By WILLIAM J. WRIGHT
Last week, Better Noise Music dropped the brutal new video for “21 Bullets,” the theme song from the upcoming film THE RETALIATORS. An anthemic, hard-driving headbanger, “21 Bullets” features a cavalcade of hard rock and metal luminaries. The song was co-written by Nikki Sixx and James Michael of Sixx:A.M., and members of Mötley Crüe, Asking Alexandria, Ice Nine Kills and From Ashes to New play on the track.
The film’s original soundtrack will release on September 16. An impressive lineup of Better Noise artists, including Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe), Ivan Moody (Five Finger Death Punch), and Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach), who also appear in the film, contribute to the soundtrack.
Pre-orders are available now for the limited collector’s edition 180-gram red and black splatter vinyl. The album comes packaged in a gatefold sleeve with exclusive movie stills, a 24×36 movie poster collectible, a blood-spattered o-card and a digital download. The soundtrack will also be available on digipak CD and cassette. The digital version will include the track “Cops Are Here” from the movie’s official score, arranged by “Stranger Things” composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein. The soundtrack also includes sound clips from the film interspersed throughout the track listing.
THE RETALIATORS is set to hit theaters on September 14. Read our review of THE RETALIATORS in “RUE MORGUE #208 SEP/OCT 2022 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL ISSUE,” coming soon!
