The Oscar and Grammy-winning producer tells the story of how he put together the Barbie soundtrack.
By Mark SavageFifteen months ago, Mark Ronson got a text from his friend George Drakoulias, the man who'd discovered LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys.Drakoulias had been hired as a music supervisor for the Barbie film and he had an urgent request from writer-director Greta Gerwig.
What Drakoulias didn't know was that Ronson is a huge fan of Gerwig and her co-writer husband Noah Baumbach. After a quick glance at the script, he agreed to help. His first instinct was to send it to Dua Lipa, whose Future Nostalgia album shared many of the same reference points. Her pitch was that Barbie's story was a parallel to the Bee Gees in the 1970s. Back then, the British trio were the most popular band in the world and Saturday Night Fever was the biggest-selling album of all time.
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