Awesome Music pages are Spoilers Off. You Have Been Warned.
- "Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra is the perfect song for an upbeat Action Prologue featuring a mini-Groot dance solo.
- "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass playing in the opening as we see Meredith and Ego's life together before Peter was born, and serving as an Expository Theme Tune for Ego's life as a whole.
- Glen Campbell's "Southern Nights", an already fantastic feel-good song, fits the scene where Rocket is fighting Yondu's Ravager Clan all too well.
- The heartfelt "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens plays as we see a display of Fantastic Fireworks by the Ravager fleets and Peter remembers his adoptive father Yondu with his Family of Choice, the Guardians.
- "Come A Little Bit Closer
" by Jay & The Americans plays when Yondu kills everyone with his arrow. It was even spoofed by How It Should Have Ended. - The joyous "Surrender" by Cheap Trick, about no matter how frustratingly weird your family is, you love them all the same, which perfectly describes the Guardians to a tee.
- "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac features prominently in the trailers and is used twice in the movie proper, most notably when Peter uses his Celestial powers against Ego.
- The incredibly powerful "Wham Bam" by Silver which plays as the Sovereign army finally shows up to punish the Guardians. Those violin stings! Doubles as a Funny Moment as prior to that, Kraglin is sitting on the ship singing along to it, though he clearly doesn't know the lyrics:Kraglin: Soup! Soup!
- "Flash Light" by George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, played during the credits, is an upbeat, funky song. In fact, it's so upbeat it was considered to play in the Action Prologue before "Mr. Blue Sky".
- For the film score:
- "Showtime, A-Holes" rolls out sheer bravery in the midst of extreme danger as the united Guardians of the Galaxy go on a roll.
- "vs the Abilisk" is tense and terrifying as always, a fitting description of the tentacled monstrosity the Guardians must destroy.
- "Space Chase" is gritty and desperate enough to cause dissonance and an uncommon time signature to signify the Guardians' frantic race to shake off their swarming pursuers.
- "Two-Time Galaxy Savers" is a perfect number of unadulterated terror as the Guardians encounter the threat that is Ego, the Living Planet and his true power.
- "Ego" is a sinister theme to encapsulate Ego's cunning and villainy.
- "Kraglin and Drax" is bold as any escape or one-on-one duel, such as Drax going on the offensive against Kraglin.
- "The Frickin' Guardians of the Galaxy" is awe-inspiring and satisfying yet somber at the same time as the heroes wind down from the action and the music pays a final tribute to the now sadly deceased Yondu.
- "Showtime, A-Holes
- "Guardians Inferno" by the Sneepers feat. David Hasselhoff. Ear worm at its finest.
