Note: Below is a complete playlist of all 9 songs that can be heard in the action film “The Martian”. Some of these commercial songs are not included on the official soundtrack album, but are used in the movie.
All 9 songs from “The Martian”:
| Song: | Listen on: |
|---|---|
| Happy Days Theme - Pratt & Mcclain Scene: Astronaut Mark Watney calculates the amount of water he needs to grow plants on Mars. |  |
| Turn The Beat Around (love To Hear Percussion) - Vicki Sue Robinson Scene: Mark listens to this song. NASA discovers he's still alive. They wonder what Mark might think. | |
| Hot Stuff - Donna Summer Scene: Song can be heard in the Landrover. Mark brings the radioactive material back to the base. | |
| Rock The Boat - The Hues Corporation Scene: Mark talks about his harvest and the many news he has received after it turns out that he is still alive. | |
| Donโt Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston Scene: Mark talks about having to arrange his food. He starts the supply shuttle. | |
| Starman - David Bowie Scene: The director of NASA visits CNSA. Preparations for the launch of the second space shuttle are in full swing. | |
| Waterloo - Abba Scene: Mark is about to core the shuttle to make it easier. | |
| Love Train - The Oโjays Scene: This song can be heard in the last scene of the movie. | |
| I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor Scene: Credits. | |
The original score of “The Martian” includes 17 songs by the film composer “Harry Gregson-Williams”.
| Titel: | Length: |
|---|---|
| Mars | 3:36 |
| Emergency Launch | 3:09 |
| Making Water | 2:38 |
| Spotting Movement | 1:49 |
| Science the S*** Out of This | 2:16 |
| Messages from Hermes | 3:31 |
| Sprouting Potatoes | 1:39 |
| Watney's Alive! | 2:46 |
| Pathfinder | 2:33 |
| Hexadecimals | 2:33 |
| Crossing Mars | 3:36 |
| Reap & Sow | 2:21 |
| Crops Are Dead | 3:26 |
| Work The Problem | 1:58 |
| Leaving Mars | 5:11 |
| Build a Bomb | 5:06 |
| I Got Him! | 4:45 |
| Total Album Time: 52:53 |
What’s the movie about?
After a massive sandstorm on Mars and the evacuation of the NASA base station, everyone believes that the botanist Mark Watney (Matt Damon) has died. So the four survivors decide to stop searching for Watney and fly back to Earth.
But Watney survived and is now trying to survive on the inhospitable planet. After NASA realizes that Mark Watney has survived, they try to bring home the meanwhile named “Martian”. Also his crew members did everything in their power to bring Watney back to Earth and started a rescue mission on their own.