'Ghostbusters' Soundtrack Teams Missy Elliott with Fall Out Boy for Theme Song Remake
Fall Out Boy and Missy Elliott get the call for the remake of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song (Photos: Getty Images)
By Gil Kaufman, Billboard via The Hollywood Reporter
The upcoming soundtrack to the female-driven Ghostbusters reboot helped Fall Out Boy cross one of the biggest items off their bucket list: a collaboration with Missy Elliott on a remake of Ray Parker Jr.’s iconic theme song from the 1984 comedy classic.
FOB x @MissyElliott #Ghostbusters collab coming soon ?? who ya gonna call? pic.twitter.com/teaspEHtEH
— Fall Out Boy (@falloutboy) June 2, 2016
That historic hook-up is just one of the treats on the Ghostbusters: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack album due out on July 15 on RCA Records.
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The first single, Elle King’s hyped-up rockabilly rager “Good Girls,” dropped on Friday morning.
Hear Elle King’s ‘Good Girls’ from the ‘Ghostbusters’ soundtrack:
Among the other acts on the soundtrack are: G-Eazy ft. Jeremih, 5 Seconds of Summer, Pentatonix, WALK THE MOON, and Wolf Alice. The full track listing for the album will be announced soon.
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The Sony movie, starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth, will hit theaters on July 15.
Watch the ‘Ghostbusters’ cast on ‘Ellen’:
