One Battle After Another (soundtrack)

One Battle After Another (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by
Jonny Greenwood
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2025
Recorded2023–2025
GenreFilm score
Length48:53
LabelNonesuch
ProducerJonny Greenwood
Jonny Greenwood chronology
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One Battle After Another (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score to the 2025 film One Battle After Another, composed by Jonny Greenwood and released through Nonesuch Records on September 26, 2025.

Development

One Battle After Another is Greenwood's sixth score for the director Paul Thomas Anderson.[1] Greenwood was involved with the film since its inception and had the script since late 2023. He wrote music based on the script, and played to the finished film during production so that the team could get a sense of understanding on the tone and go along with the script. Anderson and Greenwood watched the dailies to use the musical pieces throughout the film.[2]

Greenwood acquired military drums and played them with computer-controlled robotic beaters. He described the arrangement as "a sort of ghost percussion group in the room next door with all these drums on the floor and all of these cables leading to my laptop".[3] Anderson said: "Jonny's music is always unique and special. We got a sneak preview of where this was going, what the tension was going to be, and what we needed to sustain, so it's a tremendous luxury to work like that, and it's because Jonny is steps ahead of us."[2]

The film also features two musical cues written by Jon Brion, who worked on several previous Anderson films. The music came from Anderson's archive of unused music. The session drummer Matt Chamberlain said it came from an improv session he did with Brion and Jim Keltner several years prior.[4][5] Other tracks include "Soldier Boy" by the Shirelles and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" sung by Ella Fitzgerald.[6]

Release

The film score was released through Nonesuch Records on September 26, 2025, the same day as the film's release in digital platforms.[7][8] A physical edition of the album was released on November 14.[9][10]

Reception

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian called the score "jolting, jangling, nerve-shredding".[11] Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com wrote "More essential to the film's tone is a truly bonkers score by Jonny Greenwood, one that almost constructs themes for sections around sparsely played individual instruments. For a long stretch in the middle of the film, as Bob and Sergio evade Lockjaw's team, it sounds like a single piano key being struck, with the occasional flurry of what could be a cat running along the ivories. It's a remarkably effective choice, a score that almost sounds like an alarm going off somewhere."[12] Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote "Jonny Greenwood's modernist musical score pacing the film like a metronome of suspense."[13]

Justin Chang of The New Yorker wrote that the score "veers between manic percolation—imagine a xylophone humping a coffeepot—and grandly operatic surges of synth. The music sweeps us up in the queasy thrill of revolt, but also in the heat and momentum of an impetuous romance."[14] David Jenkins of Little White Lies wrote "Jonny Greenwood's score another blinder".[15] Amy Nicholson of Los Angeles Times commented that "Jonny Greenwood's marvelously uneasy score of pounding piano, sounding at once improvised and insistent, hammers away as if trying to remember its own tune".[16]

Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail noted that the film is "buoyed by a jittery, jangly score by Anderson's long-time collaborator Jonny Greenwood that is electric enough to power the grids of several municipalities".[17] Ross Bonalme of Collider wrote that "Greenwood, as always, completely overwhelms with his score. The use of strings held over an extended period of time sounds as though they could split at any second as the tension rises, and heightens pretty much every moment in the film. Greenwood's score is nearly omnipresent throughout the almost three hours, but it's never oppressive and always necessary in setting the tone."[18]

Track listing

All tracks written by Jonny Greenwood, except "Mean Alley" written by Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke.

No.TitleLength
1."One Battle After Another"3:09
2."The French 75"1:30
3."Baktan Cross"2:59
4."Baby Charlene"3:16
5."Perfidia Beverly Hills"2:37
6."Mean Alley"2:46
7."I Need the Greeting Code"4:19
8."Ocean Waves"2:34
9."Guitar for Willa"3:35
10."Battle After Battle"2:36
11."Sisters of the Brave Beaver"3:01
12."Like Tom Fkn Cruise"3:25
13."Operation Boot Heel"2:12
14."Avanti Q"1:07
15."River of Hills"2:07
16."Greeting Code Reprise"0:53
17."Trust Device"3:51
18."Trio for Willa"3:04
Total length:48:53

