GTA 6 soundtrack: Justice's score and the radio of Vice City

In GTA, you pick the station and a fictional DJ picks the songs. The series has worked that way since the first game in 1997: you get in a car, turn on the radio and let someone else set the pace of the drive.

On October 8, 2026, Rockstar revealed six GTA 6 radio stations and on-demand podcasts. Three weeks earlier, on September 17, it had made an album official: 34 original tracks, several singles already streaming, out November 19 with the game. On October 15, it named Justice as the composers of the game's original score, then, on October 29, set a December 11 release for the score album.

GTA VI: The Festival, November 21 in Miami

On November 9, 2026, Rockstar announced Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival on its Newswire: a live event on November 21, 2026 at Mana Wynwood in Miami, to celebrate the launch of the game. That is two days after release. Rockstar describes two stages of nonstop music, presented in partnership with PlayStation and produced by the creators of III Points.

The announced lineup: Cactus Jack presents Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Kodak Black and Sofaygo; Cardi B; Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso; Justice (DJ set); Metro Boomin; Nick León B2B DJ Python; Prospa B2B Skream; Rauw & Friends; Suero; Tainy; The Dare B2B Fcukers (DJ set). Rockstar speaks of artists from the game and the official soundtrack. Justice, the duo named as composers of the original score (see below), plays a DJ set.

On tickets, Rockstar describes a pre-sale lottery: you need an active DICE account with up-to-date information and sign up at gtavi-thefestival.miami. The pre-sale lottery closes on Tuesday, November 10 at 4 p.m. Eastern Time (10 p.m. in Paris; on that date, Eastern time plus six hours). Rockstar announces the sale to people picked in the draw on Wednesday, November 11, limited to two tickets per pre-sale lottery code; Rockstar does not detail the draw. More information at rsg.ms/gtavi-thefestival.

What the article does not say: no ticket price, no capacity, no schedule, no broadcast. Nothing indicates the festival is tied to buying the game. Rockstar finally points to the Music section of its site for the game's radio stations, Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album and Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score, with links to listen, pre-save, and pre-order on vinyl and CD.

Justice composes GTA 6's original score: what Rockstar announced on October 15

On October 15, 2026, Rockstar released its launch trailer, and the Newswire post that came with it doubled as a music announcement. It introduces "new music from electronic duo Justice, composers of the original score from Grand Theft Auto VI." Background that doesn't come from that post: Justice is a French electronic music duo made up of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay, two names Rockstar went on to cite on October 29.

In general, a "score" is music composed specifically for a film or a game, as opposed to the songs it may also contain. That is the usual meaning of the term, not a Rockstar definition: Rockstar has not detailed what GTA VI's score covers.

According to Rockstar, the trailer features "Flower in a Hurricane," a Justice track with Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. The post calls it a "new standalone Justice single" that is "also available on Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album," an album that comes out November 19. Rockstar's French trailer page adds that the trailer plays it "pour la première fois" ("for the first time," our translation). Our article on the GTA 6 launch trailer goes through the video in detail.

The post names two albums: Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, "the official soundtrack," and the score album. It adds: "Stay tuned for more information on the music of Grand Theft Auto VI, including the official score album." That day, Rockstar had announced neither a release date nor a track count for that score album; it gave both on October 29 (see below). Nothing suggests Justice will be on an in-game station, either: the October 15 post doesn't mention the radio, and as of October 9, 2026, no Justice track was in the previews of the six stations revealed on October 8.

On October 15, Worthplaying published a text with two details missing from that day's Newswire post. Worthplaying gives no source for it. The same day, Consequence quotes a passage from a "press release" without naming its issuer. That passage appears word for word in Worthplaying's text, which mentions an "original dynamic score" but doesn't explain what the adjective covers. Above all, the text says Justice's music had been heard before this single, in excerpts "scoring key moments" of the August 27, 2026 Extended Look and of other game announcements. Consequence reports the same thing, and neither site says how many tracks or which ones. Rockstar Mag, which covered the announcement on October 16, mentions "deux autres de leurs compositions" ("two other compositions of theirs," our translation) in the Extended Look, without saying where that number comes from: as of October 17, 2026, we have not found it at Rockstar, Worthplaying or Consequence.

