EA Celebrates 20 Years of Madden Music With Announcement of the Madden NFL 09 Soundtrack

One of the Most Influential Soundtracks in Videogame History
Returns With Major Events, Tracks from Busta Rhymes featuring Linkin
Park, Disturbed and The Offspring
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today unveiled the music track
listing for Madden NFL 09, set to release August 12, 2008. The new
soundtrack features 26 songs from a multi-genre roster of superstar
acts and soon-to-breakthrough artists, including Franz Ferdinand, Good
Charlotte, Airbourne, From First To Last, The All-American Rejects,
Rev Theory, K'Naan, and Kidz In The Hall. Madden NFL, the
biggest-selling sports franchise in videogame history, celebrates its
20th anniversary this year with a full slate of live music events,
tributes and television appearances leading up the game's street date.

"Madden NFL is the foundation of what we do and sets the standard
for every soundtrack we create," said Steve Schnur, Worldwide
Executive of Music and Marketing for EA. "Madden NFL revolutionized
the industry by making music of multiple genres - from both
established acts and brand-new artists - an essential emotional
component of the videogame experience and the NFL season itself. This
20th Anniversary Edition soundtrack celebrates that legacy like never
before, complete with marketing events that take the excitement to a
whole new level. Not only have we changed the gaming culture forever,
we continue to move the needle musically for millions of people around
the world. Madden NFL will always be recognized as the game that made
the music matter in videogames."

The highlights of the Madden NFL 09 soundtrack include
genre-bending collaborations by Busta Rhymes featuring Linkin Park and
Young Dre, The Truth featuring Good Charlotte, as well as returning
Madden NFL hit makers Franz Ferdinand, Gym Class Heroes (both with
pre-album prerelease tracks), All American Rejects, Shinedown, Senses
Fail, Disturbed, The Offspring and Airbourne. The soundtrack's trend
of introducing emerging artists continues with 12 new acts that
include The Fashion, Kardinal Offishall featuring Lindo P, In Flames,
Innerpartysystem, Hollywood Undead, Mindless Self Indulgence, Izza
Kizza, Trivium, Kovas and Tyga.

Cross-promotional events leading up to the game's release include
a series of :60 viral videos for tracks featured in the game, a
special Madden Music Anniversary tribute issue of Billboard on
newsstands July 13th, as well as other marketing partnerships to be
announced in the near future. Beginning the week of August 4th, a
different Madden NFL 09 soundtrack artist will perform live each night
on a popular late night show.

Over the past decade, the Madden NFL soundtrack has launched
premier artists that include Good Charlotte, OK GO, Fallout Boy, Franz
Ferdinand, Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine, Yellowcard,
Dashboard Confessional, Jet, Ozomatli and 30 Seconds To Mars, and
featured such superstars as Green Day, Outkast, Foo Fighters,
blink-182, Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne, The Hives, Timbaland featuring
Justin Timberlake and Sum 41.

The complete in-game soundtrack for Madden NFL 09 features the
following 26 songs:

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ARTIST SONG
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Airbourne Stand Up For Rock 'N Roll
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Busta Rhymes feat. Linkin Park We Made It
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Disturbed Inside The Fire
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Franz Ferdinand Lucid Dreams
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From First To Last Worlds Away
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Gym Class Heroes I'm Home
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Hollywood Undead Undead
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In Flames The Mirror's Truth
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Innerpartysystem Don't Stop
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Izza Kizza Millionaire
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K'NAAN ABC's
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Kardinal Offishall feat. Lindo P Burnt
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Kidz In The Hall Blackout
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KOVAS Wax On, Wax Off
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Mindless Self Indulgence Never Wanted To Dance
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Rev Theory Hey Yeah
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Senses Fail Wolves At The Door
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Shinedown Devour
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The All-American Rejects The Real World (Demo)
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The Fashion Like Knives
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The Offspring Hammerhead
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Trivium Into The Mouth Of...We March
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Tyga Diamond Life
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Underoath Desperate Times, Desperate
Measures
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Wale feat. Southeast Slim Breakdown
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Young Dre The Truth feat. Good Workin'
Charlotte
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Music from the Madden NFL 09 soundtrack is available on EA's music
website at www.ea.com/eatrax.

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City,
California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software
company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and
distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems,
personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic
Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS(TM),
EA(TM), EA SPORTS Freestyle(TM) and POGO(TM). In fiscal 2008, EA
posted GAAP net revenue of $3.67 billion and had 27 titles that sold
more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is
www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of
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EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS Freestyle and POGO are trademarks or
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countries. John Madden and NFL are trademarks of their respective
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of their licensors.

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