EA Announces All-Star Music Line-Up For FIFA Soccer 2005

EA ANNOUNCES ALL-STAR MUSIC
LINE-UP FOR FIFA SOCCER 2005

GAME SOUNDTRACK TO INCLUDE
HOTTEST SOUNDS FROM ARTISTS AROUND THE WORLD

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., August 10,
2004 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) the world’s leading interactive
entertainment software company, today announced the in-game soundtrack for the
2005 edition of FIFA Soccer, the world’s best selling football video game
franchise. Featuring a variety of today’s hottest music talent, FIFA Soccer 2005
brings together new sounds and long-time favorites from artists around the
globe, and showcases 38 tracks representing Brazil, Canada, Denmark, England,
France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Scotland, Sweden and the United States, to name
just a few.

Lending their talent to the
interactive version of the world’s best loved sport, FIFA Soccer 2005 features
new songs of The Streets, Faithless, Air, Seeed, Oomph!, Franz Ferdinand,
Marcelo D2 and Mala Rodriguez. Additionally, superstar DJ Paul Oakenfold wrote
and recorded the EA SPORTS Football theme that will debut exclusively in the
game. The upbeat song list reflects the high energy and white-knuckle intensity
of the sport and is designed to accompany the innovative new gameplay of FIFA
Soccer 2005.

“With FIFA Soccer 2005 we are
raising the bar for in-game music soundtracks – again,” said Steve Schnur,
Worldwide Executive of Music and Audio at EA. “This year, we are delivering an
unprecedented line-up of bands, with 38 songs from 20 different countries. The
international mix of artists will strike a chord with football fans worldwide.
FIFA Soccer 2005 demonstrates our continued commitment to delivering relevant,
cutting-edge music to our diverse global audience.”

The soundtrack is a part of the EA
TRAX music initiative that debuted in 2002. The program is dedicated to
elevating the in-game entertainment experience by delivering breakthrough music
in all EA SPORTS, EA GAMES and EA SPORTS BIG releases.

The full soundtrack for FIFA Soccer
2005 is:

ARTIST SONG COUNTRY

• Air Surfing on a Rocket France
  

• Brothers Dieci Cento Mille Italy
  

• Debi Nova One Rhythm (Da Yard
  Riddim Mix) Costa Rica

• Emma Warren She Wants You Back
  England

• Faithless No Roots England

• Ferry Corsten Rock Your Body, Rock
  Netherlands

• Flogging Molly To Youth (My Sweet
  Roisin Dubh) Ireland

• Franz Ferdinand Tell Her Tonight
  Scotland

• Future Funk Squad Sorcerary
  England

• Gusanito Vive La Vida Spain

• Head Automatica Brooklyn is
  Burning United States

• Inverga + Num Kebra Eu Perdi Voce
  Brazil

• Ivete Sangalo Sorte Grande Brazil
  

• INXS What You Need (Coldcut Force
  Mix 13 Edit) – EA SPORTS Throwback Trax Powered By Rhino Australia

• Jose A Necessidade France

• Los Amigos Invisibles Esto Es Lo
  Que Hay (Reggaeton Remix) Venezuela

• Mala Rodriguez Jugadoras,
  Jugadores Spain

• Manana Miss Evening Switzerland
  

• Marcelo D2 Profissao MC Brazil
  

• Miss J Follow Me Denmark

• Morrissey Irish Blood, English
  Heart England

• Nachlader An die Wand Germany
  

• New Order Blue Monday – EA Sports
  Throwback Trax Powered By Rhino England

• Clorofila of Nortec Collective
  Almada Mexico

• Oomph! Augen Auf! Germany

• Paul Oakenfold EA SPORTS Football
  Theme England

• Sandro Bit Ciao Sono Io Italy
  

• Sarah McLachlan World on
  Fire/Junkie XL Remix Canada

• Scissor Sisters Take Your Mama
  United States

• Seeed Release Germany

• Sneak Attack Tigers The End of All
  Good Scotland

• Sober Cientos de Preguntas Spain
  

• Soul’dOut 1,000,000 Monsters
  Attack Japan

• The Sounds Seven Days a Week
  Sweden

• The Soundtrack of our Lives
  Karmageddon Sweden

• The Streets Fit But You Know It
  England

• Wayne Marshall Hot In The Club
  Jamaica

• Zion y Lennox Ahora Puerto Rico
  

FIFA Soccer 2005, developed by EA
Canada and will be available on the PlayStation®2 and PlayStation computer
entertainment systems, the Nintendo GameCube™ and Game Boy Advance™, the Xbox®
video game system from Microsoft and PC. It is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB
and will be released to retail outlets worldwide in October 2004.

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entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, EA posted revenues of $2.96
billion for fiscal 2004. The company develops, publishes and distributes
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