The score album, announced for December 11

On October 29, 2026, Rockstar presented the album Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score on its Newswire. We read that post on October 30, 2026. Here is what the studio announces:

• A December 11, 2026 release, a little over three weeks after the game, on the major streaming services as well as on CD and vinyl.
• 30 tracks, including "Flower in a Hurricane," the launch trailer's single, and a new single, "Pusher," featuring Gesaffelstein, released October 29. Rockstar adds that the album includes digital bonus tracks across all formats, without saying how many.
• An adaptive score, which Rockstar describes as tuned dynamically to the different ways you engage with Vice City and Leonida throughout Jason and Lucia's story. It does not say how that works in the game.
• CD and vinyl pre-orders, including a limited-edition Triple Crystal Clear vinyl.

The Newswire presents Justice as a Grammy Award-winning duo. It doesn't say whether Justice's music will play on an in-game radio station; it only points to the Music section of the official site, which offers previews of select stations and singles from the album.

Rockstar Mag, which covered the announcement on October 29, counts 50 tracks and describes three editions: a black triple vinyl, a limited-edition clear triple vinyl and a double CD, with retailer prices. Rockstar announces 30 tracks and digital bonus tracks without giving a number: we go with Rockstar's figure. The retailers' listings could not be opened from our tools on October 30, 2026, so we quote no prices. Rockstar Mag also thinks the other tracks will be discovered when the game comes out, while Rockstar gives December 11 for the full album, streaming included.

The first six stations, revealed October 8

On October 8, 2026, Rockstar ran a Newswire post on GTA VI's radio and added a preview of six stations to the Music page of the official site. The news was covered in French by Rockstar Mag. We read the Newswire post and checked the Music page: unless stated otherwise, what follows comes from those two sources.

Rockstar promises "the biggest and widest-ranging selection of in-game radio yet," with stations running from Classic Rock to Talk Radio. It presents six of them and doesn't say how many the game will have in total.

Rockstar also announced on-demand podcasts, on top of Leonida's terrestrial radio, and presents them as a first for the series. You can listen to both in vehicles and on foot, through headphones and earbuds connected to Jason and Lucia's smartphones.

The six stations, with their hosts as Rockstar names them and the three tracks the Music page lists for each preview, as of October 9, 2026:

• Flash FM: pop, with Robyn and Alex. Rockstar calls it a Vice City institution; a station by that name was already in GTA Vice City (2002). In the preview: Good Ones (Charli xcx), Electric Feel (MGMT), Midnight Sun (Girls Trip) (Zara Larsson & PinkPantheress).
• Cocoteo FM: modern Latin music, from bachata to reggaeton, with El Martillo and La Gata. In the preview: EoO (Bad Bunny), Si Es Trucho Es Trucho (Remix) (Axel Rulay ft. Farruko & El Alfa), Canalla (Romeo Santos & El Chaval de la Bachata).
• Back Country Radio: renegade country beamed to the Grassrivers and Port Gellhorn by MW and Delta Dawne, with swamp reporter Mud Dog Mike checking in from his airboat. In the preview: Need a Little Time Off for Bad Behavior (David Allan Coe), Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (Loretta Lynn), The Conversation (Hank Williams, Jr. & Waylon Jennings).
• AfroBank FM: African music, from 20th-century classics to amapiano, with Burna and Palmsy. In the preview: Joha (Asake), Gye Wani (Pat Thomas ft. Ebo Taylor), Shay'sana (DJ Lag & Robot Boii ft. Kamo Mphela).
• The Chamber 106.6: metal, with DJ Kerry and DJ Tom. In the preview: I (Black Sabbath), I'm Broken (Pantera), Raining Blood (Slayer).
• Dirty South Classics: regional rap and hip-hop classics, with Trick and Trina. In the preview: Like A Pimp (David Banner ft. Lil' Flip), Who Dat (JT Money ft. Solé), Born N Raised (DJ Khaled ft. Trick Daddy, Rick Ross & Pitbull).

