Avengers: Endgame duo the Russo brothers have released their latest sci-fi adventure The Electric State on Netflix.
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Based on the 2018 graphic novel of the same name by Simon Stålenhag, the dystopian thriller follows an orphaned teenager who joins forces with a mysterious robot and embarks on a journey across the American West to find her brother.
The film is set in an alternate version of the 1990s, and speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com, the directors explained how they wanted to lean on nostalgia while crafting the world.
"It certainly is an homage to Amblin movies," Joe Russo explained. "It's a big adventure film, reminiscent of '80s adventure films, fantasy adventure films. And we thought that that was an interesting intertextual layer to add on top of a movie that was a retro-future film that was in an alternate 1990s.
"And that would help it be evocative of that nostalgia, in a way, because we really wanted to make it feel like this was some collective, shared history we all had and really make the audience feel like they were back in that time."
Of course, one of the ways in which they could tap into this was through their music choices, and there are a plethora of tracks from the '80s and '90s, as well as a score from composer Alan Silvestri.
If you're wondering which songs appear in the film, read on for the full soundtrack for The Electric State.
The Electric State soundtrack: Every song in Netflix movie
The Electric State. Paul Abell/Netflix
You can find a full list of songs which appear in the film below:
Mary Jane's Last Dance performed by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Mother performed by Danzig
I Fought the Law performed by The Clash
Take Me to the River performed by Al Green
Tornerai performed by Trio Lescano e Quartetto Funaro
Honey Won't YouListen performed by Roy Wayne
Good Vibrations performed by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
Breaking the Law performed by Judas Priest
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Part 1 performed by The Flaming Lips
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Meanwhile, there are also instrumental covers of the following songs:
Don't Stop Believin' by Journey
I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
Wonderwall by Oasis
Who composed the score for The Electric State?
Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown in The Electric State. Paul Abell/Netflix
In addition to a soundtrack, the film also includes an original score composed by Alan Silvestri, who the Russo brothers previously collaborated with on Avengers:Endgame. You can find the full track listing below:
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Patrick Cremona is the Senior Film Writer at Radio Times, and looks after all the latest film releases both in cinemas and on streaming. He has been with the website since October 2019, and in that time has interviewed a host of big name stars and reviewed a diverse range of movies.
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