{"id":773843,"date":"2026-09-17T17:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T17:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/773843\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T17:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T17:54:09","slug":"gta-6-album-soundtrack-reveal-revives-digital-release-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/773843\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA 6 album: Soundtrack reveal revives digital release debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The reveal of a Grand Theft Auto 6 soundtrack album has reignited a debate over the decision not to release the game on disc.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Developer Rockstar Games announced a 34-track compilation, set to release on CD and vinyl on the same day as the highly anticipated video game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The company says it will include original music from a &#8220;genre-defying roster of the most exciting artists in the world&#8221; including rapper Travis Scott, country singer Morgan Wallen and UK singer PinkPantheress. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But some fans have pointed out the &#8220;irony&#8221; of putting out a physical edition of the album following its controversial decision for a digital-only release of the game. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The first six tracks, published at the time of the announcement, also include rapper Yung Lean, British DJ Fred Again and Rolling Stone Keith Richards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">GTA games feature multiple radio stations, usually themed around a particular musical genre, which players can switch between while driving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In the past the game&#8217;s soundtracks have largely been made up of licensed music from established artists, although original songs have also featured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rockstar has said the upcoming game will feature a &#8220;dynamic score&#8221; and &#8220;evolution of in-game radio&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The reveal of a Grand Theft Auto 6 soundtrack album has reignited a debate over the decision not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-773843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}