Martyn Ware of the band Heaven 17 has claimed that his band had been provided simply $7,500 to incorporate their track within the soundtrack for Grand Theft Auto 6.
In a put up on X, Ware claimed that Heaven 17’s publishers had been contacted by Rockstar to incorporate the track Temptation on the sport’s soundtrack.
“I used to be lately contacted by my publishers on behalf of Rockstar Video games re the potential of utilizing Temptation on the brand new Grand Theft Auto 6,” wrote Ware.
“Naturally excited in regards to the immense wealth that was about to move my manner, I scrolled to the underside of the e-mail re the supply…
“IT WAS $7500 – for a buyout of any future royalties from the sport – eternally… To place this in context, Grand Theft Auto 6 grossed, await it… $8.6 BILLION Ah, however consider the publicity… Go fuck your self.”
GTA 6 has not but been launched, and thus has grossed nothing, nevertheless it’s probably Ware was referring to the broader Grand Theft Auto franchise.
Grand Theft Auto soundtracks are sometimes sprawling, multi-genre tracklists that populate the sport’s in-game radio stations. GTA 5 licensed over 240 songs for its soundtrack, although initially Rockstar wished to license over 900, earlier than it was deemed extreme.
Grand Theft Auto 6 can be launched for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X/S in 2025.
Rockstar launched the primary official trailer for the sport earlier this 12 months, which racked up over 90 million views in simply 24 hours.
