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As I mentioned in my Mafia 2 Preview and my updated Mafia game review of the original, music plays a huge part in this series. Mafia spurred my interest in Django Reinhardt and many of his tracks are mainstays on my ipod now. Period authentic music is a perfect method for enhancing the realism and immersion and the developers have continued the trend with their latest entry in the series Mafia II. The recently released Mafia 2 music list, while not a true Mafia II soundtrack listing, gives us a good picture of what to expect from the game music.
Check out the extensive Mafia II Soundtrack list (Link update in progress 10/2013):
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Framed | Coasters, The |
One Kiss Led to Another / Brazil | Coasters, The |
Sh-Boom | Crew Cuts, The |
At The Hop | Danny & The Juniors |
Ooh Baby Ooh | Dave Appell |
Ain’t that a kick in the head | Dean Martin |
Let It Snow | Dean Martin |
Return to Me | Dean Martin |
That’s Amore | Dean Martin |
Baby It’s Cold Outside | Dinah Shore |
Buttons and Bows | Dinah Shore |
That’ll Get IT | Dixon Flloyd |
Belleville | Django Reinhardt |
You’re Driving Me Crazy | Django Reinhardt |
Makin’ Whoopee | Doris Day |
Cannonball | Duane Eddy |
Forty Miles Of Bad Road | Duane Eddy |
Movin’ N’ Groovin’ | Duane Eddy |
Rebel Rouser | Duane Eddy |
It Don’t mean a thing | Duke Ellington |
Summertime Blues | Eddie Cochran |
C’mon Everybody | Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart |
Good Little Bad Little You | Edwards, Cliff and his hot combination |
All I Have to Do is Dream | Everly Brothers, The |
Ain’t that a Shame | Fats Domino |
The Fat Man | Fats Domino |
Come Softly to Me | Fleetwoods, The |
Jezebel | Frankie Laine |
Why Do Fools Fall In Love | Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers |
Clarinet Marmalade | Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra |
Riverboat Shuffle | Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra |
Rock Around the Clock Singer | Hal Singer |
Smokestack Lightnin’ | Howlin’ Wolf |
Pachuko Hop | Ike Carpenter Orchestra |
Inflation Blues | Jack McVea |
Rags to Riches | Jackie Wilson |
My Guardian Angel | Jimmy Breedlove |
Beatin’ The Dog | Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang |
Goin’ Places | Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang |
Stringing The Blues (V.2) | Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang |
Boom Boom | John Lee Hooker |
Come On And Stomp Stomp Stomp | Johnny Dodds’ Black Bottom Stompers |
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition | Kay Kyser |
Auf Wiederseh’n, Sweetheart | Les Baxter |
I Cant Lose With the Stuff I Use | Lester Williams |
Keep a Knockin’ | Little Richard |
Long Tall Sally | Little Richard |
Lucille | Little Richard |
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five |
Ain’t That Just Like a Woman | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five |
Caldonia Boogie | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five |
Friendship | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five |
G.I. Jive | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five |
Open the Door Richard | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five |
Ration Blues | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five |
That Chick’s Too Young to Fry | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five |
What’s the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again) |
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five |
Che La Luna | Louis Prima |
Oh Marie | Louis Prima |
Pennies From Heaven | Louis Prima |
The Closer to the Bone | Louis Prima |
When You’re Smiling | Louis Prima |
Got My Mojo Working | Muddy Waters |
Mannish Boy | Muddy Waters |
Gangster’s Blues | Peetie Wheatstraw |
Happiness is a Thing Called Joe | Peggy Lee |
Why Don’t You Do Right | Peggy Lee |
The Peanut Vendor | Perez Prado |
Manhattan Spiritual | Reg Owen Orchestra |
Come On Let’s Go | Ritchie Valens |
Stood Up | Ricky Nelson |
Donna | Ritchie Valens |
Mambo Italiano | Rosemary Clooney |
Don’t Let Go | Roy Hamilton |
You Can Have Her | Roy Hamilton |
Held for Questioning | Rusty Draper |
Let The Good Times Roll | Sam Butera & The Witnesses |
Teen Beat | Sandy Nelson |
I Put a Spell on You | Screamin’ Jay Hawkins |
Java | The Big Bands Moonglow |
Tequila | The Champs |
Maybe | The Chantels |
Honey Love | The Drifters feat. Clyde McPhatter |
Ling Ting Tong | The Five Keys |
In The Still Of The Night | The Five Satins |
Chow Mein | The Gaylords |
The Best Things in Life Are Free | The Ink Spots |
Book of Love | The Monotones |
The Dipsy Doodle | Tommy Dorsey |
Mercy Mr. Percy | Varetta Dillard |
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As you can see the Mafia II Soundtrack features a plethora of artists, all the most popular one from the time. The game is out tomorrow, so look for my initial impressions of the game soon, and then a full review to come shortly there after. Playing the Mafia II Demo gave us a glimpse at the excellent use of the Mafia II soundtrack towards the games authenticity. Can’t wait to play the game!