Activision and Vicarious Visions revealed they were working on remastering both Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 with a release in September.
So far, the playlist is shaping up with many familiar songs making the cut, but a few seemingly still missing. And as much as we all enjoyed the gameplay and nailing sick tricks, the soundtrack is still to this day, one of the best-licensed soundtracks in gaming. At the time, my neighbourhood became obsessed with skateboarding and we’d record the music and do our best to pretend we were professional skateboarders; I could never survive as a professional because of how much I’d wipe out.
The current list of music found in the remasters include the following:
- “Police Truck” – Dead Kennedys
- “Superman” – Goldfinger
- “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver” – Primus
- “New Girl” – The Suicide Machines
- “Here and Now” – The Ernies
- “Euro-Barge” – The Vandals
- “Blood Brothers” – Papa Roach
- “Guerilla Radio” – Rage Against the Machine
- “Pin the Tail on the Donkey” – Naughty by Nature
- “You” – Bad Religion
- “When Worlds Collide” – Powerman 5000
- “No Cigar” – Millencolin
- “Cyclone” – Dub Pistols
- “May 16” – Lagwagon
- “Subculture” – Styles of Beyond, Dieselboy + Kaos
- “Heavy Metal Winner” – Consumed
- “Evil Eye” – Fu Manchu
- “Five Lessons Learned” – Swingin’ Utters
During the Summer Games Fest livestream on Monday, Jen Oneal from Vicarious Visions confirmed that while most of the soundtrack would return, these songs are not available:
- “Vilified” – Even Rude
- “Screamer” – Speedealer
- “Nothing to Me” – Speedealer
- “Cyco Vision” – Suicidal Tendencies
- “Committed” – Unsane
- “Ain’t Got Time to Waste” – Aim featuring YZ
- “Le Hot” – Grand Unified
- “Blue Thunder” – Aquasky
- “Bring the Noise” – Anthrax and Chuck D
- “B-Boy Document ’99” – The High & Mighty featuring Yasiin Bey & Mad Skillz
- “Out With The Old” – Alley Life featuring Black Planet
- “City Star” – Born Allah
Vicarious Visions has created a playlist on Spotify. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 launches September 4 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
