Hot Fuzz (soundtrack)

Infobox Album
Name = Hot Fuzz
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = various artists
Longtype = to "Hot Fuzz"


Released = flagicon|UK February 22, 2007
Recorded =
Genre = Rock Psychedelic rock Pop Alternative rock Hard rock Britpop New Wave Indie rock Glam Rock
Length = 76:13
Label = Island Records
Producer = Osymyso
Reviews =
Chronology = Edgar Wright film soundtrack
Last album = "Shaun of the Dead" (2004)
This album = "Hot Fuzz" (2007)
Next album =

"Hot Fuzz: Music from the Motion Picture" is the soundtrack album to the 2007 British crime-comedy film, "Hot Fuzz". The album was released on February 19, 2007 in the United Kingdom, and on April 17, 2007 in the United States and Canada. The UK release contains 22 tracks, and the US/Canada release has 14.

Composition

The film's score is by British film composer David Arnold, who has scored the James Bond film series since 1997. Among Arnold's works featured on the soundtrack album is the "Hot Fuzz Suite", which is a compilation of excerpts from the score.cite web|title=Allmusic|work=Hot Fuzz [Cherry Tree] Review|last=Phares|first=Heather|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Abi6cmqp39f6o|accessdate=August 10|accessyear=2007]

Other music from the film is a mix of 1960s and 1970s British rock (The Kinks, T.Rex, The Move, The Sweet, The Troggs, Arthur Brown, Cozy Powell), New Wave (Adam Ant, XTC) and indie UK and American rock (The Fratellis, Eels, Jon Spencer).cite web|title=Soundtrack Collector|work=Sountrack details: Hot Fuzz|url=http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=78929|accessdate=August 10|accessyear=2007] It should be noted that fans who simply want the music may be disappointed, as dialogue by Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and various other cast members is interwoven into the music itself, rather than being on separate tracks.cite web|last=Ruiz|first=Rafael|title=SoundtrackNet|work=Hot Fuzz soundtrack|url=http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=4447|accessdate=August 10|accessyear=2007]

The song selection also includes some police-themed titles, including Supergrass' "Caught by the Fuzz" as well as "Here Come the Fuzz", which was especially composed for the film by Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion.cite video|title=Hot Fuzz commentary|medium=DVD|publisher=Universal Pictures|accessdate=2007-08-07] The film score also references and parodies the scores from action films, with the song "Lethal Fuzz", containing samples of the music used in promotional trailers for "Lethal Weapon".

American film director Robert Rodriguez contributed to the film's score as well, and is acknowledged in the UK album's liner notes. The liner notes also credit music supervisor Nick Angel (the inspiration for the name of Simon Pegg's character in the film) and film director Edgar Wright as executive producers, while British mashup and breakbeat DJ Osymyso (Mark Nicholson) is credited as producer.Citation | last = Wright | first = Edgar | author-link = Edgar Wright | title = Hot Fuzz: Music from the Motion Picture (liner notes) | publisher = Universal Island Records | year = 2007 | location = United Kingdom | id = 172 475-6] Osymyso had previously worked with Pegg and Wright on their previous film, "Shaun of the Dead".

