Hidden Remote
Fansided

Darby and the Dead soundtrack: What songs play in the Hulu film?

By Sabrina Reed

Darby and the Dead -- 20th Century Studios’ original movie “Darby and the Dead,” is a supernatural teen comedy about a high school student who moonlights as a spiritual messenger. After suffering a near-death experience as a young girl, Darby Harper (Downs) gains the ability to see dead people. As a result, she becomes introverted and shut off from her high school peers and prefers to spend time counseling lonely spirits who have unfinished business on earth. But all that changes when Capri (Cravalho), the Queen Bee of the school’s most exclusive clique, unexpectedly dies in a freak hair straightening accident, resulting in the obvious cancellation of her upcoming “Sweet 17.” Capri, however, pleads with Darby from the other side to intervene and convince Capri’s friends to proceed with the party as planned. In order to appease the wrath of the undead diva, Darby must emerge from her self-imposed exile and reinvent herself — which along the way allows her to find new joy back in the land of the living. Darby (Riele Downs), shown. (Photo: Courtesy of 20th Century Studios)
Darby and the Dead -- 20th Century Studios’ original movie “Darby and the Dead,” is a supernatural teen comedy about a high school student who moonlights as a spiritual messenger. After suffering a near-death experience as a young girl, Darby Harper (Downs) gains the ability to see dead people. As a result, she becomes introverted and shut off from her high school peers and prefers to spend time counseling lonely spirits who have unfinished business on earth. But all that changes when Capri (Cravalho), the Queen Bee of the school’s most exclusive clique, unexpectedly dies in a freak hair straightening accident, resulting in the obvious cancellation of her upcoming “Sweet 17.” Capri, however, pleads with Darby from the other side to intervene and convince Capri’s friends to proceed with the party as planned. In order to appease the wrath of the undead diva, Darby must emerge from her self-imposed exile and reinvent herself — which along the way allows her to find new joy back in the land of the living. Darby (Riele Downs), shown. (Photo: Courtesy of 20th Century Studios) /
facebooktwitterreddit

Darby and the Dead, the teen ghost comedy starring Riele Downs and Auli’i Cravalho, premiered on Hulu, Dec. 1. The movie follows Darby Harper, a high school junior who sees dead people due to a near-death experience she had as a child.

For years, Darby has been helping the ghosts in her community to pass on. She sees her counseling sessions with them as her job. It, however, has led to her being a loner at school and considered a weird recluse who seems to always be talking to herself.

But when her former childhood friend turned high school diva, Capri, dies because of a freak hair straightener accident, Darby is pushed off of the sidelines into the spotlight. Capri refuses to move on until her Sweet 17 party is back on and she can experience the blow out celebration she planned down to the T.

In order to do this, Capri needles Darby into becoming a popular girl so that she can convince the rest of the popular kids, including Capri’s circle, to go ahead with the party in her honor. Though she does so begrudgingly and under duress at first, Darby does find joy and a new outlook on life while helping Capri to pass on.

As is typical of teen movies, Darby and the Dead has a flashy, pop heavy, rock infused soundtrack that screams high school. Here’s the full tracklist of songs that play.

Darby and the Dead Sountrack

Darby and the Dead (Photo: Courtesy of 20th Century Studios)
Darby and the Dead (Photo: Courtesy of 20th Century Studios) /
  • “Growing Up” – The Linda Lindas
  • “Buzzkill” – Baby Queen
  • “Say You Won’t Let Go” – James Arthur (sung by Asher Angel)
  • “Steal the Show” – Lou Kerins and Trev Case
  • “Deal Wiv It” – Mura Masa and Slowthai
  • “We Got What You Want” – Nineoneone
  • “In My Mind” – Nicholas Kingsley, Daniel Farrant, and Pennie Choos
  • “Born a Queen” – Lummani
  • “Going Out” – Jordan Rees and Joshua Ellis
  • “Nails, Hair, Hips, Heel” – Todrick Hall
  • “Cannonball” – The Breeders
  • “I Got the Juice” (ft. Pharrell Williams) – Janelle Monáe
  • “TKO” – Le Tigre
  • “Bombastic” – Bonnie McKee
  • “Checkin’ me Out” – Lee Richardson, Jonathan Murrill, Tom Ford, and James Cocozza, and Ceezlin
  • “Karaoke” (ft. Lizzo) – Big Freedia
  • “Be Mine” – Naomi August
  • “Just What U Want” – Kayiah and Yez Yez
  • “End Zone Funk Theme” – Wendell Yuponce
  • “Boys Wanna Be Her” – Peaches
  • “Whoomp! There It Is” – The Westbound Gang
  • “One on One” – Kenneth “KP” Paige
  • “Good Lyfe” – Wolfgang Black and Ships
  • “Hey Baby” – No Doubt
  • “Turn It Up” – Slick Danger, Giorgio Flaconi, Marshall Say, and Maxwell Speed
  • “When We’re Old” – Danny Fernleigh and Tiguan Jones
  • “Do You Like What You See” – Foxxi
  • “I Just Bought Another Neck” – Nate Husser
  • “Boss Bitch” – Doja Cat
  • “We Run This” – Just The Empress
  • “Look Up” – Joy Oladokun
  • “Ghosts” – Banners
  • “Cloudy Day” – Tones and I

Next. December movies: 6 movies to watch (and 3 to skip) in December 2022. dark

Stay tuned to Hidden Remote for more Hulu news and coverage!

Home/Hulu