"Spider-Man 3" will be one of the biggest movies of 2007. But the producers of the megasequel, which grossed nearly $250 million domestically in the first 10 days of its release, didn't rely on mainstream rock acts Nickelback or Evanescence to give their story its musical underpinnings.
Snow Patrol's "Signal Fire" is the soundtrack's lead single, but after that mainstream entry is a heady slate of indie rock's finest: the Walkmen, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Oohlas, Black Mountain, Wolfmother, Rogue Wave, Coconut Records, Sounds Under Radio and the Flaming Lips. This soundtrack's mainstream nod to rock that is independent in nature furthers a trend music fans have noticed more and more the past five years.
The revolution known as indie rock - a subgenre emphasizing individual creative interests over commercial viability - has landed squarely in the mainstream. Bands that used to rock warehouse tours, playing to crowds of 20 or 30 people throughout the Midwest, are now in major films, primetime broadcast and cable television shows, and commercials for McDonald's, Dell and Nissan.
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