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Neil Reyes
When Fountains of Wayne broke out in 2003 with “Stacy’s Mom,” few people had heard of them, despite them making music since the latter part of the ‘90s. Even fewer were aware that bassist Adam Schlesinger had been writing and producing music for movies and television, including for The Dana Carvey Show, Josie and the Pussycats, and, most notably, 1996’s That Thing You Do.
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Neil Reyes
I don’t know about you, but after seeing Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, the words “I am Groot” and the chorus to Blue Swede’s “Hooked on a Feeling” are stuck in my head.
Guardians of the Galaxy is a great movie, and its ‘70s solid-gold soundtrack is one of the most entertaining and cleverly incorporated in a superhero movie. For the most part, comic book films feature epic scores to match the intensity of every scene and character. Director James Gunn and company carefully combines Tyler Bates’s original score for the film with Peter Quill’s “Awesome Mix, Vol. 1.” It’s fitting how an unlikely playlist featuring the likes of Rupert Holmes, 10cc, and Redbone ties together a film about misfit heroes.
The Apple Box 