Gran Turismo 5 Intro Song Revealed
Alternative rock band My Chemical Romance has announced that “Planetary (Go!)”, from their upcoming album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, will be featured as the “lead song in the opening cinematic” of Gran Turismo 5. Before you run over to YouTube or anywhere else to preview the song – don’t bother. The album will not be released until November 22, and as of right now, there’s no way to listen to it.
(If you do run over to YouTube – and yes, I know you will – don’t be fooled by the troll who claims to have uploaded “Planetary (Go!)”. As confirmed by our own SolidSnakex and SoundHound, that’s not it.)
Keep in mind that GT intro tunes have always varied by region, so this may or may not be what you’ll hear when you first fire up the game. Here’s a copy of the full press release:
BURBANK, CA–(October 19, 2010) – ”Planetary (GO!),” a track off My Chemical Romance’s upcoming new album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, will be featured as the lead song in the opening cinematic of Sony Playstation’s Gran Turismo® 5 video game, available exclusively on Playstation® 3 this holiday.
“Gran Turismo is one of the most beloved videogame franchises of all time, with fans across the globe,” says My Chemical Romance’s lead singer Gerard Way. “Having a song featured as the lead intro to GT5 allows us to reach fans beyond radio and online and into a totally different platform. We are thrilled that our song is going to be the first thing you hear when you boot up the game.”
My Chemical Romance are currently making waves at Alternative radio with their new single ”Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na),” off Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, which will be released by Reprise Records on November 22nd, 2010. The album was produced by new Warner Bros. Records Chairman Rob Cavallo, who produced MCR’s platinum-selling album The Black Parade as well as albums by Dave Matthews Band, Jawbreaker, and The Goo Goo Dolls, among many others.
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October 26th, 2010 at 12:16 am - #Chicobo329
Don’t forget that Gran Turismo soundtracks have always been incredibly diverse and feature a wide amount of genres from rap, to soul, to metal, to rock, and even alternative like My Chemical Romance. I am all for an expanding musical catalog in the series and this is no exception.
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October 25th, 2010 at 5:12 pm - #SwiftPro
Gran Tur-emo?
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October 23rd, 2010 at 9:12 pm - #peacemon
Same procedure as every year…
Like always, the first thing you have to do in GT is to turn the music off. And if only to avoid the horrible elevator music in the menus.
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October 22nd, 2010 at 5:13 am - #thisisajoke
This song choice is obviously to prepare kids to slit their wrists after waiting 6 years for mediocre production….
Seriously, nothing makes me want to go out and race like some good ol’ american My Chemical Romance…
I hear its hard to hear the vocals at the concert over all the gay sex…..
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October 21st, 2010 at 5:59 pm - #Chris
Thats what im saying GT5 cant find a better song than this garbage??? Is this them saying sorry for delaying this so long?
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October 21st, 2010 at 5:42 pm - #Max911
Moon over the Castle should be the intro song, MCR can suck it, and suck it hard.
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October 21st, 2010 at 5:09 pm - #OneEyedPimp20
Jesus Christ, no… I truly hate MCR.
Put “The Distance” by Cake as the intro for Gran Turismo 5. That song is hell a lot better than MCR’s bullcrap.
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October 21st, 2010 at 8:11 am - #G
Oh jesus god, no… My Chemical Toilet both suck and blow!
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October 21st, 2010 at 12:30 am - #RTSolvalou
Oh dear. MCR
Christmas is ruined!
How…. did this happen?Maybe this is all a joke and only for the standard version, and if you buy one of the special editions, the music in it will be fixed/patched.
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October 21st, 2010 at 12:46 am - #terminator363
Yes, we all know everybody wants “Moon Over the Castle”!
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October 20th, 2010 at 10:31 pm - #oscartron
Its not about not being open-minded. MCR has never made a good song. Ever. Period. So, this song will not be good either. Shit choice by Sony or whoever the hell chose it. That sucks.
