Mafia 3 Soundtrack (100-Plus Songs)

The Mafia III Soundtrack features 101 carefully curated songs from the era that set the tone for Lincoln Clay's journey through the game. As you drive down the streets of New Bordeaux you will hear everything from classic rock, country, soul, rhythm & blues to authentic Louisiana Zydeco music.

In addition to being filled with great artists and songs of the day, the soundtrack acts as a character in the game, helping establish the gritty, southern mood and turmoil of the late 60s era. Selected tracks are used for specific illustrative purposes to punctuate the dramatic mood of the moment and underscore the emotions Lincoln Clay faces throughout the game. The soundtrack isn't restricted to the car radio either; as you explore the sights of New Bordeaux's ten districts it can be heard played live inside of bars and nightclubs as well as on radios throughout the city.

Mafia III Soundtrack (100-Plus Songs)

2K's upcoming crime game Mafia III is set in 1968, which was a great time for music. Now, the game's entire lineup of licensed songs have been announced, featuring lots of great tracks--even more than the game's director thought 2K would be able to get the rights to.

There are more than 100 songs featured in the game, including multiple tracks from The Rolling Stones like "Paint It Back" and "Sympathy for the Devil."

The band Creedence Clearwater Revival has a number of songs in the game, including "Proud Mary" and "Fortunate Son." The latter of those ties into Mafia III's narrative somewhat in that it's a song about the Vietnam War. CCR's "Bad Moon Rising" and "Born on the Bayou" are also in the game.

Aretha Franklin's "Respect," "Help Me Rhonda" by The Beach Boys, and "Ring of Fire" from Johnny Cash are also featured in the game. Check out the complete lineup below, as posted by
Rolling Stone[www.rollingstone.com]. It's truly an impressive list.

These songs will play throughout the game and sometimes are used strategically to support the story. For example, the CCR song "Green River" comes on when players are hunting someone down in the bayou.

Another interesting element of Mafia III's soundtrack is that it features licensed cover songs, too. The game itself is presented through flashbacks from a 2016 hearing that dives into the events of Lincoln Clay in 1968 New Bordeaux. This gave developer Hangar 13 some new opportunities for music.

"When I look back on some of this music, the way I encountered a lot of it without even realizing it is through covers. There's a song in the game called 'You Belong to Me' from the Duprees. They weren't the first ones to perform it but that's the version we have in the game," director Haden Blackman told Rolling Stone. "I actually was introduced to that song through the Misfits version of it.

"We have a moment in the game where you hear the Duprees version and it's a really dramatic moment between two characters," he added. "It's playing on a radio in the background and it's very fitting of the moment. Then later we have a really powerful turning point for one of those characters and you hear just a brief snippet of the Misfits version. There's something really special about the thunder of the Misfits doing this song that's very poetic and powerful."

Blackman also said he was very doubtful at first that 2K would be able to secure the rights for some of the songs it wanted to include in the game.

"There were artists that I thought there would be no way we'd ever get, and yet they came through," Blackman said. "So Creedence, the Rolling Stones, we have the Beach Boys, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Cash, Sam Cooke, Elvis. Honestly, I was doubtful that we'd be able to get this wide spectrum of '60s artists."

The Box Tops

💡 The Box Tops[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵The Box Tops - The Letter

The Animals

💡 The Animals[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun

🎵The Animals - We Gotta Get out of This Place

Jimi Hendrix

💡Jimi Hendrix[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

Dusty Springfield

💡Dusty Springfield[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man

Creedence Clearwater Revival

💡Creedence Clearwater Revival[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son

🎵Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born on the Bayou

🎵Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising

🎵Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River

🎵Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary

The Rolling Stones

💡The Rolling Stones[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵The Rolling Stones - Mother's Little Helper

🎵The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black

🎵The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

🎵The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man

Little Richard

💡Little Richard[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Little Richard - Long Tall Sally

Vanilla Fudge

💡Vanilla Fudge[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On

Martha and the Vandellas

💡Martha and the Vandellas[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Martha and the Vandellas - Nowhere to Run

Del Shannon

💡Del Shannon[en.wikipedia.org]
🎵Del Shannon - Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)

🎵Del Shannon - Runaway

Barry McGuire

💡Barry McGuire[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction

Ramones

💡Ramones[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Ramones - Palisades Park

Sam & Dave

💡Sam & Dave[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Sam & Dave - Hold On, I'm Comin'

🎵Sam & Dave - Soul Man

The Shadows of Knight

💡The Shadows of Knight[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵The Shadows of Knight - I Got My Mojo Working

The Troggs

💡The Troggs[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵The Troggs - Wild Thing

Question Mark and the Mysterians

💡 Question Mark and the Mysterians[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Question Mark and the Mysterians - 96 Tears

Avengers

💡 Avengers[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵The Avengers - Paint It Black

The Band

💡 The Band[en.wikipedia.org]

The Band - The Weight

The Beach Boys

💡 The Beach Boys[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵The Beach Boys - Help Me Rhonda

🎵The Beach Boys - Heroes and Villains

🎵The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice

Beethoven Ben

💡 Beethoven Ben (Ben Ryan)[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Dance of the Hours

Big Brother and the Holding Company

💡 Big Brother and the Holding Company[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Big Brother and the Holding Company - Piece of My Heart

Blue Cheer

💡 Blue Cheer[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Blue Cheer - Good Times Are So Hard to Find

The Bobby Fuller Four

💡 The Bobby Fuller Four[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law

James Brown

💡James Brown[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵James Brown- I Got You

Canned Heat

💡 Canned Heat[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Canned Heat - On the Road Again