The previews are short: the tracks heard in them are not the stations' full playlists.

Rockstar only gives the hosts' on-air names, without saying who plays them. On October 8, 2026, Pitchfork matched them to artists: Bad Bunny and RaiNao (Cocoteo FM), Burna Boy and Palms Trax (AfroBank FM), Kerry King and Tom Araya of Slayer (The Chamber 106.6), Robyn and model Alex Consani (Flash FM), Trick Daddy and Trina (Dirty South Classics), Morgan Wallen, Lana Del Rey and her husband Jeremy Dufrene (Back Country Radio). As of October 9, 2026, neither the Newswire post nor the Music page says who voices these hosts. In a statement to Pitchfork, RaiNao called it "incredibly special" to lend a voice to the game.

On October 8, Rockstar said more was coming, including details on the game's dynamic score and more singles from the album. On October 29, it called that score adaptive, without detailing how it works in the game (see above).

Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, announced September 17

On September 17, 2026, two days after the artist visuals, Rockstar announced Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album on its Newswire. The studio calls it the official soundtrack album, created in partnership with Atlantic Records, launching November 19 alongside the game. The listed tracks, dates, vinyl and CD have their own page: GTA VI: The Album, 34 tracks, 10 singles, vinyl and CD.

The album has 34 original tracks that, in Rockstar's words, capture the electric energy of Vice City and Leonida. Six singles were out on all major streaming services from September 17; as of October 15, 2026, Rockstar's Music page listed nine. As of November 10, it lists ten. Pre-save is open on the streaming services. Limited-edition vinyl and CD sets are up for pre-order, with three exclusives sold only at gtavi-thealbum.com; exclusive vinyl colorways are also listed at several retailers, Amazon among them. Rockstar doesn't say which of them ship to which countries.

The list of the ten singles, their release dates and the vinyl and CD details are on the dedicated page: GTA VI: The Album, tracklist, vinyl and CD.

An album isn't a radio. As of October 9, 2026, none of the album's singles is heard in the previews of the six stations revealed on October 8, and Rockstar hasn't said which album tracks will play on its stations.

Travis Scott, Keith Richards and the GTA 6 visuals of September 15

On the evening of September 15, 2026 (Paris time), about ten artists posted new GTA VI-style visuals at the same time, all on Instagram except Morgan Wallen, who posted on X. Rockstar didn't repost any of them on its own accounts that night. Two days later, its Newswire listed the album's first six singles, and every one of those artists is on them.

VICE, NME, ComicBook, Rockstar Actu and Journal du Geek named the same artists: Travis Scott, Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, Future (via the account of his label, Freebandz), Metro Boomin, Yung Lean, Morgan Wallen, Rauw Alejandro, PinkPantheress, Fred again.. and CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso. Some outlets counted only eight or nine.

Between them, the artists posted six visuals:

• Travis Scott: a high-heeled shoe near a dance pole.
• Keith Richards: an iguana.
• Rauw Alejandro: an inflatable pink flamingo.
• PinkPantheress, Fred again.. and CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso: a yacht.
• Morgan Wallen: a pool.
• Future, Metro Boomin and Yung Lean: a sports car at sunset.

Travis Scott tagged Rockstar Games in his Instagram post. His caption opens with "Phase 1," announces "NOW ITS TIME" and includes the line "MY RETURN TO GAME." Further down comes a string of letters, "J… O. H," then "to be continued."

ComicBook and Journal du Geek read those letters as Jack of Hearts, the strip club glimpsed in a GTA 6 trailer. NME reports the same theory, which it credits to many fans. Neither Travis Scott nor Rockstar has confirmed it, and the September 17 Newswire post doesn't mention it.

"Phase 1" and "to be continued" pointed to more announcements. The album is one, but the Newswire doesn't tie those words to it.

As for the artists, the count checks out: all ten names the press cited are on the six singles, with Future and Metro Boomin featured on Yung Lean's track. Their place on the album is confirmed; nothing says yet whether these tracks will play on in-game radio, in a mission or elsewhere.