Track listings

UK/EU release

#"Theme from Hot Fuzz" (David Arnold) – 2:11
#"Goody Two Shoes" (Marco Pironi and Adam Ant) – 3:34
#*Performed by Adam Ant
#"Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" (Andy Partridge) – 3:35
#*Performed by XTC
#"Village Green Preservation Society" (Ray Davies) – 2:56
#*Performed by The Kinks
#"Solid Gold Easy Action" (Marc Bolan) – 2:14
#*Performed by T.Rex
#"Baby Fratelli" (The Fratellis) – 3:53
#*Performed by The Fratellis
#"Blockbuster!" (Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn) – 3:21
#*Performed by The Sweet
#"Dance with the Devil" (Phil Dennys and Michael Hayes) – 3:15
#*Performed by Cozy Powell
#"Slippery Rock 70's" (Nigel Fletcher and Robert Woodward) – 2:38
#*Performed by Stavely Makepeace
#"Uncle Derek" – 0:31
#*Dialogue extract performed by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
#"Night of Fear" (Roy Wood) – 2:10
#*Performed by The Move
#"I Can't Control Myself" (Reg Presley) – 3:02
#*Performed by The Troggs
#"Fire" (Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Peter Ker and Michael Ivor Firesilver) – 2:47
#*Performed by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
#"Kick out the Jams" (Jeff Jarratt and Don Reedman) – 2:20
#*Performed by Tubthumper
#"Lethal Fuzz (Osymyso Remix)" (John Eric Alexander) – 2:01
#*Samples music used in promotional trailers for the film "Lethal Weapon".
#"Avenging Angel" (Robert Rodriguez) – 0:35
#"Souljacker Part 1" (Mark Oliver Everett, Jonathan "Butch" Norton and Adam Siegel – 3:16
#*Performed by Eels
#"Caught by the Fuzz" (Gareth Coombes, Daniel Goffy and Michael Quinn) – 3:16
#*Performed by Supergrass
#"Solid Gold Easy Action" (Marc Bolan) – 2:16
#*Performed by The Fratellis
#"What did you think of that?" – 0:16
#*Dialogue extract performed by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
#"Here Come the Fuzz" (Philip Hernandez, Chris Maxwell and Jon Spencer) – 3:52
#*Performed by Jon Spencer and the Elegant Trio
#"Hot Fuzz Suite" (David Arnold) – 23:11
#*Compilation of excerpts from the score.

US/Canada release

Infobox Album
Name = Hot Fuzz
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = various artists
Longtype = to "Hot Fuzz"


Released = flagicon|Canada April 17, 2007 flagicon|USA April 17, 2007
Recorded =
Genre = Rock Alternative rock Britpop New Wave Indie rock Pop Psychedelic rock
Length = 63:31cite web|title=Music from the Movies|work=Hot Fuzz|url=http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/review.asp?ID=6886|accessdate=August 10|accessyear=2007]
Label = Interscope Cherry Tree
Producer =
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Abi6cmqp39f6o link]
* [http://www.soundtrack.net/ SoundtrackNet] Rating|3|5 [http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=4447 link]
Chronology = Edgar Wright film soundtrack
Last album = "Shaun of the Dead" (2004)
This album = "Hot Fuzz" (2007)
Next album =
#"Goody Two Shoes" – Adam Ant
#"Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" – XTC
#"Village Green Preservation Society" - The Kinks
#"Baby Fratelli" – The Fratellis
#"Dance with the Devil" – Cozy Powell
#"Slippery Rock 70's" – Stavely Makepeace
#"I Can't Control Myself" – The Troggs
#"Fire" – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
#"Lethal Fuzz [Osymyso Remix] " – John Eric Alexander
#*Samples music used in promotional trailers for the film "Lethal Weapon".
#"Souljacker Part 1" – Eels
#"Caught by the Fuzz" – Supergrass
#"Solid Gold Easy Action" – The Fratellis
#"Here Come the Fuzz" – Jon Spencer & the Elegant Trio
#"Hot Fuzz Suite" – David Arnold
#*Compilation of excerpts from the score.

Missing tracks

The following tracks that appeared on the UK/international release were omitted from the US/Canada album:
#"Theme from Hot Fuzz" (David Arnold)
#"Solid Gold Easy Action" (T.Rex)
#"Blockbuster" (The Sweet)
#"Uncle Derek" (Dialogue extract)
#"Night of Fear" (The Move)
#"Kick out the Jams" (Tubthumper)
#"Avenging Angel" (Robert Rodriguez) – 0:35
#"What did you think of that?" (Dialogue extract)

Other songs in the film

One song that is featured in the film but is not included on either soundtrack release is "Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits. In his DVD commentary, director Edgar Wright notes the irony of having to pay Dire Straits to use the song after he had poked fun at the band in his previous film, "Shaun of the Dead".

Credits

*Executive producers: Nick Angel and Edgar Wright
*Soundtrack producer: Osymyso
*Executive producer in charge of music at Universal Pictures: Kathy Nelson

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0425112|title=Hot Fuzz
*metacritic film|id=hotfuzz|title=Hot Fuzz