song was absolutely always played in the last part, then 80% of the music here is mumble rap with triplet flow for zoomers and other characters. And he's so fucking sad! I understand everything, we need to follow the trends, but in that case, why not add more, for example, a background? For fonk is just perfect for racing and cars. But no, let's play almost all the music in the same type and dreary rap style, from the wiretapping of which the ears curl into a tube.

But still, the music here is not a complete failure. Here, if there are a couple of good electro tracks, a couple of suitable background compositions, and suddenly techno appeared in this part, which can not but please: the Umek - Cryptic Speech track sounds very cool and cheerful. But here's the rest... this is a fierce musical miskast.

4 out of 10

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That's about it. Briefly about what I missed: Shift and Shift 2 are not bad, Nitro is more or less suitable, The Run is a very good eggnog, Payback is a complete prick. Such things. It remains only for Fujiwara and me to say 4 familiar words to everyone:

My compliments for reading! ^^