The History of Angry Birds Music + a Preview of “On Finn Ice” by Apocalyptica

It’s a foregone conclusion that if you are reading this here on the Nest, then you are a fan of Angry Birds games.  While we all enjoy the gameplay, it’s easy to overlook just how much effort Rovio puts into these games.  Character design, sound effects, logos and other items tend to get taken for granted.

One area that Rovio puts a lot of work into are the soundtracks.  From the original Angry Birds theme by Ari Pulkkinen to the Vince DiCola score for Angry Birds Transformers, you can’t help but to be impressed at the amount of work put in by Rovio and their collaborators.  Slash, Apocalyptica, Green Day. There was even talk of a KISS/Angry Birds game at one point.

What you may not know is that there are several several albums and singles you can purchase and download from Rovio. Whether you enjoy video game music or just love Angry Birds, there are a lot of choices to choose from, which are listed below.  For the purposes of this article, the list focuses solely on Rovio songs available in iTunes.  While other music sites may have a few of these available, iTunes seems to be the best, most complete repository.

Albums

• Angry Birds Go! (Soundtrack) – Pepe Deluxé
• Angry Birds Epic (Music from the Video Game) – Angry Birds
• Angry Birds Stella Soundtrack – EP – Angry Birds
• Angry Birds Transformers Soundtrack – Angry Birds, Kenny Meriedeth & Vince DiCola

Singles

• Angry Birds Rio Samba – Single – Rovio Mobile
• Shuffle & Spawn (Major Lazer Moombahton remix) – Single – Bad Piggies
• Shuffle & Spawn (FOX remix) – Single – Bad Piggies
• Shuffle & Spawn (Original vocal dub) – Single – Bad Piggies
• Fly Me Home Tonight – Single – Rovio Entertainment, Ltd.
• Angry Birds Space Theme (feat. Slash) – Single – Rovio Entertainment
• Angry Birds Rio 2 Theme – Single – Barbatuques

And here’s the latest, offering a preview of the upcoming collaboration with Visit Finland and Apocalyptica, is the Angry Birds theme, performed by “Aporkalyptica”:

A few other honorable mentions:

• The Greatest Video Game Music (Bonus Track Edition) – London Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrew Skeet
  Track 4 – Angry Birds: Main Theme – Ari Pulkkinen
• Hockey Bird (in the Zone) [feat. Splurt] – Single – DJ Slow
  (note: Not available in the US, but available in the iTunes stores of many countries.  UK linked here)
• Love Is Gonna Make Us Stronger (Theme from “Retry“) – Single – Ted Striker
• ¡Uno! – Green Day
• While not available as an audio download, there is a video for Osmo Ikonen’s Angry Birds Peace Song, from the Wreck the Halls animated short

For the überfan, Rovio also offers several Angry Birds ringtones, available only through the iTunes store app on your mobile device (not available through the desktop app):

Angry Birds

• Angry Birds Singing
• Angry Birds Powerup
• Angry Birds Whistle
• Angry Birds Season’s Greetings
• Angry Birds Okdskool
• Angry Birds Pigs #2
• Angry Birds Space Characters
• Angry Birds Pigs #1
• Angry Birds Space Warp
• Angry Birds Surf

Rovio Entertainment, Inc.

• Angry Birds Original
• Angry Birds Summer Pignic
• Angry Birds Space Theme (Slash Cover)
• Bad Piggies Theme
• Angry Birds Go Green, Get Lucky
• Angry Birds Easter Eggs
• Angry Birds Moon Festival
• Angry Birds Cherry Blossoms Chiptune
• Angry Birds Wreck the Halls #1
• Angry Birds Funk
• Angry Birds Hogs and Kisses

Rovio Mobile

• Angry Birds Theme
• Angry Birds Mooncake Theme

Miscellaneous

Additional official ringtones can be downloaded from the Angry Birds Drinks site:

• Red: http://drinks.angrybirds.com/redcan/
• Chuck: http://drinks.angrybirds.com/chuckcan/
• Bomb: http://drinks.angrybirds.com/bombcan/
• Bad Piggies: http://drinks.angrybirds.com/badpiggiescan/

Are you a Piggy Island musicophile? Do you have any Angry Birds music on your MP3 player? Any to add to the list that we missed?  Sound off in the comments below!