NOTE: NHL 15 on the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One uses an original orchestral-rock score, composed by Joshua R. Mosley. the licensed soundtrack only plays inside the arenas, and in the menus of the PS3/360 version. The orchestral was also re-used in NHL 16, and can also be played in the menus of NHL 17, NHL 18, NHL 19, and NHL 20, if the in-game setting in NHL 17/18/19 is set to NHL 17/18/19/20 theme.
Licensed Soundtrack
All of these songs plays in the menus for the PS3 and XBOX 360 versions of the game. Songs with an asterisk are exceptions.
| Artist | Song | Other games |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Time Of Your Life | |
| Bear Hands | Giants | |
| Benny Benassi | Control feat. Gary Go | |
| Close Your Eyes | Chain Gang | |
| Death from Above 1979 | Trainwreck 1979 | |
| Empires | How Good Does It Feel | |
| Every Time I Die | El Dorado | |
| Fall Out Boy | My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) | Guitar Hero Live |
| Franc Wyte | What I'm Talking 'Bout | |
| Heroes X Villains | TWERK* | |
| Holy Fever | Find Your Fame | |
| Madeon | The City | Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) |
| Max Frost | White Lies | |
| Plague Vendor | Black Sap Scriptures | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 |
| Porter Robinson | Sea Of Voices* | |
| PUP | Lionheart | |
| Red Sky Noise | She Don't Know | |
| Summer of '69 | Come And Get It | |
| The Graveltones | Forget About The Trouble | |
| The Night Marchers | Fisting The Fanbase (known as ...The Fanbase) | |
| No Wyld | Odyssey | Madden NFL 16, Need for Speed (2015) |
| William Davies | Do What I Do* | Reappears in NHL 17 |
| Wolf Rider | From Where You Are | |
| Wolfmother | How Many Times | |
| Young the Giant | My Body |