{"id":2057348,"date":"2025-09-29T12:38:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2057348"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:38:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:38:36","slug":"what-is-the-song-at-the-end-of-episode-6-of-season-2-of-peacemaker-why-james-gunn-turned-to-dynazty-for-that-shocking-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/what-is-the-song-at-the-end-of-episode-6-of-season-2-of-peacemaker-why-james-gunn-turned-to-dynazty-for-that-shocking-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the song at the end of episode 6 of season 2 of Peacemaker? Why James Gunn turned to Dynazty for that shocking twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"41ca3ab3-df83-45e3-8c6a-737196e6e74e\">James Gunn has discussed the shocking twist from the latest episode of his hit superhero TV series <em>Peacemaker<\/em> and why he chose a track from a cult Swedish <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/tag\/hevay-metal\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/tag\/hevay-metal\">heavy metal<\/a> band to soundtrack it.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the official <em>Peacemaker<\/em> podcast, showrunner Gunn, who is also the co-head of DC Studios and directed this year&#8217;s <em>Superman<\/em> movie, breaks down some of the musical choices for the show&#8217;s newest ep, which includes a song by Stockholm-based five-piece Dynazty during its final scene.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-base\"\/>\n<p id=\"41ca3ab3-df83-45e3-8c6a-737196e6e74e-2\"><strong>Warning: spoilers for episode six of season two of <\/strong><em><strong>Peacemaker<\/strong><\/em><strong> to follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In the episode&#8217;s final moments, it&#8217;s revealed that the idyllic alternate universe where lead character Chris &#8216;Peacemaker&#8217; Smith has been spending much of his time is, in fact, a world in which America is ruled by the Nazis. As Peacemaker realises that the American flag of this world features a swastika in place of the iconic 50 stars of the American states, the scene cuts to his friend Leota getting chased down a residential street by a mob of angry racists.<\/p>\n<p>The needle drop for the chase scene is Dynazty&#8217;s 2020 song <em>Presence Of Mind<\/em>, taken from their seventh studio album <em>The Dark Delight<\/em>. On the podcast, Gunn reveals that even though the track was his original choice to close the episode, he initially faced some pushback from some of his <em>Peacemaker<\/em> colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a huge Dynazty fan,&#8221; the director explains. &#8220;They&#8217;re one of my favourite metal bands. &#8220;They&#8217;re actual real metal. A lot of the bands [on the show&#8217;s soundtrack] are, like, glam metal, and that&#8217;s not really <em>metal<\/em>, usually. But in terms of actual metal bands, they&#8217;re one of my favourites.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That doesn&#8217;t mean that I thought the song was perfect&#8230;nobody liked the song when I put it in the cut! Including [<em>Peacemaker <\/em> co-executive producer] Lars [Winther] and [DC studios co-CEO] Peter Safran, who were trying to talk me into dropping the song. I was secretly texting [executive producer] Galen [Vaisman], &#8216;What&#8217;s their problem with this song?!&#8217;<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-kBSnxtsQEhRso9sQH5Atr9\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-kBSnxtsQEhRso9sQH5Atr9 slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;And so we actually went through and tried another twenty songs at the end &#8211; Alice Cooper&#8217;s <em>Brutal Planet<\/em> and a bunch of other stuff &#8211; and nothing worked, so I&#8217;m like, &#8216;I dunno, what do they know?!&#8217; So I kept in Dynazty!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Peacemaker<\/em> episode also features an earlier needle drop of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/helloween\" target=\"_blank\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/helloween\">Helloween<\/a> power ballad <em>Forever &amp; One (Neverland)<\/em>,<em> <\/em>in a hilarious moment where it&#8217;s revealed that in the alternate universe, the German power metallers are as big as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/the-beatles\" target=\"_blank\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/the-beatles\">The Beatles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The song is very melodic,&#8221; Gunn notes of the track. &#8220;Their music is mostly not like that!&#8221; Gunn also makes a point of saying he didn&#8217;t realise Helloween were German when picking the song, suggesting that any relevance to the episode&#8217;s big twist is entirely coincidental.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re a great, fantastic band and we love them as much as Nazi Earth II loves them,&#8221; he laughs. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t know they were German! I would have maybe thought twice about that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full podcast episode below. James Gunn has spoken at length about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/were-giving-out-of-fashion-music-a-chance-to-shine-how-peacemaker-made-glam-metal-cool-again\" target=\"_blank\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/were-giving-out-of-fashion-music-a-chance-to-shine-how-peacemaker-made-glam-metal-cool-again\">using metal, and in particular glam metal<\/a>, to soundtrack much of <em>Peacemaker<\/em> &#8211; the show&#8217;s first season featured Wig Wam track <em>Do Ya Wanna Taste It <\/em>over its opening credits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s taking hair metal, basically, or sleaze metal, or glam metal, and giving it a spotlight,&#8221; Gunn told the <em>Peacemaker <\/em>podcast in 2022. &#8220;And it\u2019s a mix between these old bands and new bands. There\u2019s a lot of European sleaze metal bands today that are actually really good. They\u2019re actually overall much better than the hair metal bands that I grew up with. Being able to give that music that\u2019s so out of fashion in America a chance to shine a little is one of the fun things about this show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Peacemaker<\/em> drops new episodes every Friday on HBO Max (US) and Sky\/Now TV (UK).<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"nBvCiTIzwLA\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-nBvCiTIzwLA\" data-yt-video-token=\"nBvCiTIzwLA\" title=\"Peacemaker: The Official Podcast with James Gunn \u2013 Season 2, Ep. 6 - YouTube\">\n<span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Peacemaker: The Official Podcast with James Gunn \u2013 Season 2, Ep. 6 &#8211; YouTube<\/span><br \/>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"play-button\" viewbox=\"0 0 234.67 165.33\"><path fill=\"red\" d=\"M229.763 25.817c-2.699-10.162-10.65-18.165-20.748-20.881C190.716 0 117.333 0 117.333 0S43.951 0 25.651 4.936C15.553 7.652 7.6 15.655 4.903 25.817 0 44.236 0 82.667 0 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