Materialists (Original Soundtrack) is the film score to the 2025 film Materialists directed by Celine Song, starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, Zoë Winters, Marin Ireland, Louisa Jacobson, and Pedro Pascal. The original score was composed by Daniel Pemberton and released through Milan Records on June 13, 2025.
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Background and release
In March 2025, it was announced that Daniel Pemberton would compose the musical score for Materialists. Japanese Breakfast wrote the song "My Baby (Got Nothing At All)" for the film, which preceded as a single on June 9. Baby Rose also worked on two songs: "I'll Be Your Mirror" and "That's All", which were also released as singles on June 13. The soundtrack was released through A24 Music on June 13, the same day as the film.
Reception
David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter called it a "gentle, melancholy score". Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com wrote "the score from Daniel Pemberton adds glamour and sprightly energy on the front end and suspense and dramatic heft as the film progresses." Justin Chang of The New Yorker wrote "…Daniel Pemberton’s downbeat score, veer[s] toward moody metropolitan rhapsody". Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair wrote "Lush visual aesthetics are enriched by a lovely soundscape, from composer Daniel Pemberton". Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood called it a "nicely nuanced music score", while Siddhant Adlakha of IGN called it "lightly melodic". Nick Schager of The Daily Beast described it as "sorrowful".
Additional music
Commercial songs that were featured in the film, but not included in the soundtrack:
"Manhattan" by Cat Power
"Got It Bad" by Leisure
"Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond
"So Young" by The Ronettes
"You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" by Johnny Thunders
"Le temps de l'amour" by Françoise Hardy
"I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City" by Harry Nilsson
"Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" by The Velvet Underground
"In Spite Of Ourselves" by John Prine feat. Iris DeMent
Personnel
Credits adapted from Film Music Reporter:
Music composer and producer: Daniel Pemberton
Music supervisor: Meghan Currier
Music editor: Chad Birmingham
Score produced by: Daniel Pemberton
Score recorded and mixed by: Sam Okell & Andy Maxwell
Orchestrated and conducted by: Andrew Skeet
Music preparation: Jill Streater, Giles Thornton
Recording engineer: Sam Okell
Engineering assistants: Matt Jones, Kit Holdridge
Additional orchestrators: Tom Little
Orchestral fixer: Gareth Griffiths
Strings: Chamber Orchestra of London
Electronic instrument design: Alex Gruz
Score recorded at: Angel Studios, London, UK
Score mixed at: Zennor Sounds, Cornwall, UK