Edgar Wright’s The Running Man has made it into cinemas worldwide, but what songs are included in the film? Find out below.
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The movie is an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 dystopian story and a loose remake of the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger action film, and it follows Glen Powell’s Ben Richards, a construction worker who auditions for a twisted reality show in which he must survive a team of assassins to win a huge cash prize.
It is the latest big screen venture from Wright, the British director who made his name with the Cornetto trilogy of Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End, and went on to make Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Baby Driver and Last Night In Soho.
Check out the trailer for The Running Man here:
Wright has written the film alongside Michael Bacall (Scott Pilgrim, 21 Jump Street), and it also stars Josh Brolin as the producer of the game show, Colman Domingo as the host and Michael Cera as a rebel who helps Ben survive.
NME awarded the film three stars, writing: “The best of Wright’s take on The Running Man comes in the first half, as he sets up a world where sphere-shaped, all-seeing Rover Cams buzz around in the sky, videoing everything. It’s a telling portrait of a corporate America (“the greatest country in the fucking universe”) that feels like a fascist state. Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 RoboCop did something similar and Wright mines a familiar strain of droll humour throughout.”
Every song on the soundtrack of The Running Man
The film includes an original score from Steven Price, who has previously collaborated with Wright on The World’s End, Baby Driver and Last Night In Soho, and also won an Oscar for his work on Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity. Price’s soundtrack album is available to stream and buy now via Milan Records.
The trailers for the film also included notable pop music selections, with the first trailer (above) featuring Sly And The Family Stone’s ‘Underdog’ from 1967, and the second incorporating ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’ by Electric Light Orchestra.
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