Freddy Cannon

💡Freddy Cannon[en.wikipedia.org]
🎵Freddy Cannon - Palisades Park

Johnny Cash

💡Johnny Cash[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

🎵Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire

The Chambers Brothers

💡The Chambers Brothers[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵The Chambers Brothers - I Can't Turn You Loose

🎵The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today

Clarence Carter

💡Clarence Carter[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Clarence Carter - Slip Away

Clifton Chenier

💡Clifton Chenier[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Clifton Chenier - Ay-Tete Fee

Patsy Cline

💡Patsy Cline[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Patsy Cline - Crazy

L.C. Cooke

💡 L.C. Cooke[www.waxpoetics.com]

🎵 L.C. Cooke - Take Me for What I Am

Sam Cooke

💡Sam Cooke[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night

🎵Sam Cooke - Wonderful World

🎵Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home to Me

🎵Sam Cooke - Chain Gang

🎵Sam Cooke - I'm Gonna Forget About You

Count Five

💡Count Five[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Count Five - Psychotic Reaction

Cream

💡Cream[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Cream - White Room

Delta Rae

💡Delta Rae[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Delta Rae - Bottom of the River

The Dramatics

💡The Dramatics[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵The Dramatics - Get Up and Get Down

The Duprees

💡The Duprees[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵The Duprees - You Belong to Me

Dewey Edwards

💡Dewey Edwards[mafiagame.wikia.com]

🎵Dewey Edwards - I Let a Good Thing Go By

Eddie Floyd

💡 Eddie Floyd [en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Eddie Floyd - Knock on Wood

Four Tops

💡 Four Tops[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Four Tops - Reach Out, I'll Be There

Aretha Franklin

💡Aretha Franklin[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools

🎵Aretha Franklin - Respect

The Fun Sons

💡The Fun Sons[mafiagame.wikia.com]

🎵The Fun Sons - Hang Ten

Marvin Gaye

💡Marvin Gaye[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Marvin Gaye - You

John Lee Hooker

💡John Lee Hooker[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵John Lee Hooker - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer

Lightnin' Hopkins

💡Lightnin' Hopkins[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Lightnin' Hopkins - Black Ghost Blues

🎵Lightnin' Hopkins - Sinner's Prayer[/h1

Iron Butterfly

💡Iron Butterfly[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Etta Jones

💡Etta Jones[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Etta Jones - Don't Go to Strangers

Jefferson Airplane

💡Jefferson Airplane[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love

🎵Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit

Junior Walker & the All Stars

💡Junior Walker & the All Stars[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Junior Walker & the All Stars - Shotgun

Lightnin' Slim

💡Lightnin' Slim[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Lightnin' Slim - G.I. Blues

Roger Miller

💡Roger Miller[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Roger Miller - King of the Road

The Miracles

💡The Miracles[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵The Miracles - You've Really Got a Hold on Me

Misfits

💡Misfits[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Misfits - You Belong to Me

Mourning Ritual

💡Mourning Ritual[mafiagame.wikia.com]

🎵Mourning Ritual - Bad Moon Rising

Roy Orbison

💡Roy Orbison[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Roy Orbison - Running Scared

Paul Revere & the Raiders

💡Paul Revere & the Raiders[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Paul Revere & the Raiders - Kicks

Elvis Presley

💡Elvis Presley[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation

Otis Redding

💡Otis Redding [en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Otis Redding - Hard to Handle

🎵Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

🎵Otis Redding - Tramp (ft. Carla Thomas)

Sonny Rhodes

💡Sonny Rhodes[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Sonny Rhodes - You Better Stop

Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs

💡Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - Li'l Red Riding Hood

The Searchers

💡The Searchers[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵The Searchers - Needles and Pins

🎵The Searchers - Take Me for What I'm Worth

Otis Spann

💡Otis Spann[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Otis Spann - It Must Have Been the Devil

Status Quo

💡Status Quo[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Status Quo - Pictures of Matchstick Men

Steppenwolf

💡Steppenwolf[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild

The Supremes

💡The Supremes[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵The Supremes - Baby Love

🎵The Supremes - Love Child

🎵The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On

Roosevelt Sykes

💡Roosevelt Sykes[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Roosevelt Sykes - Hey Big Momma

The Tams

💡The Tams[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵The Tams - What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)

The Temptations

💡The Temptations[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg

🎵The Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain

Rufus Thomas

💡Rufus Thomas[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog

Three Dog Night

💡Three Dog Night[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Three Dog Night - One

Mercy Dee Walton

💡Mercy Dee Walton[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Mercy Dee Walton - Five Card Hand

Lonnie Youngblood

💡Lonnie Youngblood[en.wikipedia.org]

🎵Lonnie Youngblood - Go Go Shoes

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[bat]

Great list, thanks. That Vanilla Fudge version of Keep Me Hanging On is brilliant. This game introduced me to this version and a lot of other great tracks of genres I wouldn't usually listen to. Love that games can get us hooked on tunes.

[mrreyling56]

Thanks for the walk Down Memory Lane. I was borne in 1956 and have heard 97% of these Tunes. I really miss those days.Things were much simpler.

[AL]

hmmm

[J.G.Grant]

Hanger 13 has always been on top of the music but to get so many classics into this game was astounding. As is your guide! Thanks, and too bad some of the videos are no longer available.

[Сa†holiс]

Отметил руководство в обзоре Кропотливая работа, спасибо

[AlvynLePanda[FR]]

yes

[Lynch - www.allkeyshop.com]

Soundtrack is the best feature of this game! Simply love the music in overall game!

[Timka Kidala]

thanks! added most of them

[Oostin]

It would be nice to hear some beatles but I hear even their shit songs are still stupidly expensive to license.

[GUldukat]

thank you