The sequel to the huge 2008 hit Mamma Mia is due out this year and, in a surprising move, will feature a number of songs from Manchester post-punk band – Joy Division.
A clip from the film has appeared on social media showing a pregnant Sophie, played by Amanda Seyfried, striding purposefully along a beach and breaking into Atrocity Exhibition from the second Joy Division album Closer.
Starting as a simple solo piece, with Sophie singing defiantly into the night sky, she is joined by other members of the cast and ultimately by a full brass band until, audaciously it is transformed into an epic disco bossa nova version of the song that famously addressed Joy Division singer Ian Curtis’ increasing struggle with his epilepsy.
“We wanted to broaden the musical palate with the second movie,” said director Ol Parker
“We tried a number of things but the songs of Joy Division really seemed to fit the frothy musical comedy milieu.”
The film will also feature a hilarious and sexy scene of night-time mistaken identity set to a jazzy version of New Dawn Fades.
She’s Lost Control will appear as a Pierce Brosnan rap and Colin Firth will perform a hilarious eighties funk version of Dead Souls.
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again will be released later this year and producers are not holding out a huge amount of hope for soundtrack sales.
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