The album was also the second soundtrack album released by Disney Music Group that year (also after Frozen) to reach No. 1 was the second best-selling soundtrack album in the US (after Frozen) with 426,000 copies sold at that time. By September 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 had reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the first soundtrack album consisting entirely of previously released songs to top the chart. Charts and certifications īy August 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. Both would be used for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. " Fox on the Run" by Sweet and " Surrender" by Cheap Trick were also considered for the film. " Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell and " Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" by Three Dog Night were originally considered for the film instead of "Moonage Daydream". " Never Been to Spain" by Three Dog Night, " Magic" by Pilot, and " Livin' Thing" by Electric Light Orchestra were also used during filming however, the scenes in which they were featured were cut from the final version of the film. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Īll songs-with the exception of "Spirit in the Sky", which is played in the trailer-are featured in the film. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. Except that he's in this big outer space adventure." Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. The music and the Earth stuff is one of those touchstones that we have to remind us that, yeah, is a real person from planet Earth who's just like you and me. In May 2014, Gunn added that using the songs from the 60s and 70s were "cultural reference points", saying, "It's striking the balance throughout the whole movie, through something that is very unique, but also something that is easily accessible to people at the same time. In February 2014, Gunn revealed that the film would incorporate songs from the 1960s and 1970s, such as " Hooked on a Feeling", on a mixtape in Quill's Walkman, which acts as a way for him to stay connected to the Earth, home, and family he lost. Gunn stated that Bates will write some of the score first so that he can film to the music, as opposed to scoring to the film. In August 2013 the film's director, James Gunn, posted on his Facebook page that Tyler Bates would be composing the film's score. 3 Guardians of the Galaxy (Original Score).2 Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol.The album was the US's second best-selling soundtrack album of 2014, behind only the soundtrack to Frozen.
As of April 2017, it has sold over 1.75 million copies in the United States alone, and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album topped the Billboard Top Soundtracks chart for 11 consecutive weeks and 16 weeks in total. The soundtrack album reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, becoming the first soundtrack album in history consisting entirely of previously released songs to top the chart. A separate film score album, Guardians of the Galaxy (Original Score), composed by Tyler Bates, was also released by Hollywood Records on the same date, along with a deluxe version featuring both albums. Featuring the songs present on Peter Quill's mixtape in the film, the album was released by Hollywood Records on July 29, 2014. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album for the Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy. Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol.