The Bad Boys are back on the beat.
Sony Music Masterworks has released composer Lorne Balfe’s lead single from the Bad Boys: Ride or Die soundtrack album, and it remixes Mark Mancina’s iconic theme from 1995’s Bad Boys (ba-da-da-da-da-daaa!) The 15-track score doesn’t drop until June 7 — the same day the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence-starring buddy cop action-comedy hits theaters — but fans can listen to the title track, “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” by pressing play below.
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“Workingwith [producer] Jerry [Bruckheimer], [directors] Adil and Bilall is always such a pleasuregiven their creative input and love for music in general, so when I gotthe call to return as the composer on Bad Boys: Ride or Die it was a no-brainer,” Balfe said in a statement. “Mark Mancina’soriginal theme is instantly recognizable, so it was crucial to use thisas the blueprint for the score. I expand on the iconic theme by uppingthe pace in order to keep up with the action-packedsequences, and quick-witted humor that is seen throughout the film.”
Here’s the official Bad Boys: Ride or Die (Original Motion Picture Score) tracklisting:
- Bad Boys: Ride Or Die
- Sugar Rush Shootout
- Basement of the Ocean
- Fear is a Tool
- Bridge Barrage
- Prison Yard Attack
- Hacking Howard
- Framing The Boys
- Flammable Fluid
- Finding McGrath
- Reggie In Action
- Columbian Manicure
- Taking Heavies
- No More Prayers
- Standoff
The Grammy-winning and Emmy-nominated composer returns to the franchise after scoring 2020’s Bad Boys for Life. Balfe’s credits include the Bruckheimer-produced Top Gun: Maverick, 6 Underground and Ambulance (from original Bad Boys and Bad Boys II director Michael Bay), Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning, Black Adam, and the upcoming Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (Original Motion Picture Score) is available for pre-order on Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Pandora, and Deezer. Bad Boys: Ride or Die — starring WillSmith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Nuñez,Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Jacob Scipio, Melanie Liburd, TashaSmith, Rhea Seehorn, with Tiffany Haddish and Joe Pantoliano — is playing only in theaters June 7.