Fifty Shades of Grey is a love story. According to star Jamie Dornan, at least. So when the official soundtrack tracklist for the forthcoming movie — in theaters Feb. 13 — was released Friday, there was a clear theme of love across the song titles. Albeit, with a little freakiness thrown in.
"The love story is more important than the BDSM aspect," Dornan recently said. "I mean, we are going to tell a love story, you know, it can't just be what happens in the Red Room, that's not a film. There's so much more going on than that."
The much-talked about 2011 book by E.L. James is notably erotic, with the plot centering on a BDSM (sexual dominance and submission, roleplaying, etc.) relationship between main characters Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele.
The most recent single from the soundtrack is Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do," which Music Times noted was "romantic" more than anything else.
"Shying away from some of the freakier elements of Fifty Shades of Grey, it's all about the uncontrollable feeling of falling in love and being with the right person," Carolyn Menyes wrote.
As you can see below (via NME), there are similar cuts to Goulding's that focus on the magic of love, but also a selection of tunes with a twist to them, so to speak:
01. I Put A Spell On You - Annie Lennox
02. Undiscovered - Laura Welsh
03. Earned It - The Weeknd
04. Meet Me In The Middle - Jessie Ware
05. Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding
06. Haunted (Michael Diamond Remix) - Beyoncé
07. Salted Wound - Beyoncé
08. Beast of Burden - The Rolling Stones
09. I'm On Fire - AWOLNATION
10. Crazy In Love (2014 Remix) - Beyoncé
11. Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra
12. One Last Night - Vaults
13. Where You Belong - The Weeknd
14. I Know You - Skylar Grey
15. Anna And Christian - Danny Elfman
16. Did That Hurt? - Danny Elfman
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