‘There was no way that I wasn’t going to do whatever was asked of me’: Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt on making the Barbie soundtrack

The producing duo got more than they bargained for when they signed up to the biggest film of 2023. Originally slated to record two tracks, they ended up making the whole soundtrack – the most successful film score this century

“In the very beginning,” says Mark Ronson of what proved the most marathon effort of his musical career, “there were only going to be two songs.”

Ronson, the artist and producer best known for his work with Amy Winehouse and the chart-smashing solo singles Uptown Funk and Nothing Breaks Like a Heart, had been approached about contributing a couple of tracks to Greta Gerwig’s Barbie film: one song for Barbie’s big dance number and another to shed light on Ken’s (not-so-rich) inner life.

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