Iron Man 3 (soundtrack)

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Iron Man 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score for the Marvel Studios film, Iron Man 3 by Brian Tyler, released on April 30, 2013. [1] A separate soundtrack and concept album titled, Iron Man 3: Heroes Fall (Music Inspired by the Motion Picture) by various artists was released on the same date by Hollywood Records and Marvel Music. [2] [1]

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Iron Man 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Iron Man 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Iron Man 3 soundtrack cover.jpg
Film score by
ReleasedApril 30, 2013 (2013-04-30)
Studio Abbey Road Studios
Genre Film score
Length75:53
Label
Producer Brian Tyler
Brian Tyler chronology
Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel
(2013)
Iron Man 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(2013)
Now You See Me
(2013)
Marvel Cinematic Universe soundtrack chronology
Marvel's The Avengers
(2012)
Iron Man 3
(2013)
Thor: The Dark World
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Empire Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Composer Brian Tyler acknowledged that the film's score needed to be darker and more melodic than Ramin Djawadi and John Debney's previous scores, citing the change in Tony Stark's life following the events of The Avengers as the catalyst. [5]

The score was recorded at Abbey Road Studios by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. [5]

Track listing

All music is composed by Brian Tyler. [6]

No.TitleLength
1."Iron Man 3"2:24
2."War Machine"7:19
3."Attack on 10880 Malibu Point"4:36
4."Isolation"2:01
5."Dive Bombers"2:24
6."New Beginnings"3:55
7."Extremis"5:07
8."Stark"4:32
9."Leverage"2:16
10."The Mandarin"2:37
11."Heat and Iron"5:43
12."Misfire"3:27
13."Culmination"2:30
14."The Mechanic"3:44
15."Hot Pepper"4:42
16."Another Lesson From Mandy"2:57
17."Dr. Wu"2:41
18."Return"6:20
19."Battle Finale"3:57
20."Can You Dig It (Iron Man 3 Main Titles)"2:42

Iron Man 3: Heroes Fall (Music Inspired by the Motion Picture)

Iron Man 3: Heroes Fall (Music Inspired by the Motion Picture)
Iron Man 3 - Heroes Fall (Music Inspired by the Motion Picture) cover.jpg
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
ReleasedApril 30, 2013 (2013-04-30)
Label
Producer
  • Mitchell Leib
  • Dave Jordan
Marvel Cinematic Universe soundtrack chronology
The Avengers
(2012)
Iron Man 3
(2013)
Thor: The Dark World
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Melodic.net Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Track listing

Iron Man 3: Heroes Fall
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Ready Aim Fire" Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee, Daniel Platzman Imagine Dragons 4:01
2."Some Kind of Joke" Aaron Bruno Awolnation 4:54
3."Some Kind of Monster" Tyler Glenn, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz Neon Trees 3:48
4."American Blood" Michael Angelakos Passion Pit 4:24
5."No Time"Zack Rogue Rogue Wave 3:16
6."One Minute More"Ryan Merchant, Sebu Simonian Capital Cities 3:40
7."Back to the Start"Monica Birkenes, Alexander Burke, Brian Tyler Mr Little Jeans 4:06
8."Keep Moving"Andrew Stockdale Andrew Stockdale (of Wolfmother)3:02
9."Redemption" Mark Kasprzyk, Wally Gagel Redlight King 3:40
10."Big Bad Wolves"Nicholas Petricca, Eli Maiman, Kevin Ray, Sean Waugman Walk the Moon 2:10
11."Bad Guy"Sean Foreman, Nathaniel Motte 3OH!3 3:07
12."Let's Go All the Way"Gary Lee Cooper The Wondergirls (featuring Ashley Hamilton and Robbie Williams)4:28

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 16
US Billboard Top Soundtracks 1

Additional music

Music not included in the Iron Man 3 soundtrack, but featured in the film:

TitleLengthPerformer(s)Key Scenes/Notes
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)"4:40 Eiffel 65 Heard in the opening flashback scene set in 1999, the year the song was released.
A special Mandarin Chinese version was created and sung by Eiffel 65 lead singer Jeffrey Jey and keyboardist Maurizio Lobina to be used in the Chinese release of the film. [9]
"Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)"3:39 Lou Bega Played in the background during the flashback scene set in 1999. [10]
"Jingle Bells" (Bombay Dub Orchestra Remix)3:45 Joe Williams Played while Tony first tries out his Mark 42 armor. [11]
"Santa Claus Is Back In Town"2:25 Elvis Presley

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