Mark Mothersbaugh

Cocaine Bear (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Waxwork Records | CAT #: WW180

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Color Clear White Splatter Standard

DESCRIPTION

The Complete Score by Composer Mark Mothersbaugh
180-Gram Cocaine and Crystal Clear Colored Vinyl
Heavyweight Gatefold Jacket
Design and Layout by Matt Needle
12"x12" Insert
Also available on CD

Waxwork Records in partnership with Back Lot Music is thrilled to release COCAINE BEAR Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Music by Mark Mothersbaugh!

Directed by Elizabeth Banks and inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner's plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild dark comedy finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists, and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500- pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow … and blood.

About the composer:

Mark Mothersbaugh is a Grammy, BAFTA, and Emmy-nominated composer, producer, designer, and visual artist whose work has become part of the pop culture consciousness. He started his career as co-creator and frontman for the seminal New Wave band DEVO. Their Brian Eno/David Bowie-produced debut album “Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo” was certified Gold before their hit album “Freedom of Choice” went Platinum.

For Cocaine Bear, Mothersbaugh wanted a score that reflected and captured the culture of the ’80s, with a personality that evolved as the decade’s music evolved. “At the beginning of the film, it starts out very pop,” Mothersbaugh says. “But as it goes through it, it gets heavier. The guitars change up from being acoustic and lighter to being distorted and more aggressive and there are synths throughout that provide a pulse that keeps things moving.”

To make it as authentic as possible, Mothersbaugh used instruments that created some of the most distinctive and memorable sounds of the ’80s music scene. “Once we decided we were going to let it soak a bit in an ’80s sound, I went to the warehouse where I store equipment and my old Devo road cases full of synths,” Mothersbaugh says. “I pulled out old synths that we used on albums in the ’80s and used the same synths and a lot of the same amps and foot pedals.”

DETAILS

ARTIST: Mark Mothersbaugh
LABEL: Waxwork Records
CAT NO: WW180
RELEASE DATE: August 25, 2023
GENRE / STYLE:

Soundtrack
Horror Soundtrack

TRACKLIST

1. Kristoffer and Elsa Hike
2. Bear Attack
3. Bathroom Fight
4. Up and Down a Tree
5. Bear on the Roof
6. Bob Arrives
7. No Entry… Bear
8. Bob Finds Gazebo
9. Bob Shoots Daveed
10. Cokey Falls Asleep
11. Bear Dance
12. Bad Cop and Butterfly
13. Waterfall
14. Cliffside Confrontation
15. Cokey Comes Alive
16. Bros
17. Rosette/Wrap Up

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The Best Thing We've Heard in a Long Time

I absolutely LOVE this soundtrack! I'd asked an AI for some chilled-out pieces or soundtracks based on my taste for Sigur Rós and Low Roar, and Volker Bertelmann's score for All Quiet on the Western Front was one of the suggestions. I fell in love with it the minute I heard that repeated, haunting melody. He keeps coming back to it, and the moments he chooses to bring it back are what make it so powerful. The rest of the music is brilliant too. The whole thing just works, and it was worth the trouble it took to track down a new copy and the money I paid for it.
My wife works from home in an open loft upstairs, so she hears everything I play. When I got home from work, this had been delivered, so I logged it, put it on, and turned it up to a serious level. When it was time to flip to side B, she yelled down, "What was that? It was amazing!" After it was over she came downstairs to look at the cover and ask more about it. We both agreed it was the best thing we'd heard in a long time.
If you like atmospheric, emotional music that stays with you, get this one. Five stars, easily.

Mark Schminke

10/11/2026