Get Hard soundtrack guide: A complete list of the music in the 2015 crime comedy drama

A still from Get Hard (Image via YouTube/Warner Bros)
A still from Get Hard (Image via YouTube/Warner Bros)

The music score for the 2015 crime comedy-drama Get Hard was composed by Christophe Beck.

Released in March 2015 in the United States, the film follows a millionaire hedge fund manager who is found guilty of fraud and embezzlement and gets sentenced to ten years in prison. So, to get ready for his time in prison, he seeks help from a small car wash business owner, assuming he has been in prison because he is black.

The film is directed by Etan Cohen with a script he co-wrote with Jay Martel and Ian Roberts. It stars Will Ferrell as James King and Kevin Hart as Darnell Lewis.

A still from Get Hard (Image via YouTube/Warner Bros)
A still from Get Hard (Image via YouTube/Warner Bros)

It received negative reviews, largely due to its offensive gags that were rooted in problematic stereotypes. However, some reviews appreciated the raunchy humor and comedic timing of both leads. It also became a box office success, earning over 111.8 million against its $40-44 million production budget.

Let's find out more details about the soundtrack of Get Hard.


The complete soundtrack of Get Hard, starring Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell

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The original score for Get Hard was composed by Canadian music composer Christophe Beck. Aside from this comedy-drama, Beck has also worked on many well-known projects, including shows like Wandavision and Agatha All Along and the MCU movies like Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023).

Beck was nominated for an Emmy for his work on WandaVision and previously won an Emmy in 1998 for his work in Sarah Michelle Gellar's Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Apart from the music composed for the film, Get Hard also featured a soundtrack from captured the oddball dynamic between its two central characters. It highlighted James King's awkward journey to acclimate to a new environment by learning some lessons from Darnell Lewis and other people he met before his prison sentence.

A still from Get Hard (Image via YouTube/Warner Bros)
A still from Get Hard (Image via YouTube/Warner Bros)

The soundtrack is filled with some soulful melodies from the likes of John Mayer and Kathy Tate, along with some bombastic pop and hip-hop tracks from The Pharcyde, Nicki Minaj, to Iggy Azalea.

Here is the complete list of the soundtrack for Get Hard:

  • Into the Night by Benny Mardones
  • Daughters by John Mayer
  • Rocket Scientist by Teddybears (ft. Eve)
  • Beez in the Trap by Nicki Minaj (ft. 2 Chainz)
  • Superstar by Nyzzy Nice
  • Bad Boy For Life by P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family
  • Fancy by Iggy Azalea (ft. Charli XCX)
  • Sexy Silk by Jessie J
  • Ballad of James King by John Mayer
  • Rollin' Tumblin' (Remix) by R.L. Burnside
  • The Bomb by John Dust
  • Evening Time by FCM Quartet
  • Capoeira by Jay Weigel
  • I Am Your Lady by Kathy Tate
  • James Bourne by Blind Scuba Divers
  • Delicate Fever by Alicia Perrone and Victor James
  • Sin City by Eric V. Hachikian
  • Don't Believe by Two Headed Hound
  • Prison Blues by John Fohl
  • Oh S**t by The Pharcyde
  • Last Hit by La Hell Gang
  • Paranoid by Ty Dolla $ign
  • Sharp Like by Swizzy Swinton
  • Young Ronald Reagon by Ronald J. Webb
  • Out All Night by Kutt the Check
  • I Go Hard by T.I.
  • Bow Down by Westside connection
  • Bubble Bu** by Major Lazer
  • The Healing by Gedeon Luke & The People
  • T.R.O.U.B.L.E. by We Are Wolves

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Edited by Sohini Biswas