![]() ![]() Weyes Blood’s take on Linda Ronstadt’s No. ![]() Like any decent soundtrack full of covers, The Rise of Gru has a few winners. Classic Minions stuff.) Antonoff’s soundtrack is a fever dream of a lineup featuring a handful of artists who were actually present in the ’70s, a wide survey of this generation’s rising artists who take influence from the era, and some truly out-of-left-field recruits whose presence only highlights the unmoored absurdity of the project. (A quick plot summary for those who have yet to suit up for a screening: In the 1970s, a pre-teen Gru gets revenge on a league of flamboyant villains by swiping their powerful stone, which one of the Minions-a scene-stealing newcomer named Otto-misplaces after mistaking it for a pet rock and falling in love. This is to say that there’s money in Minions-just ask Pharrell Williams, whose soundtrack for 2013’s Despicable Me 2 brought us the flashmob-irritant “ Happy.” Another Producer of the Year winner, Jack Antonoff, helms the soundtrack of the franchise’s latest installation, Minions: The Rise of Gru.
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