Music in GTA V

In Grand Theft Auto V, instead of just having radio stations, many missions are scored, with specific music tracks played at specific moments in order to build atmosphere and tension. However, radio stations continue to exist.

We though could do something interesting if we scored missions in GTA. Obviously we didn't want to lose radio stations, so we thought we'd do both. Exactly how we're going to balance between the two we're not entirely sure yet – we're still trying to figure that out. But we have some very cool people doing the score, different people, who will work in the same stem-based system that we used in the other games".

Dan Houser in The Guardian

Radio Stations

Logo	Radio Station	Hosts	Genres
	Blaine County Talk Radio	Programme-specific	Right-wing talk radio
	Channel X	Keith Morris	Punk (punk rock, hardcore punk)
	East Los FM	Don Cheto & Camilo Lara	Latin American music
	FlyLo FM	Flying Lotus	Electronic (electronica, IDM) Hip hop (alternative hip hop)
	Los Santos Rock Radio	Kenny Loggins	Rock (pop rock, hard rock, soft rock)
	Non Stop Pop FM	Cara Delevingne	Pop (dance-pop, synthpop) House (nu-disco) R&B (contemporary R&B)
	Radio Los Santos	Big Boy	Hip hop/rap
	Radio Mirror Park	Twin Shadow	Pop (synthpop, indie pop) Electronic (chillwave, indietronica)
	Rebel Radio	Jesco White	Country (outlaw country) Rock (Southern rock, rockabilly)
	Soulwax FM	Soulwax	House (dance-punk, deep house, fidget house)
	Space 103.2	Bootsy Collins	Funk (post-disco, P-Funk) R&B (contemporary R&B)
	The Blue Ark	Lee "Scratch" Perry	Reggae (dub, dancehall)
	The Low Down 91.1	Mama G	Soul Funk
	Vinewood Boulevard Radio	Nate & Steve	Alternative rock (garage rock, post-punk revival, punk rock)
	WCTR 95.6	Programme-specific	Left-wing talk radio
	West Coast Classics	DJ Pooh	Hip hop/rap (West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap, golden age hip hop)
	Worldwide FM	Gilles Peterson	House (deep house) Lounge Worldbeat Jazz (jazz fusion)

In-universe bands

Logos of the new bands appearing in GTA V.

The band Love Fist from the GTA III Era make a return. One Strangers and Freaks mission has Trevor Philips betting up the bassist Willie to get a "souvenir" for Nigel and Mrs. Thornhill, an eccentric, elderly English couple who collect celebrities' personal items. On the reality talent show Fame or Shame, contestant William Angio sings a power ballad from Jezz Torrent's solo career. Several new bands are also mentioned in GTA V, including Barbeque Spaceflight, Sorry Commode, Softly Softly Catchy Monkey, Anguished Cornhole, and Fatal Incursion; however, none of these bands make a physical appearance within in the game nor do any of their songs appear on the game's soundtrack.

Nightride FM

In early 2012, Kavinsky revealed that he was going to be the host of a radio station in GTA V called Nightride FM. However, there have been no news about that station whatsoever since then.