Junkie XL recently contributed tracks to EA\'s Madden NFL 07 and Need for Speed Carbon, in addition to producing the entire soundtrack for Forza Motorsport.

Artwerk is also currently in negotiations with other unspecified artists that if signed will have their works featured in both future EA titles as well as through other film and television distribution channels. Interested? You can submit your music to Artwerk here.

The formation of Artwerk follows a previous partnership between EA and Nettwerk Music Group for the EA Recordings digital music distribution label, first announced in 2005 as a means to offer music clips from the publisher\'s various games as ringtones, mastertones or mp3 downloads. Comments Steve Schnur, worldwide executive of music and marketing at EA:

\"For the past five years, EA has been instrumental in breaking new artists, but we have been limited in our ability to grow them. With Artwerk, we can now directly sign, develop and launch artists for publishing, master recordings, sync deals and beyond. With Nettwerk, we are once again partnered with the most visionary team in the industry. And with Junkie XL as our premier signing, we are enormously excited about the future.”

In related news: Electronic Arts has unveiled Boogie, an original IP Wii-exclusive rhythm/music-based game being developed, which has players dancing, singing and starring in their own music videos. EA will release Boogie worldwide later in 2007.