Featuring the songs present on Peter Quill's mixtape in the film, the album was released by Hollywood Records on April 21, 2017.

2 (Original Score), composed by Tyler Bates, was also released by Hollywood Records on the same date.

Tyler Bates, composer of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), announced that he would return to score the sequel film by August 2015.

[3] By August 2014, Gunn had "some ideas listed, but nothing for sure" in terms of songs to include in Quill's Awesome Mix Vol.

[6] One of the most exciting things for Gunn in selecting the songs for the album "was knowing I would be making bands that may have been forgotten suddenly be a topic of conversation.

"[12] On August 6, 2017, Marvel released the music video of an original song, "Guardians Inferno", performed by The Sneepers featuring David Hasselhoff.

The 1970s-style video was directed by David Yarovesky, and features Hasselhoff alongside James Gunn, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Pom Klementieff, Karen Gillan, Michael Rooker and Sean Gunn.

2 finished 2017 as the country's eighth highest-selling album with 600,000 copies,[18] and has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).