U2 – Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me The Killers – All These Things That I’ve Done
Rage Against the Machine – Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine – Guerrilla Radio
The Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
And if you head over to the Ithaca Audio website, you can download the soundtrack in full. The History of Rock would have you believe that “rock was pioneered exclusively by white artists.” Give Keith Richards and Mick Jagger the chance–two icons who originally saw themselves as just playing the American blues–and they might tell the origin story of rock n roll a little differently.īelow you can see a list of tracks used in the mashup. No Bo Diddley or Big Joe Turner,” he observes. A bigger complaint might be the one made by Forrest Wickman over at Slate. It’s anachronistic but clever, and I’m willing to suspend disbelief and take the ride. The History of Rock takes you from Elvis to The White Stripes, traveling from 1957 to 2003, in the space of 15 minutes. 348 rockstars, 84 guitarists, 64 songs, 44 drummers - they’re all knitted into a narrative using a device–the Facebook timeline–that came into existence in 2004. Care to sample their work? Watch the video above. And they also have a knack for remixing audio visuals and producing mashups.
Based in England, Ithaca Audio specializes in creating music for film, TV, animations and games.