Need for Speed/Awesome Music

• Sirius 909 from Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
  • And from the same game, Hydrus 606, Romulus 3, Whipped, Triton, Monster, Whacked, and Minotaur.
  • This Troper prefers Rear Flutterblast #19, Little Sweaty Sow, Snow Bags, and especially Snorkeling Cactus Weasels.
  • Also, Flimsy!
  • Aquila 303, Cetus 808, Knossos
• Paradigm Shifter from NFS: High Stakes
  • Also from the same game, Callista, Electro Optik, Cygnus Rift, Photon Rez, and Bring That Beat Back.
  • NFS: High Stakes has everything done by Rom Di Prisco effin amazing. However, Liquid Plasma takes the cake. This troper refuses to race in any other tune after listening to it (especially since NFS:HS has a song select function built-in).
    • Yes, that, Road Warrior makes you feel like you're not driving fast enough.
  • Dude in the Moon by Dastrix.
• Also, the main menu songs for NFS II ^[dead link] and Porsche Unleashed.
• From Porsche Unleashed, we have Sub Zero, The UK Sound, Dr. Know, Sentient, and Twin.
• Hot Pursuit 2 has a couple- Brakestand, Bundle of Clang, Sphere, Cone of Silence, and the stuff from the Buzzhorn, Bush, Course of Nature, and Rush.
  • How can you forget the song used for the game's intro cinematic: 'Going Down on It' by Hot Action Cop. If you get it, be careful though; the game version is insanely different, and worlds better, from the very dirty album version.
  • Fever For The Flava, also by Hot Action Cop. Which is also much different from (and better than) the very dirty album version.
• For This Troper, Headless Horse, Pavlova, Heinerklingle and Sanoqoua from NFS II. Besides their perfect match with corresponding racing circuits, these tracks were clearly meant to be played while you are driving in high speeds. Surely some Tropers would find the rock/metal selections just as appropriate for similar or different reasons (take these numbers for examples).
• There's probably a lot more from NFS that This Troper forgot to touch on, so here's a good place to start.
  • Most Wanted had excellent pursuit music as well... and that's about it.
    • That would be Feels Good Donit by Paul Linford.
    • Also, "The Mann" by the same guy: Part 1 and Part 2. Especially when the orchestra kicks in.
• Criterion Games didn't waste a second invoking this trope in Hot Pursuit 2K10, having invoked it- twice, no less!- in the reveal trailer. First, there's the Covered Up version of "Tainted Love" by Marilyn Manson, followed by "Edge of the Earth" by 30 Seconds To Mars.
  • All six of the pursuit themes are pretty epic on their own.
    • Indeed, although you'd be hard-pressed to listen to them outside of the game.
  • This trailer for the game features a catchy tune from a band called Pint Shot Riot called "Nothing From You (Redanka Remix)". It's on iTunes, go get it!
    • This trailer features a song from a band called !!! (yes, that's the name of the band) called "The Hammer". Criterion is good at picking music for their racers.
    • Also, "Bombshock" by Hadoken! and the two songs from the Klaxons ("Echoes" and "Twin Flames" off their 2011 release, "Surfing The Void") worthy of mention.
• Shift 2: Unleashed already has one: the exhaust note of the Pagani Huayra.
  • And another: a game-exclusive remix of "Help Is On The Way" by Rise Against. If that didn't send chills down your spine, check your pulse, you might be dead.
• World's Safe House theme.
• Carbon had Sounding Streets by Trevor Morris.
• Heck even the tracks that last less then a minute are awesome. Such as the themes in showcase videos from NFS II (Like the McLaren F1, or Ford GT90).
  • Also: The demonstration tracks in NFS III and IV when the game is left on the menu for long enough.