That’s not the only way the various properties in this franchise have utilized needle drops, however. Much like how Marvel Comics used New York City as a backdrop rather than Gotham or Metropolis, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has constantly reinforced that their movies take place in familiar cities and locations by utilizing recognizable songs. However, since most of these features (like ones in the Batman franchise) occupied fictitious cities, they tended to utilize originally crafted tracks rather than famous pop ditties to reinforce the sense that viewers were watching something divorced from reality. It isn’t as if superhero films had entirely eschewed referencing famous tunes in the past. Since then, this expansive saga has made heavy use of unorthodox needle drops, particularly in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies.
"Through this relationship, the band is delivering fans supercharged Iron Man-branded music through all our combined consumer touch points, from the movie to retail outlets and even virally with the debut of the new video." We hope he then raised the devil horns.Thanks to the use of AC/DC’s “Back in Black” at the start of Iron Man, the Marvel Cinematic Universe kicked off its existence with an unexpected needle drop. But it's an executive at Marvel Studios who underlined the not very rock'n'roll, buzzword-laden corporate synergy of this enterprise: "We are pleased that Columbia and AC/DC are taking part in franchise's phenomenon," Tim Connors said. Still, this isn't the first time the band have collected some of their most popular singles for a movie soundtrack: they did the same for writer Stephen King's directorial debut, 1986 horror film Maximum Overdrive.ĪC/DC have released a new music video for their 1980 song Shoot to Thrill, filled with footage from the movie and a recent concert appearance in Buenos Aires. Despite a raft of hits – and enormously successful tours – they have never packaged their songs under a glittering greatest hits banner. Three decades into their career, AC/DC continue to spurn conventional compilation albums. " vision and passion for AC/DC's music blend seamlessly into this incredible film," said Columbia Records co-chairman Steve Barnett. For the sequel, Favreau seems to have had a change of heart.
In the first Iron Man film, director Jon Favreau included AC/DC's Back in Black – but he seemed understandably smitten with Black Sabbath's 1970 hit, Iron Man. Though the soundtrack album only features AC/DC songs, Iron Man 2 does also have an original score, composed by John Debney. These songs range from 1976 single TNT to the 2008 track War Machine, which happens to be the name of a character played by Don Cheadle. The forthcoming superhero sequel will be filled with hard-rocking anthems by the Australian band, albeit without a single new song.ĭue on 19 April, about a month before Robert Downey Jr lands in cinemas in his red and gold suit, the AC/DC: Iron Man 2 album includes 15 tracks from 10 different albums. AC/DC are to release a greatest hits collection – they're just calling it the soundtrack to Iron Man 2.