Sunshine on Leith (soundtrack)

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote "The music is generally stirringly staged and performed, but however ingeniously the songs are worked into the action, it feels like a template that has been taken off the peg: this succession of euphoric gatherings and parties with tense behind-the-scenes moments may be the best or only way to make dramatic sense of a string of unrelated songs."[6] In a mixed review, David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote "The songs thrum with proud national identity and raw feeling, be it plaintive or euphoric, which makes it disappointing that too many of them here are coated in generic sentiment" and also added "the musical could have used more of the restraint that's shown in the use of beautiful instrumental versions of Proclaimers songs as underscoring."[7] Film critic Bob Mann, praised "the extremely catchy soundtrack, comprising songs from the Proclaimers, interweaves much more seamlessly with the plot than that Abba-led confection"[8]