Beck was also worried about his contributions, saying that "the problem you see in films about garage bands or fledgling bands is that you can tell how pro the music is, it doesn't feel genuine. Though Godrich had initially reached out to the Black Lips to become Sex Bob-Omb, and Times New Viking were also considered, the band's music was based on Beck, who wrote their original songs and contributed others to the soundtrack. Cera could already play the bass guitar, Scott's instrument, but Webber, Pill, and Simmons had to learn their instruments and were coached by Sloan's Chris Murphy Wright has said that the production's casting did not look for musicians in particular.
And we just, basically, cherry picked our ultimate fantasy list of bands to do it." Michael Cera, who plays Scott Pilgrim, said that he was excited to work with Godrich actors Cera, Mark Webber, Alison Pill, and Johnny Simmons all recorded music for the soundtrack as their characters' band, Sex Bob-Omb. Interviewed by Den of Geek, Edgar Wright said that he and Godrich "worked on the soundtrack for about two years this idea that each of the fictional bands within the film should have a different artist doing them. It received generally positive reviews the original song "We Are Sex Bob-Omb" won a critics' award and was nominated for two others.īeck wrote many songs for the soundtrack, and was the creative basis of the fictional band Sex Bob-Omb. Billboard soundtrack chart, also charting in other countries. The soundtrack peaked at number 2 on the U.S. The soundtrack was released on the label ABKCO Records, which also allowed the use of a song by the Rolling Stones for the film and album. Other songs included are mostly from Canadian and British acts, influenced by British producer and director Wright, and the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel's Canadian author Bryan Lee O'Malley. A song performed by actor Satya Bhabha is included on the score, rather than the soundtrack. The actors for the fictional band the Clash at Demonhead recorded for their music, but were not included on the soundtrack album except as a bonus music video. Though several of the film's actors (those in the fictional bands Sex Bob-Omb and Crash and the Boys) perform on the soundtrack, the film did not look to cast musicians, but lead actor Michael Cera could play bass guitar like his character. The film follows a battle of the bands plot, with the fictional bands each based on a different real music act production of the soundtrack began several years before the film's release. A 2021 re-release saw additional music by Brie Larson added to the soundtrack, and a physical version of the score. They were released on Augthe original score only on digital download. Rex, the Rolling Stones, Frank Black and Plumtree. The soundtrack includes music by Beck, Broken Social Scene, Metric, Black Lips, T. Music producer Nigel Godrich, film director Edgar Wright, and film producer Marc Platt executive produced both soundtracks, with Godrich also composing the original score. the World: an original soundtrack and an original score. Two soundtrack albums were released for the motion picture Scott Pilgrim vs.