Surely that’s crossing the streams.
The new Ghostbusters film has already garnered some negative attention, with stuck-in-the-past fans of the original distraught that Paul Feig’s reboot will feature an all-female lead cast. Details of the film’s soundtrack have now been revealed, too, and there’s some unusual choices in there – not least being a collaboration between Missy Elliott and Fall Out Boy, with the band’s bassist Pete Wentz confirming that they’ve covered Ray Parker’s iconic theme song.
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The soundtrack, which will be released on the same day as the film (July 15), will also feature 5 Seconds of Summer, Walk the Moon, G-Eazy feat Jermih, Wolf Alice and more. The lead single, Elle King’s ‘Good Girls’, was released yesterday (June 2).
Ghostbusters has already spawned some other odd collaborations: back in March, Nas revealed that his clothing brand HSTRY will debut a limited run inspired by the film franchise. Watch a video of Nas explaining his interest in the movies as a kid below.
A new Missy album is expected for 2016 but details are currently scarce, although Timbaland and Pharrell Williams are said to have been in the studio with her. She debuted a new track, ‘Pep Rally’ at this year’s Super Bowl, and in 2015 released her Pharrell-collab ‘WTF (Where They From)’, which was her first official single in 10 years.
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