“A movie to me is two things,” Gunn says, “Picture and sound. It’s how you put those two things together that help tell a story and hopefully move an audience. So, music is incredibly important!” 

THE SUICIDE SQUAD (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), which Gunn calls his ‘curated mix tape’ matches the energy of a story about a collection of the most degenerate delinquents in the DC lineup, featuring everything from 50's swing (Louis Prima’s ‘Just A Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares For Me) - Medley’) to 80's punk rock (Jim Carroll Band’s ‘People Who Died’) to modern Samba Pop and Brazillian Hip-Hop (Ceú’s ‘Samba Na Sola’ and Drik Barbosa’s ‘Quem Tem Joga’ respectively), alongside classics by Kansas, Pixies and Johnny Cash, alongside a handful of today’s rising stars like grandson and Jessie Reyez; in addition to their own songs, the latter two even perform the duet “Rain” which was written specifically for the film. Combined, you have the next best thing to a curated playlist from the master of mix-tapes.

TRACKLIST

SIDE A

1. “Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA - January 1968)” – Johnny Cash

2. “People Who Died” - The Jim Carroll Band

3. “Sucker’s Prayer” - The Decemberists

4. “Samba Na Sola” - Céu

5. “Whistle For The Choir” - The Fratellis

6. “Point of Know Return” - Kansas

7. “Sola” - Jessie Reyez

8. “Just A Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares For Me) – Medley” - Louis Prima

SIDE B

1. “Can’t Sleep” - K.Flay

2. “Quem Tem Joga (feat. Gloria Groove & Karol Conka)” – Drik Barbosa

3. “Rain” - grandson & Jessie Reyez

4. “Hey” - Pixies

5. “So Busted” - Culture Abuse

6. “Oh No!!!” - grandson