The Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series is known for one thing other than excellent skating, incredibly fun music. The growth of punk genres and skateboarding in the late 90s is owed in no small part to these games. And with the impending release of the remaster for the first two games, there’s about to be a big boost happening.
The soundtrack list for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 has been released and it features both established names and upcoming acts, offering plenty of diversity.
By including both songs from the original two games, as well as a bunch of entirely new songs, the developers have made a good attempt at bridging the tastes gap. If you grew up with the original games and loved the music, you probably have a somewhat different musical taste compared to new fans hopping for the remaster. There is a very interesting mix of different genres here. There’s plenty of pop and punk, and some industrial sub-genres too. The more modern stuff has plenty of crunch and punk influences as well to appeal to the skater tone that the game is going for.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 will offer both punk classics, and some contemporary vibes, to help immerse the player. The feeling of zipping around courses while jamming out to great music is a big part of what many enjoyed about the original games. So it’s a great thing that the remaster has made a serious attempt to recapture that.
The remaster pack is developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision, set to be released on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on September 4, 2020.
From Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
- Dead Kennedys – Police Truck
- Evenrude – Vilified
- Goldfinger – Superman
- Primus – Jerry was a Racecar Driver
- Speedealer – Screamer
- Speedealer – Nothing To Me
- Suicidal Tendencies – Cyco Vision
- The Suicide Machines – New Girl
- The Ernies – Here & Now
- The Vandals – Euro-Barge
- Unsane – Committed
From Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2
- Alley Life – Out With the Old
- Anthrax & Public Enemy – Bring the Noise
- Bad Religion – You
- Consumed – Heavy Metal Winner
- Dub Pistols – Cyclone
- Fu Manchu – Evil Eye
- Lagwagon – May 16
- Millencolin – No Cigar
- Naughty by Nature – Pin the Tail on the Donkey
- Papa Roach – Blood Brothers
- Powerman 5000 – When Worlds Collide
- Rage Against the Machine – Guerilla Radio
- Styles of Beyond – Subculture
- Swingin’ Utters – Five Lessons Learned
- The High & Mighty feat. Mos Def & Mad Skillz – B-Boy Document ’99
New tracks added to the remake
- A Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It?
- A. Swayze & the Ghosts – Connect to Consume
- Alex Lahey – Misery Guts
- All Talk – Let’s Do It
- American Nightmare – Life Support
- Backchat – Step It Up
- Baker Boy – In Control
- Billy Talent – Afraid of Heights
- Black Prez ft. Kid Something – The Struggle
- CHAII – South
- Charlie Brown Jr. – Confisco
- Cherry Kola – Something To Say
- Chick Norris – Made Me Do
- Craig Craig ft. Icy Black – Stomp
- Crush Effect ft. KARRA – Coming Through
- Destroy Boys – Duck Eat Duck World
- DZ Deathrays – IN-TO-IT
- FIDLAR – West Coast
- JunkBunny – Sedona
- Less Than Jake – Bomb Drop
- Machine Gun Kelly – Bloody Valentine
- Merkules – Bass (feat. Tech N9ne & Hopsin)
- MxPx – Let’s Ride
- Pkew Pkew Pkew – Mid 20’s Skateboarder
- Reel Big Fish – She’s Famous Now
- Rough Francis– Deathwire
- Screaming Females – Let Me In
- Skepta – Shutdown
- Spilt Milk – Run It Up Pt II
- Strung Out – Firecracker
- Sublime – Same In The End
- The Ataris – All Soul’s Day
- The Super Best Frens Club – Like This
- Token – Flamingo
- Tyrone Briggs – Lose Control
- Viagra Boys – Slow Learner
- Zebrahead – All My Friends Are Nobodies