The Grand Theft Auto series has always placed a huge emphasis on its soundtrack, as you already know if you spent any formative time speeding around Vice City and bumping "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" or "Broken Wings." The long-awaited new installment Grand Theft Auto VI, which got a Tom Petty-soundtracked teaser way back in 2023, will finally arrive this fall. Presumably, the game will include a ton of music, both new and old. Some of that new music will appear on a 34-track soundtrack album. Based on what we now know, that record will feature some big names.
Atlantic Records, the company releasing the Grand Theft Auto VI soundtrack, hasn't unveiled its tracklist yet. But the company has shared six of the songs that'll appear on that soundtrack, and that six-song set makes for a truly baffling combination of sounds and artists. Travis Scott, for instance, has contributed "RHYNO," a new song that's presumably named after the wrestler. Daft Punk's Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo produced the funky, rumbling beat.
Swedish cult-rap star Yung Lean, meanwhile, has joined forces with Future and Metro Boomin on "That's It," which might be the most mainstream song that Lean has ever recorded.
Also, Keith Richards is on this! Rockstar Games got an actual definitional rock star in there. Richards offers up a cover of Jimmy Reed's 1961 blues classic "Bright Lights, Big City." The Rolling Stones recorded a cover of that song way back in 1963, though it didn't come out until years later.
Colombian alt-pop stars Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso teamed up with PinkPantheress, Fred again.., and Etienne de Crécy on the shimmering dance-pop track "Sexy Magic."
The soundtrack also has a very boring new Morgan Wallen song called "Last Thing You Need" and a pretty fun new Rauw Alejandro track called "Macacoa 2000." I have trouble imagining the person who is into all of these songs, but who knows, maybe they're out there.
Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album is out 11/19 alongside the game. Pre-order it here.
