Songs that feel like The Martian (2015)
Wry, resilient optimism in the face of crushing isolation: a lone problem-solver cracking jokes, tinkering and refusing to give up while the whole world rallies to bring him home.
- Starman by David Bowie: The classic lonely-man-in-space anthem, hopeful and tender, and it plays a pivotal role in the film itself.
- Hot Stuff by Donna Summer: Mark's crewmate's disco stash is the cheeky soundtrack to his Martian exile.
- I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor: Defiant, danceable survival, matching Watney's refusal to die.
- Space Oddity by David Bowie: The original stranded astronaut song, drifting between wonder and abandonment.
- Rocket Man by Elton John: Lonely, humane take on the working astronaut far from home.
- Life On Mars? by David Bowie: A wistful, theatrical look at the red planet and the longing for something more.
- Sunday Morning by Maroon 5: Easy, sunny warmth that echoes Watney's good-humoured daily routines.
- Cosmic Love by Florence + The Machine: Aching, expansive longing across vast darkness.
- Experience by Ludovico Einaudi: Swelling, hopeful strings that build like the global rescue effort.
- Hoppípolla by Sigur Rós: Triumphant, awe-filled lift for the moment of reunion and homecoming.
