Goat (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) and Goat (Original Motion Picture Score) are the two musical projects released to promote the 2026 film Goat directed by Tyree Dillihay for Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation. The first album features original songs for the film, released through Mercury Records on February 6, 2026. The second album contains the original score composed by Kris Bowers, released on February 13, 2026, through Sony Classical and Milan Records.
Contents
Original soundtrack
Background
The soundtrack was announced on January 21, 2026. The album features contributions from V.I.C., Jelly Roll, Quinn XCII, Flo, Joey Valence & Brae, Cortis, and Ayra Starr, among others.
Reception
Robert Stukowski of PopGeeks wrote how "the soundtrack reflects basketball's broad cross-demographic appeal," while Rosa Delegano of Shatter the Standards was less positive, assessing, "[the album] has two or three contributions that carry the residue of an actual life outside a recording booth, and a dozen others apparently drafted with a whiteboard of approved emotions and a two-and-a-half-minute timer."
Original score
Background
The film score was released through Sony Classical and Milan Records on February 13, 2026.
Kris Bowers, who composed the score for Goat, was originally concerned early in his career of being restricted as a Black composer who "can only write Black music." However, he felt comfortable in his role for Goat, given the freedom to create music he listened to growing up. The score incorporates influences of pop, hip-hop, and R&B music.
The music was designed to match the animation and visual style. Bowers recalled how the late basketball player, Kobe Bryant, had advised him to approach film music with a childlike wonder and took inspiration from John Williams' work; as a result, the score emphasizes heavy use of orchestra, especially in the roarball sequences.
Reception
Owen Gleiberman of Variety and Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter regarded Bowers' score as "exciting" and "fascinating". Daniel Howat of Next Best Picture penned, "combined with a killer soundtrack and a strong score by Kris Bowers, the film's overall vibe is electric."
Credits
Credits adapted from Film Music Reporter:
Music composer: Kris Bowers
Music producer: Kris Bowers, Max Wrightson
Additional music: Thomas Kotocheff
Music supervisor: Sarah Bromberg
Executive music producer: Dana Sano
Music editors: DeVaughn Watts, Del Spiva
Score recording and mixing: Scott Michael Smith
Score engineer: Craig Beckett
Digital score recordist: Liam Moses
Music contractors: Alex Henery, Michele O'Young, Click Track Music
Orchestra conductor: Christopher Gordon
Lead orchestrators: Gregory Jamrok, Abraham Libbos, Josef Zimmerman
Orchestrators: Cara Baterna, Andrew Rowan, Zach Yaholkovsky, Michael Kallin, Juan Arbodela, Max Fourmy
Music preparation: Fine Line Music Service, Carolyn Burke, Jina Choi, Jennifer Fagre, Vincent Fasano, Daniel Gold, Bill Newlin, Meggan Quinn, Naomi Sato, Juliann Xu
Synth programmers: Andrew Kawczynski, Matthew Wang, Benjamin Howell
Score coordinators: Peter Lu, Elaine Beckett
Score technical engineer: Sahil Jindal
