Writer-director James Gunn has unveiled the official soundtrack for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Music has played a big part in the previous Guardians films, with each film getting its own ‘Awesome Mix’ of songs compiled from cassette mixtapes made by the late mother of superhero Peter Quill – AKA Star-Lord (Chris Pratt).
For the third outing, the new set of songs come from the Microsoft Zune MP3 player that Peter received in Guardians Vol. 2. This allows the latest soundtrack to comprise songs from any era, rather than being restricted to seventies hits as in the first two films.
Now with the superhero sequel set to release next month, Gunn has taken to Twitter to reveal its tracklist with the Awesome Mix Vol. 3. The soundtrack includes an acoustic version of Radiohead‘s Creep, Beastie Boys’ No Sleep Til Brooklyn, The Flaming Lips’ Do You Realize??, Bruce Springsteen‘s Badlands, Alice Cooper‘s I’m Always Chasing Rainbows, and Florence + the Machine‘s Dog Days Are Over, among other hit songs.
