Hot Fuzz (soundtrack)

Composition

The film's score is by British film composer David Arnold, who has scored the James Bond film series since 1997. Among Arnold's works featured on the soundtrack album is the "Hot Fuzz Suite", which is a compilation of excerpts from the score.

Other music from the film is a mix of 1960s and 1970s British rock (The Kinks, T.Rex, The Move, Sweet, The Troggs, Arthur Brown, Cozy Powell), new wave (Adam Ant, XTC) and indie UK and American rock (The Fratellis, Eels, Jon Spencer).

Fans who simply want the music may be disappointed, as dialogue by Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and various other cast members is interwoven into the music itself, rather than being on separate tracks.

Themes

The song selection also includes some police-themed titles, including Supergrass' "Caught by the Fuzz" as well as "Here Come the Fuzz", which was specially composed for the film by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. The film score also references and parodies the scores from action films, with the song "Lethal Fuzz", containing samples of the music used in promotional trailers for Lethal Weapon.

Credits

American film director Robert Rodriguez contributed to the film's score, and is acknowledged in the UK album's liner notes. The liner notes also credit music supervisor Nick Angel (the person who Simon Pegg's character is named after) and film director Edgar Wright as executive producers, while British mashup and breakbeat DJ Osymyso (Mark Nicholson) is credited as producer. Kathy Nelson is listed as Executive producer in charge of music at Universal Pictures: Osymyso had previously worked with Pegg and Wright on their previous film, Shaun of the Dead.

UK/EU release

1. "Theme from Hot Fuzz" (David Arnold) – 2:11
2. "Goody Two Shoes" (Marco Pironi and Adam Ant) – 3:34
3. Performed by Adam Ant
4. "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" (Andy Partridge) – 3:35
5. Performed by XTC
6. "Village Green" (Ray Davies) – 2:56
7. Performed by The Kinks
8. "Solid Gold Easy Action" (Marc Bolan) – 2:14
9. Performed by T.Rex
10. "Baby Fratelli" (The Fratellis) – 3:53
11. Performed by The Fratellis
12. "Blockbuster!" (Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn) – 3:21
13. Performed by Sweet
14. "Dance with the Devil" (Phil Dennys and Michael Hayes) – 3:15
15. Performed by Cozy Powell
16. "Slippery Rock 70's" (Nigel Fletcher and Robert Woodward) – 2:38
17. Performed by Stavely Makepeace
18. "Uncle Derek" – 0:31
19. Dialogue extract performed by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
20. "Night of Fear" (Roy Wood) – 2:10
21. Performed by The Move
22. "I Can't Control Myself" (Reg Presley) – 3:02
23. Performed by The Troggs
24. "Fire" (Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Peter Ker and Michael Ivor Firesilver) – 2:47
25. Performed by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
26. "Kick Out the Jams" (Jeff Jarratt and Don Reedman) – 2:20
27. Performed by Tubthumper
28. "Lethal Fuzz (Osymyso Remix)" (John Eric Alexander) – 2:01
29. Samples music used in promotional trailers for the film Lethal Weapon.
30. "Avenging Angel" (Robert Rodriguez) – 0:35
31. "Souljacker Part 1" (Mark Oliver Everett, Jonathan "Butch" Norton and Adam Siegel) – 3:16
32. Performed by Eels
33. "Caught by the Fuzz" (Gareth Coombes, Daniel Goffy and Michael Quinn) – 2:17
34. Performed by Supergrass
35. "Solid Gold Easy Action" (Marc Bolan) – 2:16
36. Performed by The Fratellis
37. "What did you think of that?" – 0:16
38. Dialogue extract performed by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
39. "Here Come the Fuzz" (Philip Hernandez, Chris Maxwell and Jon Spencer) – 3:52
40. Performed by Jon Spencer and the Elegant Trio
41. "Hot Fuzz Suite" (David Arnold) – 23:11
42. Compilation of excerpts from the score.

US/Canada release

1. "Goody Two Shoes" – Adam Ant
2. "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" – XTC
3. "Village Green" – The Kinks
4. "Baby Fratelli" – The Fratellis
5. "Dance with the Devil" – Cozy Powell
6. "Slippery Rock 70's" – Stavely Makepeace
7. "I Can't Control Myself" – The Troggs
8. "Fire" – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
9. "Lethal Fuzz [Osymyso Remix]" – John Eric Alexander
10. Samples music used in promotional trailers for the film Lethal Weapon.
11. "Souljacker Part 1" – Eels
12. "Caught by the Fuzz" – Supergrass
13. "Solid Gold Easy Action" – The Fratellis
14. "Here Come the Fuzz" – Jon Spencer & the Elegant Trio
15. "Hot Fuzz Suite" – David Arnold
16. Compilation of excerpts from the score.

Missing tracks

The following tracks that appeared on the UK/international release were omitted from the US/Canada album:

1. "Theme from Hot Fuzz" (David Arnold)
2. "Solid Gold Easy Action" (T.Rex)
3. "Blockbuster" (Sweet)
4. "Uncle Derek" (Dialogue extract)
5. "Night of Fear" (The Move)
6. "Kick out the Jams" (Tubthumper)
7. "Avenging Angel" (Robert Rodriguez) – 0:35
8. "What did you think of that?" (Dialogue extract)

Other songs in the film

Songs featured in the film but not included on either soundtrack release include: