Strays
(Digital)

Back Lot Music presents the soundtrack for the comedy Strays. The album contains the score composed by Dara Taylor and the song Follow You by Dave Sarazen.

Back Lot Music presents the soundtrack for the comedy Strays. The album contains the score composed by Dara Taylor and the song Follow You by Dave Sarazen.

The soundtrack is available to download on all digital music services since August 18, 2023.

Of the soundtrack, composer Dara Taylor says, 'Working on Strays gave me the opportunity to do what I do every day anyway, anthropomorphize animals! That's why director Josh Greenbaum and I really wanted to score from the dogs' perspective and take everything as seriously and heartfelt as they do. Musically we blend a lot of styles from wistful acoustic guitars and pianos, to bombastic orchestra and choirs, and of course, a healthy dose of the best sounding percussion Petco can offer!'

Strays is directed by Josh Greenbaum with Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, Isla Fisher, Will Forte, Brett Gelman, Josh Gad, Randall Park, Harvey Guillén, Jamie Demetriou, Rob Riggle and Sofia Vergara.

They say a dog is a man’s best friend, but what if the man is a total dirtbag? In that case, it might be time for some sweet revenge, doggy style.
When Reggie (Will Ferrell), a naïve, relentlessly optimistic Border Terrier, is abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner, Doug (Will Forte; The Last Man on Earth, Nebraska), Reggie is certain that his beloved owner would never leave him on purpose.
But once Reggie falls in with a fast-talking, foul-mouthed Boston Terrier named Bug (Oscar® winner Jamie Foxx), a stray who loves his freedom and believes that owners are for suckers, Reggie finally realizes he was in a toxic relationship and begins to see Doug for the heartless sleazeball that he is.
Determined to seek revenge, Reggie, Bug and Bug’s pals—Maggie (Isla Fisher; Now You See Me, Wedding Crashers), a smart Australian Shepherd who has been sidelined by her owner’s new puppy, and Hunter (Randall Park; Always Be My Maybe, Aquaman), an anxious Great Dane who’s stressed out by his work as an emotional support animal—together hatch a plan and embark on an epic adventure to help Reggie find his way home … and make Doug pay by biting off the appendage he loves the most. (Hint: It’s not his foot).
A subversion of the dog movies we know and love, Strays, directed by Josh Greenbaum (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar) and written by Dan Perrault (Players, American Vandal), is a hilarious, R-rated, live-action comedy about the complications of love, the importance of great friendships, and the unexpected virtues of couch humping. ( - Universal Pictures - )

Dara Taylor:

Dara Taylor has emerged as a fresh voice in the world of scoring music to picture as evidenced by her score to Amazon Studios film The Tender Bar, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker George Clooney and her co-score to the Lionsgate comedy Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar starring Kristen Wiig and Jamie Dornan.

She most recently became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and scored Sony Pictures/Screen Gems’ The Invitation for which she received a 2023 SCL Award Nomination, Netflix’s The Noel Diary directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Charles Shyer, and Universal’s Strays starring Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx.
Her other credits include the Amazon series The Boys: Diabolical, the Warner Brothers animated feature Scoob! Holiday Haunt, the action crime drama Echo Boomers starring Michael Shannon, the Netflix series Bookmarks, the Universal/1440 animated feature Curious George: Cape Ahoy, the Netflix docu-series Trial By Media, the FX series Pride, and the Karen Allen-starred film Colewell, for which she won a 2019 Hollywood Music in Media award.

Dara is a proud Governor of the Recording Academy’s LA Chapter, and a member of the Composers Diversity Collective, Television Academy, Society of Composers and Lyricists Early Career Committee, Alliance of Women Film Composers, and Women in Media.

More info at: Composer Dara Taylor Official Site

More info at: Official Web Site Universal Pictures