Life on Mars (song) film "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou", starring Bill Murray as Steve Zissou. The song is played as Murray walks stoned to the bow of his boat in solitude as a party continues below deck. "Life on Mars?" is included in the 2005 film "Loverboy", first being played on the radio during a conversation between the 10-year-old Emily and Mrs. Harker, and later being sung a cappella by 10-year-old Emily. "Life on Mars?" is included on the soundtrack to the 2006 film "Factory Girl". "Life on Mars?" is used in the 2012 British film "Hunky Dory", sung by the character
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou because they are central to the storyline, make "The Life Aquatic" similar in some ways to "Respiro". Both films set out a "Mediterranean state of being" where "having left the security of land, the characters in both films are suddenly confronted with the precarious nature of human existence, as the films that depict them tackle the challenges of representing the submarine world." The soundtrack to "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" contains a style typical of other Wes Anderson films. Mark Mothersbaugh, a member of Devo, composed the score, as he has for many of Anderson's other films. The film