Daniel Lopatin Shares Marty Supreme Soundtrack, Several Musicians Appear In The Film

Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie’s much-hyped new film about a 1950s table tennis champion, is out today. Last week saw star Timothée Chalamet rapping about it on EsDeeKid's viral hit "4 Raws," and now longtime Safdie brothers collaborator Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never) has shared the movie score.

The track “Force Of Life,” which soundtracks a key scene at the end of the movie, features vocal layers from Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering and percussion from Edward Gordon, the multi-instrumentalist known as Laraaji. Chalamet revealed Weyes Blood’s participation last week, mispronouncing her name in a chat with his costar Gwyneth Paltrow. 0PN previously played on Weyes Blood’s 2022 single “God Turn Me Into A Flower.”

"The music of Marty Supreme came from an obsession with coaxing melody out of buoyant sounds— compiling hundreds of mallet strikes, tines, and quick flutes to follow mercurial Marty around on his big adventure…. and who is a ping pong ball of a human himself," Lopatin writes. "I wanted the score to live between tradition and invention, with neoclassical elements grounding the world around him as he finds it with rules, limits, and pressure. The electronic textures lean into the future he imagines, even as those forces begin to contend with each other."

"I’ve always been a huge soundtrack person and it was a true honor to lend my voice to this one - a little wordless dance on top of Daniel’s synth beds…," Mering adds. "Go to the theater and see it! It sounds insane in person! Save the movies!"

Although Marty Supreme is set in 1952 NYC, along with Lopatin’s score the film features 1980s hits like Alphaville's "Forever Young," Peter Gabriel's "I Have The Touch,” and Tears For Fears' “Everybody Wants To Rule the World.” “I have always loved table tennis,” Gabriel recently said.

Chalamet and Paltrow costar in the movie with Odessa A'zion, Shark Tank star Kevin "Mr. Wonderful" O'Leary, and Tyler, The Creator. Tyler (who celebrated today by dropping a new freestyle called "SAG HARBOR" and a "freak mix" of “Sugar On My Tongue") is not the only musician in the movie either. Along with other random, unexpected cameos from magician Penn Jillette, New Yorker writer Naomi Fry, Gristedes CEO John Catsimatidis, and more, Gang Gang Dance singer Lizzi Bougatsos and rapper/producer Patrick “Wiki” Morales briefly show up on screen. Bougatsos plays a pet store customer and Wiki has one line ("Hey, Marty") at a table tennis club, where real-life '80s radio DJ Ted "the Man With the Golden Voice" Williams has a small part too. Spenser Granese, the actor who's performed with hardcore bands Compassion and Sex With A Terrorist, also turns up as the character Clark during a big hustling scene. (Vulture has a list of many other cameos).

Chalamet recently scaled Las Vegas’ Sphere as a stunt to promote Marty Supreme. It's been getting rave reviews, but electronic musician Marc Rebillet was not impressed. Unlike Susan Boyle, he will not be getting a jacket.