Kevin Smith’s new film, The 4:30 Movie, debuts this week with an original soundtrack by award-winning composer Bear McCreary. Set in the 1980s, the film follows three 16-year-old friends who sneak into movies and learn life lessons when one invites his crush along. The soundtrack, available on all digital platforms via Sparks & Shadows Records, features McCreary’s synth-heavy, nostalgic score. This collaboration marks McCreary’s third with Smith, following their work on Masters of the Universe: Revelation and Masters of the Universe: Revolution. McCreary’s score includes original songs like “Astroblaster and the Beaver Men” and the end-credits track “24 Karat Case of Love,” which McCreary describes as a tribute to the 1980s.
The film and original soundtrack are out now here.
“Bear McCreary made magic with The 4:30 Movie, composing a sonic salute to the ’80s era that’s as much a time tunnel to 1986 as it is a joyful movie score,” says Smith. “The closing banger he and his brother, Brendan, wrote and recorded for the end credits, “24 Karat Case of Love,” is the greatest ’80s radio hit that never happened!”
Adds McCreary, “I was thrilled to join Kevin Smith to score The 4:30 Movie, his nostalgic odyssey back to the 1980s. Inspired by his sweet-natured story, I had a blast writing a synth-soaked score oozing with arpeggios, drum machines, and hair-metal riffs, backed with classic symphonic orchestration. A highlight was collaborating with my brother, Brendan McCreary, on the film’s two original songs, “Astroblaster and the Beaver Men,” which evokes that ’80s futuristic-rock aesthetic, and the film’s end title song, “24 Karat Case of Love,” which feels like a lost synth-pop gem from the neon-tinged, balmy summer of 1986.”
Listen to Bear McCreary’s The 4:30 Movie soundtrack. The trailer and information about the movie are available at The 4:30 Movie.
