When it comes to James Gunn productions, the director is known for including epic music in his projects. Recently, the Peacemaker opening became a huge hit and even led to a resurgance of the band Wig Wam. Gunn is especially known for putting together the “Awesome Mixes” from Guardians of the Galaxy and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and the upcoming third moive is expected to have a new range of music thanks to the Zune Kraglin (Sean Gunn) gave to Star-Lord/Peter Quill (Chris Pratt). Today, Gunn was answering some questions on Twitter and revealed he once spent $1 million to get the rights to a song.
It was probably the only song I’d ever want to pay that much for. It was a rare, rare case of not getting the rights before we shot, changing the song in post, & really needing the song for the movie to work. https://t.co/hanQ6LBY5Z
I was denied use of 1 song for #Peacemaker (the band’s new lineup were bitter toward the previous lineup so wouldn’t okay an older tune) & 1 song I wanted for Vol 3 was in a legal battle over who owned it, so we didn’t even know who to negotiate with. Those are the only 2 times. https://t.co/WvvzVQLj2P