What the trailers reveal about the music

Trailer 1 opens with Tom Petty's "Love Is a Long Road," which lays a melancholy, all-American mood over the first shots of Vice City. Rockstar cut Trailer 2 to the Pointer Sisters' "Hot Together," a more upbeat track that runs under the action scenes and the shots of Jason and Lucia as a pair. Both songs are identified in the official trailers, and both are editing choices. Rockstar hasn't announced either one as part of an in-game station or the final soundtrack, so until Rockstar Newswire addresses the point, we treat them as trailer picks, not in-game confirmations.

Across 15 years of Rockstar trailers, the song behind a reveal hasn't necessarily made the final cut, and the finished games have shipped with tracks no trailer ever hinted at. In the GTA 6 trailers, sound does as much to define Vice City as the evening light or the film grain. None of it got there by accident.

The October 15 launch trailer is different: where Trailers 1 and 2 used existing songs, it plays a new track by Justice, the duo Rockstar names as the composers of the game's original score.

A Phil Collins track plays in the August 27 Extended Look; Rockstar has not said whether it will be on the soundtrack or the in-game radio. Phil Collins' "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" plays over an elevator scene in the demo, a nod to his cameo in GTA Vice City Stories (2006), where he played himself. According to the gaming press, the Extended Look references Phil Collins in two separate moments. The demo also features other tracks, including songs by Sexyy Red and Depeche Mode. As with Trailers 1 and 2, nothing indicates yet whether they're one-off editing choices or songs headed for a radio station in the finished game. According to the press, the scene nods to his cameo in GTA Vice City Stories (2006); Rockstar has not commented on it.

Phil Collins, Sexyy Red and Depeche Mode are not among the album's singles listed by Rockstar as of October 15, 2026. Only part of the 34 tracks is out, so there's nothing to conclude from that.

GTA's radio legacy

Radio has been part of GTA since the first game in 1997: several stations, each with its own genre and often its own DJ. GTA Vice City went further, with a soundtrack built as an all-out tribute to the 1980s. GTA V, released in 2013, carried 17 radio stations, music and satirical talk shows combined, and that number is still the benchmark for sizing up a GTA lineup.

The stations are there to give every part of the map its own sound and to keep the ride from turning into a loading screen in disguise. This new Vice City inherits that tradition: six stations have been revealed, but Rockstar hasn't given a total. Anyone quoting a number today is guessing.

Justice isn't a new name in the series. According to Rockstar Mag, their track "Waters of Nazareth" was already in GTA IV (2008). The community wiki gta.wiki lists it under Electro-Choc, one of the game's stations. As of October 17, 2026, we have not found an official Rockstar list to check this against, and Rockstar has not linked GTA IV to its October 15 announcement.

What's still unconfirmed

To our knowledge, nothing confirms:

• The total number of GTA 6 radio stations: six have been revealed as of October 9, 2026.
• The full range of genres: Rockstar cites stations from Classic Rock to Talk Radio without detailing the others.
• Which artists voice the hosts: as of October 9, 2026, Rockstar doesn't say who they are, and the artist names are reported by Pitchfork.
• The list and content of the podcasts.
• Which album tracks will play on the game's stations, and how Justice's adaptive score works in the game.
• The full list of the 30 tracks on the score album, due December 11, the number of its digital bonus tracks, and whether Justice will be on an in-game radio station.
• The album tracks not yet released, and where Phil Collins, heard in the Extended Look on August 27, 2026, fits in, since he's not on the singles listed by Rockstar as of October 15, 2026.

Rockstar announced the album on September 17 (a Newswire post, six singles, the vinyl and CD formats), then six stations and the podcasts on October 8, Justice on October 15 and the score album on October 29. How the score works in the game has yet to be detailed. The track lists making the rounds on forums cite no source: only the Newswire and the Music page of the official site count. We'll update this page as soon as there's another official announcement.

Getting your audio ready for November 19

Several tracks from the album are streaming, and previews of six stations are on the official Music page. You'll only hear Vice City's radio in full once the game is out. Until then, get the headset right: one that can tell ambient chatter from a club bass line leaking out of a bar door. The GTA 6 gaming setup guide breaks down the headsets we recommend for that kind of detail.