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The Bad Guys (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)[1]
Film score by
Daniel Pemberton
ReleasedMarch 31, 2022
StudioDreamWorks Animation
GenreScore
LabelBack Lot Music
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Singles from The Bad Guys (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  1. "Good Tonight"
    Released: March 18, 2022
  2. "Feeling Alright"
    Released: March 25, 2022
  3. "Good Tonight (Party Pupils Remix)"
    Released: April 22, 2022

The Bad Guys (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack the 2022 DreamWorks Animation film The Bad Guys, and features an original score composed by Daniel Pemberton. It was released on March 31, 2022, by Back Lot Music.

Background

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On June 22, 2021, Daniel Pemberton was signed to compose the score for the film, having previously composed the soundtrack for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018).[2] A song "Good Tonight" written by Pemberton and Gary Go was made and released on March 18 by Back Lot Music, performed by Anthony Ramos, who does the additional lyrics with Will Wells. The album was released on March 31 with two other new songs included with "Good Tonight", includes a cover of "Feelin' Alright" by Elle King (released on March 25) and "Brand New Day" by The Heavy.[1] Pemberton, along with director Pierre Perifel and producer Damon Ross recorded backup vocals on Brand New Day. Following the release of the film on April 22, a new remix of "Good Tonight" was released by Party Pupils.

Additionally, "Stop Drop Roll" by Can't Stop Won't Stop, "Howlin' for You" by The Black Keys, "Fly Me to the Moon" by Julie London and "Go" by The Chemical Brothers are heard in the film but not included in the soundtrack album. Furthermore, "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish was only featured in the trailers.

Track listing

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All music is composed by Daniel Pemberton, except as noted

No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."The Big Bad Wolf"  1:05
2."Meet The Bad Guys"  3:39
3."Let's Bounce"  3:08
4."Push Pop"  3:28
5."Step 3"  3:17
6."Security Surprise"  1:36
7."The Dolphin Heist"  4:38
8."Going to Go Good"  4:07
9."Turn on the Charm"  1:23
10."Marmalade Prelude"  1:32
11."A Heist for Good"  2:28
12."The Sharing Laboratory"  1:51
13."Save the Cat"  1:43
14."Good Tonight"Pemberton, Gary Go, Anthony Ramos and Will Wells 3:41
15."So Long Suckers"  1:56
16."The Lair of Loot"  2:29
17."Loot Loops"  1:08
18."Bedtime Story"  2:06
19."Double Crossed"  4:09
20."Tricky Fox"  1:08
21."The Crimson Paw"  1:51
22."Secret Hideout"  2:19
23."Evil Masterplan"  1:13
24."The Sad Guys"  1:35
25."One Last Push Pop"  1:40
26."Finish Them"  1:45
27."Huff + Puff"  2:07
28."Just Robbing This Place"  1:55
29."Freeway Escape"  2:27
30."Who Said It Was the End?"  2:03
31."Redemption"  2:01
32."The Old Switcheroo"  1:45
33."Feelin' Alright"Dave MasonElle King4:04
34."Brand New Day"Pemberton, Daniel Taylor and Kelvin SwabyThe Heavy3:45

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Bad Guys Soundtrack Album Details". Film Music Reporter. March 17, 2022. Archived from the original on March 18, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  2. ^ Pemberton, Daniel [@DANIELPEMBERTON] (June 22, 2021). "The news is now out there so this is probably a good time as any to say I've been working away for quite a while on a super fun big new animation feature from ⁦@Dreamworks and ⁦@UniversalPics:- "THE BAD GUYS" -" (Tweet) – via Twitter.