2010s

Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘It’

It Soundtrack - Every Song in the 2017 Movie on Disney+, HBO Max and Hulu

The It soundtrack includes music by New Kids on the Block, Young MC and The Cure. This info article contains spoilers and song details for Andy Muschietti’s 2017 movie on Disney+, HBO Max and Hulu. Check out Vague Visagesโ€™ Soundtracks of Cinema category for more soundtrack song listings.

It stars Jaeden Martell as Bill Denbrough a 12-year-old resident of Derry, Maine whose brother gets killed by a supernatural creature. Jeremy Ray Taylor co-stars as Ben Hanscom, the protagonistโ€™s fellow member of the Losers’ Club. The storyline follows the main players and their inner circle of friends as they strategize against a shape-shifting baddie named Pennywise (Bill Skarsgรฅrd). Composer Benjamin Wallfisch (Blade Runner 2049) scored the 135-minute film; music supervisor Dana Sano (Fifty Shades of Grey) selected the featured needle-drops. Hereโ€™s every song in It, an adaptation of Stephen King‘s 1986 novel.

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It Soundtrack: Every Song in the 2017 Movie

It Soundtrack - Every Song in the 2017 Movie on Disney+, HBO Max and Hulu

  • “Love Removal Machine” by The Cult (00:11:00): The It soundtrack song scores a Derry High School sequence. Bill navigates a hallway with Richie (Finn Wolfhard) and Eddie (Jack Dylan Grazer). He inquries about what happens during a bar mitzvah ceremony.
  • “You Got It (The Right Stuff)” by New Kids on the Block (00:15:00): Ben chats with Beverly (Sophia Lillis) during an exterior scene. The It music plays from his heaphones. Beverly listens to the music and talks about Ben’s “new kid” persona in the community.
  • “666” by Anvil (00:20:00): Henry (Nicholas Hamilton) rides in a vehicle. The track plays from the speaker system. Henry looks at Mike (Chosen Jacobs) and says, “Stay the fuck outta my town!”
  • “Bust a Move” by Young MC (00:44:00): The It soundtrack song scores an exterior sequence. The tune plays from a speaker system. The male members of the Losers’ Club stare at Beverly as she sunbathes.
  • “Hangin’ Tough” by New Kids on the Block (00:47:00): Ben talks about Derry’s “beaver trapping camp” history. Richie says, “Still is, am I right, boys?” Beverly acknowledges a New Kids on the Block poster and then smiles at Ben.
  • “Six Different Ways” by The Cure (01:01:00): The song accompanies an interior scene. Members of the Losers’ Club clean up blood. The track fades as Ben hears Beverly talking to Bill.
  • “Antisocial” by Anthrax (01:06:00): Henry confronts the Losers’ Club and insults Beverly. Richie screams, “Rock War!” The It music continues during an action sequence.

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The It soundtrack also includes:

  • “Please Don’t Go Girl” by New Kids on the Block
  • “You Got It (The Right Stuff)” by Maurice Starr aka Larry Johnson
  • “Dear God” by XTC

Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visagesโ€™ founding editor.