Maybe you should be paying Gunn to use your songs, not the other way around.
That’s one of the beautiful things about the work of James Gunn.
You’ll see a tremendous spike in searches around the opening weekend of both movies, suggesting that in addition to being a beloved filmmaker, James Gunn is quite the hitmaker, too.
If you spend enough time reading interviews with writer-directors, you may find yourself wondering how big a role music plays in the creative process.