Matthew Vaughn
"Rule the World" is the first song written by Take That specifically for a film. Matthew Vaughn, the director of "Stardust", contacted Take That in the hope of getting them to write a song for the film. After seeing the film the band members agreed to write and perform a song. The band wrote the chorus of the song while they were in Spain. They played the song for Matthew Vaughn who included it in the end credits of the film. Gary Barlow performs lead vocals. The song is not included on the soundtrack for "Stardust", nor on the original release of the album "Beautiful World".