Additional music

The following songs were featured in the film, but not included in the soundtrack:[19]

Charts

Chart performance for One Battle After Another (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Chart (2025–2026) Peak
position
UK Album Downloads (Official Charts)[20]93
UK Classical Albums (OCC)[21] 8
UK Soundtrack Albums (Official Charts)[22]5

Release history

Release history and formats for One Battle After Another (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Various September 26, 2025 Nonesuch Records [23]
November 14, 2025

References

  1. ↑ Whipp, Glenn (September 18, 2025). "He's made the most incendiary movie of the year. But Paul Thomas Anderson remains an optimist". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 18, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Thompson, Simon (September 12, 2025). "Making 'One Battle After Another' Was 'Like Putting A Lego Together'". Forbes. Archived from the original on September 25, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  3. ↑ Edith Bowman. "Jonny Greenwood on his score for One Battle After Another". Soundtracking (Podcast). Event occurs at 14 minutes, 11 seconds. Retrieved July 6, 2026.
  4. ↑ Raup, Jordan (October 6, 2025). "One Battle After Another Editor Andy Jurgensen on Cutting Paul Thomas Anderson's Action-Comedy Epic". The Film Stage.
  5. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/DPq9_cKjMmE/
  6. ↑ Kaloi, Stephanie (September 28, 2025). "Here Are All the Songs in 'One Battle After Another'". The Wrap.
  7. ↑ Miller, Liz Shannon (September 26, 2025). "Jonny Greenwood Unveils Score for Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another". Consequence. Archived from the original on September 28, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  8. ↑ "'One Battle After Another' Soundtrack Album Details". Film Music Reporter. September 25, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
  9. ↑ Strauss, Matthew (September 26, 2025). "Jonny Greenwood Releases Soundtrack for Paul Thomas Anderson's New Movie One Battle After Another". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on September 26, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Composer Jonny Greenwood's Score to Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another' Out Now on Nonesuch". Nonesuch Records. September 26, 2025. Archived from the original on September 26, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  11. ↑ Bradshaw, Peter (September 17, 2025). "One Battle After Another review – Paul Thomas Anderson's thrillingly helter-skelter counterculture caper". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on September 19, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  12. ↑ Tallerico, Brian (September 17, 2025). "One Battle After Another movie review (2025)". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  13. ↑ Gleiberman, Owen (September 17, 2025). "'One Battle After Another' Review: Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn Are Brilliant in Paul Thomas Anderson's Mesmerizing Vision of a Police-State America". Variety. Archived from the original on September 25, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  14. ↑ Chang, Justin (September 26, 2025). ""One Battle After Another" Is a Powerhouse of Tenderness and Fury". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Archived from the original on September 26, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  15. ↑ Jenkins, David (September 17, 2025). "One Battle After Another review – another slam-dunk for PTA". Little White Lies. Archived from the original on September 19, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  16. ↑ Nicholson, Amy (September 24, 2025). "Review: The revolution gets energized in Paul Thomas Anderson's dynamite 'One Battle After Another'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 26, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  17. ↑ Hertz, Barry (September 22, 2025). "Review: Paul Thomas Anderson's explosive epic One Battle After Another is the best film of the year". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on September 22, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  18. ↑ Bonaime, Ross (September 17, 2025). "'One Battle After Another' Review: Leonardo DiCaprio and Paul Thomas Anderson's Latest Is a Generation-Defining Masterpiece". Collider. Archived from the original on September 22, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  19. ↑ Pilley, Max (September 26, 2025). "Every song on the 'One Battle After Another' soundtrack". NME. Archived from the original on September 26, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  20. ↑ "Official Album Downloads Chart on 3/10/2025 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
  21. ↑ "Official Classical Chart on 20/03/2026 – Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  22. ↑ "Official Soundtrack Albums Chart on 21/11/2025 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
  23. ↑ "One Battle After Another [Soundtrack]". Nonesuch Records. September 10, 2025. Archived from the original on September 26, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
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