Almost 30 years after the original film, disaster movie sequel Twisters is now out in UK cinemas – with Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Anthony Ramos starring as a new group of storm chasers doing battle with tornados. In addition to an original score composed by Benjamin Wallfisch, the film features a number of original tracks from major country and Western artists including Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert and Charley Crockett. And director Lee Isaac Chung has explained why he felt that this genre was best suited to soundtrack the life of storm chasers, saying in the film's production notes: "When you spend hours on the road chasing tornadoes, it’s important to have good tunes.
I loved asking scientists what was on their playlists; it always brought a smile." He added: "Our screenwriter, Mark L Smith, brought that spirit to the first draft of the script and wrote many great, classic rock tunes into the road scenes. "When I came on board to the project, I had been listening to a lot of Chris Stapleton, so I pictured the Tyler Owens (Glen Powell) character listening to the song Arkansas while driving into a tornado.
"That inspiration led to other country artists I loved. We were making a film about people chasing tornadoes on red dirt roads, so I felt like the red-dirt country genre and the outlaw sound would be great for the film." Want to know more about the soundtrack? Read on for the full list of songs featured in Twisters.
Twisters soundtrack: All the songs in disaster.