Iron Man 2 (Soundtrack)

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Publication (s)	April 16, 2010 (Germany) April 19, 2010 (US and UK)
Label (s)	Columbia Records
Format (s)	CD in digipak (including DVD in the Deluxe Edition)
Genre (s)	Hard rock
Title (number)	15th
running time	60:15
chronology Backtracks (2009) Iron man 2 Live at River Plate (2011)

Iron Man 2 is a soundtrack - album of the Australian hard rock - band AC / DC on the same comic book adaptation Iron Man 2 . It was released in Germany on April 16, 2010.

background

In Iron Man 2 is by Who Made Who until about the second album, which was released for a movie. The management of the band refused a best of album up to this point, which is why the soundtrack contribution is regarded as such by many. In addition to the Black Sabbath song Iron Man , three AC / DC songs ( Shoot To Thrill , War Machine and The Razors Edge ), which are also included on the compilation , were used for the official trailer . Shoot To Thrill is also played at the beginning of the film in a scene that was inspired by a visit by director Jon Favreau to a concert by the band. Highway to Hell is played towards the end of Iron Man 2 .

The soundtrack was released in Germany on April 16, a good month before the actual film release in the USA (May 7). At this point the band was in the final stages of the tour for the 14th studio album Black Ice . Another soundtrack album, which exclusively contains the orchestral compositions of the film by John Debney , was released on July 20 under the title Iron Man 2: Original Motion Picture Score .

Chart placements

The album proved to be particularly successful in the charts. It reached the top 10 in several countries as well as the top spot on the respective hit list. Such was Iron Man 2 in Australia in second place and the United States in fourth place. Top positions were achieved in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Great Britain, among others. In Germany, the band made it to number one on the German album charts for the third time in a row after Stiff Upper Lip (2000) and the current studio album Black Ice (2008) .

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU
2010	Iron man 2	DE1 platinum (29 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (33 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (24 weeks)CH	UK1 platinum (45 weeks)UK	US4th gold (30 weeks)US	AU2 platinum (16 weeks)AU	First published: April 16, 2010 Sales: + 1,371,522

Awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	200,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	25,022
France (SNEP)	gold	50,000
Greece (IFPI)	gold	3,000
Ireland (IRMA)	platinum	15,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	60,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	30,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Austria (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	10,000
Russia (NFPF)	gold	10,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	40.00
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	30,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)	platinum	6,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	8 × gold 9 × platinum	1,371,522

Main article: AC / DC / Music Sales Awards

reception

The soundtrack album has been viewed by many critics and fans as irrelevant due to the lack of new tracks. Boris Kaiser from the German magazine Rock Hard was of the opinion that the band could sell anything to people because of their high profile. He described Iron Man 2 as "another desperate cross-marketing attack starving multinationals".

Editor Christof Leim also judged in Metal Hammer that fans don't need to search for “undiscovered treasures” and that only half of the songs would appear on a best of of the band. He also compared Iron Man 2 to earlier soundtrack contributions such as the single Big Gun ( Last Action Hero , 1993) and the album Who Made Who ( Rhea M - It began without warning , 1986), for which, in contrast, new pieces were written .

On Laut.de , Eberhard Dobler also said that the album would not be worthwhile without new tracks. However, he also threw in an objection: “Who wants to deny that he likes bone-dry, groovy bangers like Back In Black or If You Want Blood (You've Got It) for the thousandth time? Exactly. ”Finally, Dobler awarded three out of five possible stars.

Track list

#	title	length	Original album
1	Shoot to thrill	5:17	Back in Black
2	Rock 'n' Roll Damnation	3:37	Powerage
3	Guns for Hire	3:26	Flick of the Switch
4th	Cold Hearted Man	3:36	Powerage
5	Back in Black	4:15	Back in Black
6th	Thunderstruck	4:52	The Razors Edge
7th	If You Want Blood (You've Got It)	4:36	Highway to Hell
8th	Evil walks	4:23	For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)
9	TNT	3:34	TNT
10	Hell Ain't A Bad Place to Be	4:14	Let There Be Rock
11	Have a drink on me	3:58	Back in Black
12	The Razors Edge	4:22	The Razors Edge
13	Let There Be Rock	6:06	Let There Be Rock
14th	Was machine	3:09	Black Ice
15th	Highway to Hell	3:28	Highway to Hell

Deluxe Edition bonus DVD

1. Shoot to Thrill (Iron Man 2 Video)
2. Making of Shoot to Thrill (Iron Man 2 Video)
3. Highway to Hell (Live at River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, 2009)
4. Rock 'n' Roll Damnation (Live at the Apollo Theater, Glasgow, 1978)
5. If You Want Blood (You've Got It) (from Highway to Hell music video, 1979)
6. Back in Black (Live at Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, Madrid, 1996)
7. Guns for Hire (Live at Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI, 1983)
8. Thunderstruck (Live in Donington Park, 1991)
9. Let There Be Rock (Live at Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, Madrid, 1996)
10. Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be (Live in Circus Krone, Munich, 2003)

occupation

Singing :

• Tracks 2, 4, 7, 9-10, 13, 15 - Bon Scott
• Titles 1, 3, 5-6, 8, 11-12, 14 - Brian Johnson

Lead guitar :

• All titles - Angus Young

Rhythm guitar :

• All titles - Malcolm Young

Electric bass :

• Titles 1-8, 11-12, 14-15 - Cliff Williams
• Titles 9-10, 13 - Mark Evans

Drums :

• Titles 1-5, 7-11, 13-15 - Phil Rudd
• Track 6, 12 - Chris Slade

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AC / DC to release greatest hits ... as the Iron Man 2 soundtrack
2. ↑ DE AT CH UK US AU
3. ↑ Review of Rock Hard
4. ↑ Review by Metal Hammer
5. ^ Review by Laut.de