In addition to James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy movies taking a team that was obscure even among Marvel Comics fans and catapulting them to the same level of popularity that the Avengers and X-Men enjoy, they also boasted some great music moments thanks to the soundtracks the filmmaker put together. But some of the powers-that-be at Marvel Studios weren’t always convinced that Gunn’s song choices were the right move. In fact, these individuals initially called the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie’s soundtrack “ridiculous.”
Gunn shared this information while speaking with CinemaBlend’s own Hannah Saulic and other journalists during the junket roundtable for Peacemaker Season 2, which is now airing on the 2025 TV schedule. When Hannah asked the writer/director if people come up to him to say that they found their favorite band or musical artists from watching one of his movies, Gunn confirmed this does indeed happen, then said the following about what that’s like:
