Mark Ronson isn’t new to this music thing: The hitmaking producer already had several Grammys and an Oscar to his name when he signed on to produce the soundtrack for Barbie. When the film’s director, Greta Gerwig, asked if he would score entire film, he couldn’t refuse — even though he’d never scored a film before.
“I was so inspired by this script,” Ronson says. “I love the whole message of it, I love the whole idea of it. Obviously, Barbie‘s story is so wonderful.”
What followed was a year of working with artists like Nicki Minaj, Sam Smith, Billie Eilish and PinkPantheress to conceptualize, produce and compose songs for the album. Some artists were drawn to the project because of Gerwig’s previous work, others because Barbie (the doll) had played an important role in their lives. And some came because of Ronson’s reputation.
