Bands write original songs for “Batman: Arkham City” soundtrack

7 September 2011 | 8:39 am | Staff Writer

The tracklising for the soundtrack to the upcoming video game Batman: Arkham City has been released. The soundtrack, which is out on October 4 through Watertower Music, features new, original songs from bands including Panic! At The Disco, Coheed And Cambria, AFI side project Blaqk Audio, the Damned Things and more. Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez explains about their involvement in the soundtrack, "I write in a very conceptual format with the stories that surround Coheed and Cambria, but Batman has a much larger, defined history and rules that go along with it," "My goal was to find universal themes from Batman's existing history to help give the lyrics legs and dimension so that the song could live within that world." The full tracklisting is as follows; 1. Panic! At The Disco - Mercenary 2. Coheed and Cambria - Deranged 3. The Duke Spirit - Creature 4. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Shadow On The Run 5. Blaqk Audio - Afterdark 6. The Raveonettes - Oh, Stranger 7....

The tracklising for the soundtrack to the upcoming video game Batman: Arkham City has been released.

The soundtrack, which is out on October 4 through Watertower Music, features new, original songs from bands including Panic! At The Disco, Coheed And Cambria, AFI side project Blaqk Audio, the Damned Things and more.

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Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez explains about their involvement in the soundtrack,

"I write in a very conceptual format with the stories that surround Coheed and Cambria, but Batman has a much larger, defined history and rules that go along with it,"

"My goal was to find universal themes from Batman's existing history to help give the lyrics legs and dimension so that the song could live within that world."

The full tracklisting is as follows;

1. Panic! At The Disco - Mercenary

2. Coheed and Cambria - Deranged

3. The Duke Spirit - Creature

4. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Shadow On The Run

5. Blaqk Audio - Afterdark

6. The Raveonettes - Oh, Stranger

7. ††† - The Years

8. The Damned Things - Trophy Widow

9. Daughtry - Drown In You

10. The Boxer Rebellion - Losing You

11. Serj Tankian - Total Paranoia