Free Guy (soundtrack)

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The music to the 2021 action comedy film Free Guy featured two musical projects: an original soundtrack consisted of songs featured in the film and an album consisting of the original score composed by Christophe Beck. Both albums were released on the same date as the film (August 13, 2021) through Hollywood Records.

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Free Guy (Music from the Motion Picture)

Free Guy (Music from the Motion Picture)
Free Guy (Music from the Motion Picture) cover.jpg
Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedAugust 11, 2021
Genre Film soundtrack
Length43:38
Label Hollywood

Free Guy (Music from the Motion Picture) is the soundtrack accompanying the songs featured in the film as well as three tracks from the film's original score composed by Christophe Beck. The soundtrack was released digitally by Hollywood Records on August 11, 2021 followed by a vinyl edition that released two days later. [1] [2]

Background

Most of the songs were curated by Shawn Levy were from 1950s and 1960s, handpicked by Ryan Reynolds whom Levy described his musical taste as "quirky, weird, inspired". [3] [4] Levy had originally intended to use the song "Your Love" by the Outfield, but Reynolds suggested using "Fantasy" by Mariah Carey instead as the song had a "joyous, buoyant spirit to it". [5] Reynolds discussed to Carey on obtaining permission to use it and she allowed them to use the song throughout the film. [6] A cover version of "Fantasy" sung by Comer was also used in the film, albeit not included in the soundtrack. [5] [7]

Track listing

No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Fantasy" Mariah Carey 4:03
2."Legendz" A.G. feat. Devvon Terrell 2:08
3."100 Miles and Running" Logic feat. Wale and John Lindahl5:54
4."The Humpty Dance" Digital Underground 6:31
5."Cheek To Cheek" Fred Astaire 3:17
6."Make Your Own Kind of Music" (Single Version) Cass Elliot 2:20
7."Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Frankie Valli 3:21
8."Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" (Single Version) McFadden & Whitehead 3:44
9."Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)" Joey Scarbury 3:14
10."Don't Have a Good Day, Have a Great Day" Christophe Beck 1:57
11."It's All a Lie"Beck2:19
12."Millie"Beck2:23
13."Go Time"Beck2:27
Total length:43:38

Release history

Release dates and formats for Free Guy (Music from the Motion Picture)
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
VariousAugust 11, 2021
Hollywood [1]
August 13, 2021 Vinyl [2]

Free Guy (Original Score)

Free Guy (Original Score)
Free Guy (Original Score) cover.jpg
Film score by
ReleasedAugust 13, 2021
Recorded2020–2021
Genre Film score
Length42:24
Label Hollywood
Christophe Beck chronology
WandaVision
(2021)
Free Guy
(2021)
Hawkeye
(2021)

Free Guy (Original Score) is the score album composed by Christophe Beck. It was released on August 13, 2021 alongside the film. [8] Beck sampled his score composed for the Disney animated short Paperman (2012) for few sequences.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Have a Great Day"2:38
2."Cappuccino"1:28
3."Sunglasses"2:30
4."About to Get Shot"2:52
5."A New Day"1:15
6."Stash House Fail"1:15
7."Two Glocks"2:13
8."Ice Cream"2:30
9."Guy's Guise"2:10
10."It's All a Lie"2:19
11."Rebooted"2:01
12."I Remember Everything"2:01
13."On Strike"1:22
14."This Ends Now"2:28
15."It's Go Time"1:25
16."Hitman's Beach"2:28
17."Getting Hectic"1:47
18."Dude"1:31
19."Tables Turn"1:06
20."Reunited"3:23
21."Life Itself"1:42
Total length:42:24

Reception

In a three-star review, James Southall of Movie Wave described it as "an entertaining, easy album to listen to". [9] Jonathan Broxton described it as "a nice memento of a really good film". [10] Filmtracks.com wrote "The 42-minute score on album is smartly effortless but wholly anonymous, just like Guy, and casual listeners might be better served by the film's song compilation album containing four assembled tracks from Beck's score." [11]

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