The car trips in GTA 6 They would be a bore if it weren't for she. I don't mean Lucia, the protagonist, nor the shootings on the way to the objective. I'm talking about the music. Because if anything has turned the worlds of Grand Theft Auto In such iconic experiences, it's not just the violence, the chaos or the cardboard cities turned into criminal paradises... It's what sounds while all this happens.
From Vice City, where I discovered what it was like to drive a convertible car while the music was playing Billie Jean through a city that looked like Miami but was much more beautiful back then, I knew that Rockstar wasn't just making video games. I was creating pop culture and moments. And he did it with a secret weapon: the music.
A radio that never turns off
There is something magical in how Rockstar understands musicIn other games, the soundtrack appears when you play. Here, You carry it with you. All the time. Through radio stations, which are not just playlists: they are complete sound worlds, with announcers, false advertising, and great songs that accompany you while you steal cars or just wander aimlessly around Vice City, Liberty City either The Saints.
Who doesn't have a song from San AndreasWho doesn't remember fondly? Life is a lentil of Radio Espantoso or the mythical The little sound of East Los FMThose moments weren't scripted, they weren't part of the main narrative. They were ours. And that, in interactive narrative, is worth gold.
Rockstar doesn't make lists: it makes statement musicals
The thing about Rockstar with music it is no coincidence. Sam Houser, the soul behind the studio, started delivering emails at the record company BMG. His love for music not only has it permeated their games, but it has grown to create a own cultural ecosystem. One where it sonorous has as much weight as it visual or what playable.
And this is where something that many overlooked comes in: the creation of CircoLoco Records in 2021. Yes, Rockstar teamed up with Antonio Carbonaro, one of the promoters of the legendary club DC10 from Ibiza, to launch a record label that not only seeks to provide electronic music to its games, but also support emerging artists. Result? An even more direct connection between the video games and the real music scene.
GTA 6 isn't just going to sound good: it's going to be groundbreaking.
He trailer of GTA 6 has already made it clear that they have not lost their touch: Love is a Long Road of Tom Petty It was a declaration of Classic rock, American nostalgia, endless highway. Everything that GTA has always been, condensed into a single song. And if that was just the teaser, imagine what awaits us behind the wheel, with dozens of stations to discover.
Rockstar doesn't do things by halves.And if there's one thing we know from those of us who have been playing since the beginning, it's that when these people put music in a game, He doesn't do it to fill it up: does it for build identity, atmosphere, emotion.
So yes: when I arrive GTA 6, the guns will be ready, the cars will be ready, and the story will be worthy of a blockbuster. But what will really make us feel like we're in a new chapter of our criminal life... will be the song that plays in the background as we take our first stroll through Vice City at sunset.
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