The soundtrack of Guitar Hero Live spans across a diverse selection of genres, the developers recognizing that challenging guitar tracks are not strictly limited to rock music. The game's soundtrack include songs by The Black Keys, Blitz Kids, Ed Sheeran, Fall Out Boy, Gary Clark, Jr., Green Day, The Killers, The Lumineers, My Chemical Romance, Pierce the Veil, The Rolling Stones, Skrillex, The War on Drugs, and many more. One song included in the announcement press demo was Fall Out Boy's "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark".