History AwesomeMusic / GuardiansOfTheGalaxy

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBNUkTUehnc "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"]] [[spoiler:kicks off Awesome Mix Vol. 2, which Star-Lord plays as the Guardians and Nova Corps relish in their victory over Ronan.]]

** Norman Greenbaum's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n95A6G9IxlM "Spirit in the Sky"]], used for Trailer #2.

* The track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr7fL-qPY_c "The Kyln Escape"]], particularly the section starting at 3:19, which plays over the team's first line-up shot, and sounds appropriately heroic.

* The inspirational track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOjD_Mkdm4U "sacrifice"]].
* The Badass [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfGyOQ75pr4 "Ballad of the Nova Corps".]]

* The Badass [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfGyOQ75pr4 "Ballad of the Nova Corps"]]
* The heartbreaking and beautiful [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdNlhj88Vgs song]] that plays during [[spoiler: Groot's HeroicSacrifice]]

* The Badass [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfGyOQ75pr4 "Ballad of the Nova Corpse"]]

* The Heartbreaking and beautiful [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdNlhj88Vgs song]] that plays during [[spoiler: Groot's HeroicSacrifice]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrI-UBIB8Jk "Hooked on a Feeling"]] by Blue Swede, featured during the gang's entrance into the Kyln. Before the movie's release, the trailers made the song popular enough, that it helped propel the movie's soundtrack to the top of the ''Billboard'' 200!
*** It's so popular that it reappears for the ''[[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Vol. 2]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD9NVxYRrZs teaser.]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkr77jE5GFY 'Come and Get Your Love']], a catchy laid back tune that plays the first time we see Peter Quill as an adult, exploring/dancing through the cave where he finds the Infinity Stone.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrI-UBIB8Jk 'Hooked On A Feeling']] by Blue Swede, featured during the gang's entrance into the Kyln. Before the movie's release, the trailers made the song popular enough, that it helped propel the movie's soundtrack to the top of the Billboard Top 200!
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TazHNpt6OTo 'Escape (The Piña Colada Song)']] which plays during the gang's, well, [[ShapedLikeItself escape]] from the Kyln.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNxKpYOOYvM 'Cherry Bomb']] which plays during the LockAndLoadMontage before the final battle. It's so awesome that Peter is shown listening to it to psych himself up.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmpU_73CXxU 'O-O-H Child']] had the honor of becoming [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2-u9ps97Tc Chris Pratt's favorite song]] on the soundtrack. [[spoiler:In the movie, he sings it while distracting Ronan from attacking Xandar, and from noticing Rocket repairing the Hadron Enforcer.]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBNUkTUehnc 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough']] [[spoiler:kicks off Awesome Mix Vol. 2, which Star-Lord plays as the Guardians and Nova Corps relish in their victory over Ronan.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wPEiaFT1-M 'Black Tears']], which plays during the climax, is dramatic and unnerving but manages to swell into a triumphant close in a way that captures the scene perfectly.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNxKpYOOYvM 'Cherry Bomb']] which plays during the LockAndLoadMontage before the final battle.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TazHNpt6OTo 'Escape (The Piña Colada Song)']] which plays during the gang's, well, [[spoiler:[[ShapedLikeItself escape]]]] from the Kyln.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C_3eYj-pOM 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough']] [[spoiler:kicks off Awesome Mix Vol. 2, which Star-Lord plays as the Guardians and Nova Corps relish in their victory over Ronan.]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrI-UBIB8Jk 'Hooked On A Feeling']] by Blue Swede, featured prominently in trailers and popular enough that it helped propel the movie's soundtrack to the top of the Billboard Top 200!

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C_3eYj-pOM 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough']] [[spoiler:kicks off Awesome Mix Vol. 2, which Star-Lord plays as the Guardians and Nova Corps relish in their victory over Ronan.]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkr77jE5GFY 'Come and Get Your Love']], a catchy laid back tune that plays the first time we see Peter Quill as an adult, exploring/dancing through the cave where he finds [[spoiler: the Infinity Stone]].

** And of course, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrI-UBIB8Jk 'Hooked On A Feeling']] by Blue Swede, featured prominently in trailers and popular enough that it helped propel the movie's soundtrack to the top of the Billboard Top 200!

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wPEiaFT1-M 'Black Tears']], which plays during the climax, is dramatic and unnerving but manages to swell into a triumphant close in a way that captures the scene perfectly.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbzBKgfb2UU 'Black Tears']], which plays during the climax, is dramatic and unnerving but manages to swell into a triumphant close in a way that captures the scene perfectly.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkr77jE5GFY 'Come and Get Your Love']], a catchy laid back tune that plays the first time we see Peter Quill as an adult, exploring/dancing through the cave where he finds [[spoiler: the Infinity Stone]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TazHNpt6OTo 'Escape (The Piña Colada Song)']] which plays during the gang's, well, [[spoiler:[[ShapedLikeItself escape]]]] from the Kyln.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNxKpYOOYvM 'Cherry Bomb']] which plays during the LockAndLoadMontage before the final battle.
** And of course, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrI-UBIB8Jk 'Hooked On A Feeling']] by Blue Swede, featured prominently in trailers and popular enough that it helped propel the movie's soundtrack to the top of the Billboard Top 200!
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbzBKgfb2UU 'Black Tears']], which plays during the climax, is dramatic and unnerving but manages to swell into a triumphant close in a way that captures the scene perfectly.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkr77jE5GFY 'Come and Get Your Love']], a groovy laid back tune that plays the first time we see Peter Quill as an adult, exploring caves.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TazHNpt6OTo 'Escape (The Piña Colada Song)']] which plays during the gang's, well [[ShapedLikeItself escape]] from the Kyln.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TazHNpt6OTo 'Escape (The Piña Colada Song)' which plays during the gang's, well [[ShapedLikeItself escape]] from the Kyln.

* Quill's appropriately-named "Awesome Mix" works beautifully in setting the film's crazy-fun mood. See EarWorm to get an idea.

* Quill's appropriately-named "Awesome Mix" works beautifully in setting the film's crazy-fun mood. See EarWorm below to get an idea.