The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (Music from the Motion Picture) is the soundtrack album to the 2025 animated film of the same name. The score was composed and conducted by John Debney, who had previously composed the score for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015). It was released on December 19, 2025, by Milan Records and Paramount Music, coinciding with the film's theatrical release.
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Background
On April 17, 2025, John Debney was confirmed to be composing the score for The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, after having previously composed the music for the 2015 film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. The soundtrack was released on December 19, 2025, on MOD-providers by Milan Records and Paramount Music.
Track listing
Other songs that were featured in the film but not included on the soundtrack include:
Dead Kennedys - "Holiday in Cambodia"
Yello - "Oh Yeah"
Ice Spice – "Big Guy"
Barbra Streisand – "The Way We Were"
Jean Knight – "Mr. Big Stuff"
Personnel
Music Editors: Jeff Carson, Heather Schmidt
Orchestrations: Mark Graham
Additional Orchestrations: Trevor Motycka, Mike Watts
Score Recorder and Mixer: Shawn Murphy
Score Conductors: Mark Graham, John Debney
Music Score Coordinator: Lola Debney
Score Production Supervisors: Stephanie Pereida, Natalie Jory, John Debney Jr.
Technical Score Coordinator: Saun Santipreecha
Technical Score Assistant: Ian Chen
Executive Sound Staff: Jamie Olvera
Musician Contractor: Dan Savant
Vocal Contractor: Ron Colvard