The Nice Guys (soundtrack)

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All music is composed by John Ottman & David Buckley

The Nice Guys (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Film score by
ReleasedMay 13, 2016
VenueThe Slovak Radio, Bratislava & The Village, Los Angeles
Genre Classical
Length44:07
Label Lakeshore Records
Producer John Ottman, David Buckley, and Joel Silver
John Ottman chronology
X-Men: Days of Future Past (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(2014)
The Nice Guys (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(2016)
X-Men: Apocalypse (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(2016)
No.TitleLength
1."Theme from "The Nice Guys""2:03
2."Kids Today"3:25
3."Disco Party Fight"4:01
4."To the Car Show / Amelia?"1:38
5."Pornocchio"2:25
6."A Little Favor"2:54
7."Equanimity"2:03
8."Chet in the Dumps"2:05
9."You Got Her / Easy 20"1:38
10."Helping Blue Face / Car Crash"3:13
11."Meeting John Boy"3:27
12."It's Not a Flight"2:03
13."Cars That Drive Themselves"1:47
14."Yoohoo Delivery / Breaking in"2:12
15."Car Show Shoot Out"4:44
16."Follow the Yellow Dick Road"1:44
17."P.I. Life"1:50
18."Flight of the Bumble Bee / The Right"0:55
Total length:44:07

Additional songs

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" The Temptations 3:20
2."Get Down On It" Kool & The Gang 2:58
3."Boogie Oogie Oogie" A Taste of Honey 5:34
4."September" Earth, Wind & Fire 3:27
5."Couldn't Get It Right" Climax Blues Band 3:03
6."Love and Happiness" Al Green 2:10
7."Dazz" Brick 2:23
8."Boogie Wonderland" Earth, Wind & Fire 4:50
9."Jive Talkin'" Bee Gees 3:45
10."Rock and Roll All Nite" Kiss 2:48
11."Ain't Got No Home" The Band 3:25
12."Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" Rupert Holmes 2:06
13."Lonely Boy" Andrew Gold 4:34
14."A Horse With No Name" America 4:11
15."Green Peppers" Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass 1:29
Total length:50:03

Accolades

The soundtrack was nominated at the 2016 Hollywood Music in Media Awards for "Best Soundtrack Album", but lost to Suicide Squad . [8] [9] [10] It was also nominated at the 2016 International Film Music Critics Association Awards for "Best Original Score for a Comedy Film", but lost to La La Land . [11] [12]

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "John Ottman: The Nice Guys". AllMusic . Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  2. "The Nice Guys (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Album by John Ottman and David Buckley". Spotify . Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  3. "'The Nice Guys' Soundtrack Details". Film Music Reporter. March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  4. "Audio: "On the Score" with "X-Men: Apocalypse" composer John Ottman". Film Music Magazine. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  5. "Lakeshore Records presents the perfect soundtrack for the summer". Maintitles.net (Press release). Lakeshore Records. May 6, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  6. "The Nice Guys: Score album feat. John Ottman & David Buckley coming soon, film stars Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling". Film Music Daily. April 21, 2016. Archived from the original on November 9, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  7. Hart, Hugh (May 13, 2016). "Packaging The Nice Guys '70s Music Vibe". WhereToWatch. Archived from the original on November 9, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  8. "2016 HMMA Winners". HMMA. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  9. "Justin Timberlake & Alexandre Desplat Among Winners At Hollywood Music In Media Awards". Deadline Hollywood. November 18, 2016. Archived from the original on November 19, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  10. McNary, Dave (November 2, 2016). "'La La Land' Scores Three Hollywood Music in Media Nominations". Variety. Archived from the original on November 3, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  11. Levy, Dani (February 9, 2017). "'Arrival', 'La La Land' Among Film Music Critics Nominees". Variety . Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  12. IFMCA (2017). "2016 IFMCA Awards". IFMCA. Retrieved January 9, 2025.