7. It Has an Amazing Soundtrack
James Gunn revealed in an interview that he compiled a list of hit songs that appear in the Billboard charts within that decade and narrowed it down to 120 to be considered for use in the film.
Gunn also said that some of the scenes were either filmed around the music played on background or it served as inspiration for him to write a scene around the track.
The soundtrack is composed mainly of ’70s-’80s songs as they are part of Quill memories of Earth and the usage of songs from 70s would help grounding to reality and providing fun juxtaposition.
“The music and is one of those touchstones that we have to remind us that Quill is a real person from planet Earth who’s just like you and me, except that he’s in this big outer space adventure.” – the director James Gunn stated.
The soundtrack album “Awesome Mix, Vol. 1” reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, the first film soundtrack ever to reach number one without a single original song.
