Soundtrack to the 2014 film starring Chris Pratt Zoe Saldana John C. Reilly as well as the voices of Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper. In the far reaches of space an American pilot named Peter Quill finds himself the object of a manhunt after stealing an orb coveted by the villainous Ronan. In order to evade Ronan Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a group of misfits including Gamora Rocket Drax the Destroyer and Groot. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos he must rally his ragtag rivals for a last desperate stand with the galaxy s fate in the balance. The soundtrack s 70 s & 80 s songs appear in the film as part of a mixtape in the character Quill s Walkman which acts as a way for him to stay connected to the Earth home and family he lost.