Shazam! Fury of the Gods (soundtrack)

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Shazam! Fury of the Gods (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Film score by
ReleasedMarch 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)
Recorded2022–2023
Studio
Genre Film score
Length60:25
Label WaterTower
Producer Christophe Beck
Christophe Beck chronology
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
(2023)
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
(2023)
Nimona
(2023)
Shazam! Fury of the Gods (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [1]
No.TitleLength
1."Shazam! Fury of the Gods (Main Title Theme)"3:06
2."Introduction – Fright at the Museum"4:32
3."Daughters of Atlas"3:20
4."Steve"1:14
5."Freddy Over Heels"1:50
6."Dome and Gloom"4:17
7."Freddy Sneaks In"1:21
8."Act of Violins"1:04
9."The Guardian"2:57
10."A Family Affair"2:42
11."Dragon Drop"2:09
12."Philly Tree's Take"2:08
13."I Chose Right"3:22
14."Before You Go"1:41
15."Dragon Chase"0:57
16."You Disobeyed Me"2:30
17."Lightning in a Bottle"1:49
18."Unicorn Act"2:21
19."Taste the Rainbow"1:19
20."Garage Showdown"1:32
21."Freddy Resists"1:15
22."Crack of Dome"1:59
23."All or None"2:24
24."We End This Now"2:13
25."A True God After All"1:18
26."Restoration"1:13
27."Hero"2:36
28."Changing of the Garden"1:16
Total length:60:25

Additional music

In addition to Beck's score, the other songs that are featured in the film, includes "Holding Out For A Hero" by Bonnie Tyler, "A-O-K" by Tai Verdes, "This Must Be The Place" by Sure Sure, "Sabotage" by Beastie Boys, "Superbloom" by MisterWives, and "A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis Presley (JXL Radio Edit Remix), with the latter playing during the end credits. Additionally the tracks "Check Out These Guns" from Shazam! (2019) by Benjamin Wallfisch and Wonder Woman's theme "Is She With You?" from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) by Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL are featured. [5] [6]

Reception

Jonathan Broxton wrote "What's true is that Christophe Beck and his team have written an earnest, fitting, tonally appropriate score for Shazam: Fury of the Gods, which hits all the right buttons, occasionally soars, and will certainly appeal to fans of the franchise in general and this film in particular, but also somehow it feels curiously subdued and run of the mill, and is likely destined to get lost in 2023's over-crowded superhero extravaganza market." [7] Shane Romanchick of Collider mentioned that the flavor of the score is inspired by John Williams' score — including the main title theme — for Richard Donner's Superman (1978). He further added, in few themes, "there's a mythical weight to the score that feels appropriate for this kind of gods and monsters story involving dragons, unicorns, and revenge seeking Demigods". [8] Filmtracks.com wrote "For most people, Shazam! Fury of the Gods will sound like a two-theme score, and that observation is largely correct. But Beck potentially frustrates by saving his most engaging melodic ideas for secondary themes that never gain enough traction in the work to satisfy. The general musical narrative of the two major themes is fine, but their intermingling is not as adept as one might hope during scenes of direct conflict." [9]

Credits

Credits adapted from AllMusic [10]

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