Madden NFL 13 News Post

Madden NFL 13 Introduces Original Score, No More EA Trax

05:52 PM - May 14, 2012 by Steve_OS

EA Trax is no more. At least for Madden NFL 13. The team will use an original score this year.

Also of note. The top 10 quarterbacks in the NFL will have their cadence captured for the game.

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	Every year, members of the �EA Trax� team would sift through thousands of songs to come up with the 20 or so that would give gamers a sense of cool and cutting-edgeness as they played America�s highest-selling sports game. This year, however, the Madden creative team wanted to go in a different direction. The presentation in �Madden NFL 13� has been completely redone, from the all-new menus (they�re very industrial looking� in a good way) to the quarterback cadences (recorded in-person for each of the �top ten quarterbacks,� according to EA) to the recently introduced announcing crew of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms. And the accustomed sound of �EA Trax� just didn�t go with the new look.

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# 41 blklightning @ 05/20/12 11:10 PM

i want real stadium music. i know a couple use guns n roses. that would be sweet to have in the game. maybe they're saving all the money from ea trax and putting it towards more licensed stadium music. the sticky music thread would seem to suggest just that.

# 42 hofields @ 05/22/12 05:07 PM

I miss the original tracks that EA used to commission for each game like the intro song Ludacris did like a decade ago.

# 43 berad88 @ 05/22/12 11:52 PM

I always thought EA was just promoting a lot of bands that really needed promoting. In other words forcing crap music into our ears. The music in Madden 12 was so strange and did not make sense at all. Old school mellow hip hop songs? Really EA? The game became so much better once I muted the music from being played outside of games.
I like the direction EA is going with 13.

# 44 BTownSlinger @ 05/23/12 10:29 AM

I liked EA Trax. Back in '09 (I think) I was introduced to two new bands I never heard before with some cool songs from the NASCAR Thunder series. Whatever they do, I hope it's not like NCAA where it's the same instrumental over and over again.

If you're just going through your Dynasty, reading stats, recruiting, enjoying it, sooner or later you want to scissor kick someone from EA who thought that was a good idea.

Side note, I want to scissor kick whoever gave the linebackers Air Jordons to wear. The new trajectory should fix that though.

# 45 ODogg @ 05/23/12 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Aggies67


	This one is my favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxUxeaE5LW0 It's titled "The Equalizer" which was also my favorite TV show of all time, until "Person Of Interest" came along. Here's The Equalizer theme song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1NiNKwueE

I loved The Equalizer too!!

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