The complete music track listing for the highly-anticipated return of snowboarding classic SSX was unveiled today by EA Sports. The soundtrack features 36 licensed tracks from a variety of established and upcoming artists alongside 10 completely original tracks composed specifically for the adrenaline fuelled gameplay.

As someone who believed I still had a finger on the pulse of what’s hip and could still be ‘down with the kids’, I’ve been left a little deflated at only having heard of three of the artists on offer.

Still, Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing seems happy, he said: “SSX has always been one of EA’s most music intensive, genre diverse and sonically adventurous titles.

“The songs on this new soundtrack cover ground from indie rock, dub step, hip-hop, drum + bass and beyond. As fans of the ultimate snowboarding franchise have come to expect, our artists range from top cutting-edge stars to tomorrow’s hottest underground acts. Ultimately, it’s a soundtrack full of next-level music that is totally ripe for discovery.”

The complete list of licensed tracks includes:

ArtistTrack

  • Camo & KrookedBreezeblock
  • Camo & KrookedPortal
  • DelsCapsize ft. Joe Goddard & Roots Manuva
  • DigitalismBlitz
  • DJ ShadowI Gotta Rock (Irn Mnky Swagger Mix)
  • Felguk ft. ExamplePlastic Smile
  • Flux PavilionI Can't Stop
  • Foster the PeopleHoudini
  • Handsome FursDamage
  • HyperAccelerate
  • J Boogie's Dubtronic ScienceMagik (Egyptian Lover Remix) ft. Aima the Dream, Cait La Dee & Raashan Ahmad
  • Kid DigitalDone With That ft. Profit
  • Konrad Old MoneyBig Error
  • Lateef the TruthspeakerOakland ft. Del the Funky Homosapien & The Grouch
  • NeroScorpions
  • NoisiaCould this Be
  • NoisiaMachine Gun
  • Pretty LightsHot Like Dimes
  • RaffertieTwitch (It Grows and Grows: SSX Version)
  • Run-DMCIt’s Tricky (SSX Pretty Lights Remix)
  • SkrillexScatta ft. Foreign Beggers & Bare Noize
  • Styrofoam OnesBetter
  • The Big PinkStay Gold
  • The HerbaliserWhat You Asked For
  • The Hives1000 Answers
  • The Naked and FamousYoung Blood
  • The PrototypesYour Future
  • The QemistsBones ft. Kellermensch
  • The QemistsStompbox
  • The QemistsLifeline
  • Theophilus LondonI Stand Alone (Ocelot Mix)
  • TRS-80Mirage
  • TurbowolfA Rose for the Crows
  • Two Door Cinema ClubSomething Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix)
  • Wretch 32Traktor
  • Zion I and the GrouchDrop It on the 1
I’m delighted to report that gamers will be able to upload their own music to create custom playlists for both menu and in-game music.

The game also features a dynamic music remix tool, which basically amounts to remixing the tracks based on the in-game action and performance, not sure what this means to players like me who fully expect to be rolling down the hill gathering speed in an ever expanding snowball much akin to a Scooby-Doo cartoon, but it’ll be fun finding out.

SSX is due to hit PS3 and Xbox 360 on February 28 in North America, while us poor relations in the rest of the world will have to wait until March 2.

If it manages to live up to the hype and anticipation then that short wait could be more than worth it.