“The soundtrack was definitely a team effort,” says former Neversoft development director and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater producer Scott Pease.
Few video game soundtracks are as highly esteemed as the original Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (and several of the them, perhaps unsurprisingly, are simply other Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games; the soundtracks for THPS2 and THPS3 are usually held in equal regard).
There are few better examples of the unique strength of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater soundtrack to be its own distinct, cultural touchstone – even when detached from the game itself – than the success of rockers Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of a Tony Hawk Pro Skater Cover Band.