EXCLUSIVE: Listen To Two Wacky New Songs From ‘The Toxic Avenger’ Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records releases The Toxic Avenger — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, featuring a wildly eclectic score and original songs by composers Brooke and Will Blair. In this unhinged reimagining of Lloyd Kaufman’s cult classic, the brothers capture the chaos, the silliness, and the triumphant heart of the original Troma trilogy.
The guitar-drenched orchestral score careens from surfy crime-jazz and occult rock to Bossa Nova, classic superhero motifs, and an unhinged take on Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain” (featured in the original Toxic Avenger)—complete with burps, farts, and the Prague Philharmonic.
The pair also deliver original songs, including the nu-rap/slop-rock hit “(We Are) Crazy and Dangerous” from on-screen goth villains The Killer Nutz, their B-side “My Baby is an Axe,” and the classic Doo Wop ode to young lovers “The Good Things” by fictional ’50s group The Whoopsie Dews.
We have two exclusive tracks from The Killer Nutz, which is comprised of Brooke Blair and Will Blair, as well as lead singer Budd Berserk (performed by actor Julian Kostov), to check out below!
“The original Toxie soundtrack was such a bonkers mash-up of styles,” says Will Blair. “Dancey-pop songs would be followed by punk rock, then go immediately into big orchestral pieces, followed by weird electro score—and it not only worked, it became part of the Troma experience. We trusted it would work with Macon’s version of Toxie, and we’re grateful he cut us loose to throw everything we had at it.”
Over 120 musicians in eight countries contributed to the soundtrack, including Medirecon, a 16-piece Kyiv-based string ensemble that recorded by generator after Russian forces cut power to the city’s power grid during the early days of the occupation. The year-long composing effort resulted in a soundtrack that’s as fun and messy and moving as the Troma films that inspired it.
Written and directed by the Blairs’ older brother, Macon Blair, and starring Peter Dinklage, Jacob Tremblay, Elijah Wood, and Kevin Bacon, The Toxic Avenger follows janitor Winston Gooze, who— after a freak toxic accident—mutates into an unlikely hero battling corporate overlords and corruption to save his son and his community.
Produced by Legendary Entertainment and released by Cineverse in the United States and Canada, The Toxic Avenger is in theaters now.
An exclusive 1xLP vinyl edition in “Toxic Green and Black” vinyl with glow-in-the-dark splatter will be available October 3. It’s housed inside a silver mirror board sleeve with a glow-in-the-dark eye and features liner notes by Macon Blair, Brooke Blair, and Will Blair.
Digital Track List
01. The Good Things – The Whoopsie Dews
02. Opening Titles
03. Fritz
04. Into The Slime Pit
05. Night on Ballz Mountain
06. (We Are) Crazy and Dangerous – The Killer Nutz
07. Herrre’s Toxie!
08. It’s A Mob!
09. What Do You Want?
10. Minha Vida, Minha Obra
11. Miss Meat
12. He’s A Hero, Pt. 1
13. He’s A Hero, Pt. 2
14. So Mighty
15. Khaki Boys Gonna Getcha
16. Bullet Extraction
17. Lakeside Chat
18. Drive To Chudhaven
19. My Baby Is An Axe – The Killer Nutz
20. Gas Statue
21. Garbinger’s Transformation
22. No Witnesses
23. Better Aim Now
24. Miss You, Dude
25. The Big Fight
26. You Called Me Dad
27. Juntos – East Hundred
28. Nothing At All – The Giraffes
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