Songs In Avengers

[Quinton Hebenstreit]

Thesoundtrack will also be available on CD and a 12-inch 2-LP vinyl on July 26. The Deadpool & Wolverine Original Score digital album, with music by composer Rob Simonsen, will also be available in ATMOS on July 24, along with the digital deluxe edition soundtrack, which includes both songs and score.

Today marks the premiere of The Avengers: Age of Ultron, directed by Joss Whedon and one of the most anticipated movies of 2015. To celebrate the release, we at iHeartRadio have compiled a list of songs that we think are the perfect anthems for each Avenger:

The latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Endgame, opens in theaters on Friday. We've seen the movie and spotted songs by the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, Traffic and Steppenwolf. We won't spoil the film at all, but we tell you the stories behind each of the songs.

Even though it was never released as a single, "Dear Mr. Fantasy" turned out to be Traffic's defining song. The track -- taken from their debut album, Mr. Fantasy -- had its origins in a doodle that drummer Jim Capaldi made of a person with puppet hands playing guitar. Next to it, he wrote what became the song's opening line: "Dear Mr. Fantasy, play us a tune."

The other members of the group discovered the drawing and put some music to his words. One day, Capaldi woke up in the cottage where they were all living and recording the album, and found the others jamming to the new song. According to guitarist and singer Steve Winwood, the loose manner in which it was composed is a major reason "Dear Mr. Fantasy" crystallized the late '60s' hippie vibe.

Included on 1972's Everybody's in Show-Biz, "Supersonic Rocket Ship" can be thought of as a companion piece to another Kinks single from a few years earlier, "Apeman." Both songs are about desire to escape modern problems, but where "Apeman"'s protagonist wants to return to a more primitive world and live among nature, the narrator of "Supersonic Rocket Ship" wants to escape Earth altogether, finding a place where "Nobody's gonna travel second class / There'll be equality / And no suppression of minorities."

Perhaps it's the lyrical theme that inspired Mark Hamill to sing the song while on the set of the first Star Wars movie. In 2016, Hamill, a big Kinks fan, took part in a discussion with frontman Ray Davies about Everybody's in Show-Biz and its predecessor, Muswell Hillbillies, in London.

Even though the songs share a similar faux-Caribbean groove, "Supersonic Rocket Ship" didn't fare as well on the singles charts as "Apeman," which was was a Top 5 hit in the U.K. and just missed the Top 40 in the U.S. "Supersonic Rocket Ship" peaked at only No. 20 in the U.K. and missed the Hot 100 altogether in the U.S.

"Doom and Gloom" is the most recent Mick Jagger-Keith Richards composition, serving as one of two bonus tracks on the Rolling Stones' 2012 Grrr! compilation. It's a bit of social commentary, with Jagger singing about fracking and the economic crisis and hoping to find some relief, as he often does, with a woman. (There's also a reference to the hit HBO series True Blood in the opening verse, for some reason.)

Even though it was released on 1970's Steppenwolf Live, "Hey Lawdy Mama" was actually recorded in the studio and edited into the mix to make it sound like it was part of the concert. It turned out to be one of Steppenwolf's last Top 40 hits, peaking at No. 35 in 1970 (they wouldn't have another hit until 1974's "Straight Shootin' Woman"). "Hey Lawdy Mama" appears in Avengers: Endgame during a scene in which Stan Lee makes his traditional -- and possibly last -- cameo. The song is notable for being one of the first to use the talk box, the voice-to-guitar effect Peter Frampton and Joe Walsh helped popularize a few years later.

Avengers: Endgame doesn't lean on its musical cues as heavily as either of the Guardians of the Galaxy films or Captain Marvel, but the film does include a few needle drops that it uses to great effect. The Marvel Cinematic Universe may still lag behind DC and Warner Bros. when it comes to iconic musical themes for its heroes, but no superhero franchise better uses pop music than the MCU.

With the release of Avengers: Endgame, the Infinity Saga is now coming to an end. It began with 2008's Iron Man, and the two-part culmination began in last year's Avengers: Infinity War, in which Thanos used the stones to kill half of the universe's population with a snap of his fingers. Now that the deed is done, Avengers: Endgame finds those who survived dealing with the fallout from the Decimation. Needless to say, such a monumental and tragic loss weighs heavily on the remaining Avengers, and that gets reflected in the tracks which play throughout the film.

Avengers: Endgame largely features an instrumental score (composed by long-term Marvel collaborator Alan Silvestri), but these songs can be heard playing whenever the film needs to set a certain kind of mood. Here's every song in Avengers: Endgame:

The first song in Avengers: Endgame, "Dear Mr. Fantasy" comes before the movie even really begins, in fact, playing over the Marvel Studios logo. That is itself an unusual move, but this 1967 Traffic song is a perfect introduction to the film. The lyrics, "Do anything, take us out of this gloom," speaks to the depressive mood, while lines like, "You are the one who can make us all laugh/But doing that you break out in tears," seemingly suggests that even the characters we think of as funny and jovial are struggling to stay positive.

Endgame's soundtrack sticks to its score until the Avengers start gathering allies and begin working on their time travel plan. The Kink's "Supersonic Rocketship" starts when Scott Lang/Ant-Man is trying (desperately) to eat his lunch and continues as Rocket Raccoon and Hulk make their way to New Asgard. The tune is great for traveling, but its lyrics speak to a hopeful future, mirroring the renewed optimism among the Avengers now that they believe they have a chance at saving everyone who Thanos killed.

Not long after, when Thor returns to the Avengers compound and Rocket (or Rachet, as Tony calls him) is repairing his ship, "Doom and Gloom", a more recent song from The Rolling Stones is heard. That title alone makes it a good choice for Avengers: Endgame's soundtrack considering the state of things, with lyrics like, "Guess it just reflects my mood/Sitting in the dirt/Feeling kind of hurt." The next song heard comes once the Avengers begin traveling back in time and, technically, it's from the first Guardians of the Galaxy seeing as it's heard when Nebula and Rhodey/War Machine are spying on Peter Quill/Star-Lord as he belts out "Come and Get You Love" by Redbone. Still, the scene is a great callback and gives another perspective on Star-Lord's musical introduction in that film.

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