The Cover Up: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture
| The Cover Up: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture | ||||
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| Studio album by the Protomen | ||||
| Released | January 23, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2011–2014 | |||
| Genre | Rock, arena rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 1:02:43 | |||
| Label | Sound Machine Records | |||
| Producer | Alan Shacklock, the Protomen | |||
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| Singles from The Cover Up: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture | ||||
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The Cover Up: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (commonly referred to as The Cover Up) is a cover album by the American rock band the Protomen, released January 23, 2015 and presented as the soundtrack to a fictional banned film (a story within a story) within the band's dystopian rock opera trilogy The Protomen.
Produced by Alan Shacklock and the Protomen in ITB Studios, the album reinterprets 1980s rock songs as "the OST of a film that never existed".
The album received positive commentary from music, gaming, and entertainment outlets. Several tracks from The Cover Up have achieved wider recognition. "In the Air Tonight" was featured in the Netflix series Cobra Kai and a 2025 Hugo Boss advertising campaign, while the Protomen's rendition of "Mr. Roboto" was credited by Styx guitarist Tommy Shaw as the inspiration to return the song to their own live setlist, performed in the style of the cover.