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October 20th, 2010 at 7:59 pm - #Woggster
Even if the intro music isn’t the best i hope atleast they have a great ingame/race soundtrack like they did in GT4 and GT3.
I hope there’s some more Queens of the Stone Age, maybe some Foo Fighters and a few more songs to get the blood pumping while playing =DDoes anyone have a song list for GT5?
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October 21st, 2010 at 8:13 am - #G
No song list yet, but they are giving the you the chance to make your own soundtrack with whatever MP3′s you have on the PS3… so yes, GT5 officially has the best soundtrack EVER! (because its yours and mine)
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October 20th, 2010 at 4:14 pm - #Calcifer
Im feeling suicidal now. Great.
Hoped it would be We Love Cars
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October 20th, 2010 at 6:17 pm - #Scotty2Hotty135
Haha I can imagine it now…
We Love Cars,
We Love Cars,
Nah nah nah nah nah
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October 20th, 2010 at 4:13 pm - #Ahmed
One of my favorite bands WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!
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October 20th, 2010 at 4:08 pm - #SavageEvil
Too many ignorant comments in here, if you don’t like the music fine, no need to talk badly about the Band as they do have their own style and it is enjoyed by a great deal of others. As a musician myself, I shudder when I hear people talk this way, playing music and coming up with something interesting and new isn’t easy. It’s weird when people hate for no apparent reason, other than to satisfy some misguided disdain for someone who they don’t even know.
As long as the music sounds good, I’m usually all for it. Lyric wise if it’s objectionable then I tend to start looking at things a little differently.
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October 20th, 2010 at 3:38 pm - #Sigmaviper11
MCR seems to be hit or miss with me. Not carzy about them in geneal but occasionally they come out with a good song. Who knows, maybe we’ll get luck and it won’t be that bad, or maybe they’ll make an attempt at breaking out of their genre with this album. Hell if I know.
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October 20th, 2010 at 2:53 pm - #Danny
Every you, every me is a song I listen to from them occasionally, but thats about it.
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October 20th, 2010 at 10:44 pm - #Freakeh
Err “Every You, Every Me” isn’t an MCR song its Placebo and a damn site better then anything MCR has ever produced!
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October 20th, 2010 at 1:30 pm - #John Marine
In no way am I any serious rock fan (especially not of My Chemical Romance), but I, too am skeptical of their appearance for an intro song. Part of me says that “Moon Over the Castle” is the theme song of Gran Turismo… so why put in other songs to kick off Gran Turismo? GT4 was about the first time most people heard “Moon Over the Castle” in a GT. Or if you’re going to have certain other songs, why not something of Daiki Kasho or something?
I also believe this song could be remixed so that it sounds just a touch acceptable. Like how GT4 had James Brown and Earth, Wind, and Fire… as a remixed song for racing.
Just the notion of My Chemical Romance makes me cringe (sorry if this offends anyone) for GT5. Regardless of who makes the intro music for the game, it won’t take away from the thrill of racing and owning cars in GT5 when it’s released. Maybe that’s the biggest thing to take away from this whether you like My Chemical Romance or not.
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October 20th, 2010 at 12:12 pm - #Robin
I gosh I hope its not as bad as Kasabian’s – Reason Is Treason on EU GT4. It fit dreadfully!
This is probably only for the US GT5, I’m sure the JPN version will be moon over the castle. I loved the opera style version we saw at the start of GT4 intro which was also in the GT5 PSP teaser.
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October 20th, 2010 at 11:55 am - #Lyvan
I really dont mind, as someone said before, u will see the intro 2 or 3 times…as for me, I have collected all the GT series songs that I like and converted those to MP3 already, so I will have some “classics” playlist to play on GT5…some of “all time favorites”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jNhIB32Fb8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyMKUb-iYnk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVFf7rvi0L4&feature=related
etc
etc
etc
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My Chemical Romance, interviewed about GT5, theme song on this months (November) QORE #30 on the PSN.