Peter Gabriel thanks Josh Safdie for inclusion on ‘Marty Supreme’ soundtrack: “I have always loved table tennis”

Peter Gabriel has personally thanked director Josh Safdie for including his song ‘I Have The Touch’ in the new film Marty Supreme . Safdie’s movie is released into UK cinemas on Boxing Day and stars Timothée Chalamet as the American table tennis prodigy Marty Mauser, a character loosely inspired by the real-life ping pong champion Marty Reisman. The A24 comedy-drama has been widely critically acclaimed and co-stars Gwyneth Paltrow , Odessa A’zion and Kevin O’Leary, and it despite its 1950s setting, it includes a number of anachronistic needle drops, including songs from Tears For Fears , New Order and Public Image Ltd . Another song included is ‘I Have The Touch’, from Gabriel’s fourth solo album in 1982. The former Genesis musician wrote on his website: “I was delighted that ‘I Have The Touch’ was chosen for the soundtrack of Marty Supreme .” “The song is rarely asked out for a dance and I have always loved table tennis,” Gabriel added. “Now there seems to be a real buzz about the film. Thank you to the director Josh Safdie!” VIDEO Marty Supreme has earned a glowing five-star review from NME. “ The direction is so frenetic that it somehow makes table tennis even more thrilling than the rubber-burning race scenes in F1, while there are at least three jaw-dropping set-pieces that Safdie lands on you like gleefully delivered trick shots,” wrote Jordan Bassett. “This is a story about living a great life, however you may define that. It is a film about living fully and without fear, a cynicism-free zone where, for all their fast-talking, people love each other so much it makes your heart feel like it’s about to burst. Talk about a smash.” Chalamet’s promotion campaign for the movie has been making countless headlines, including him collaborating with UK rapper EsDeeKid , and thereby quashing rumours that he was actually the real-life identity behind the anonymous musician . As for Gabriel, his WOMAD Festival has announced a Glasgow edition for 2026 , to go alongside its Wiltshire event in July.

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