Every Song That Powers The Running Man: Inside the Pulse-Pounding Soundtrack of Stephen King’s Latest Adaptation

Glen Powell is out there dodging killers for cash in Edgar Wright's The Running Man, so the music has to pull real weight. Word is this one leans more score-first than pop-needle-drop, but that does not mean it is quiet. Steven Price is doing the composing, and the tracklist is a whole mood board.

Steven Price back with Edgar Wright (again), which tells you a lot

Price won the Oscar for Best Original Score for Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity, and he has a long-running thing with Wright: The World's End in 2013, then Baby Driver in 2017, and Last Night in Soho in 2021. The Running Man makes collaboration number four. If you know Wright's taste for pop and 70s cuts, pairing that sensibility with Price's textured, cinematic scoring usually lands somewhere propulsive and moody at the same time. Reports say this one is not especially pop-heavy, so expect the score to steer the tone.

The Running Man soundtrack album (via Film Music Reporter)

Here is every track on Steven Price's album for the film, with runtimes:

• The Running Man — 4:00
• I'm Not Angry — 1:51
• Introducing Bobby — 1:37
• Insubordination — 2:06
• Rules of the Run — 2:26
• Die On This Show — 2:44
• They Will Walk Among You — 1:31
• Target Acquired — 2:16
• Nowhere to Run and Nowhere to Hide — 3:35
• Stop Filming Me — 1:17
• I'm Still Here — 1:57
• The Network Owns the News — 1:26
• Someones Following Us — 2:21
• We Got Him — 1:14
• You Can't Kill an Idea — 3:01
• Am the Initiator — 4:19
• Keep Your Eyes Open — 5:45
• Look at All These People Who Know the Truth — 4:03
• I'm Out of Time to Save Your Life — 3:26
• Altitude Alert — 1:18
• This is My Show Now — 3:41
• They Can't Lie to Us If You Don't Watch — approx 3:00
• This Time You'll Play Your Part — 1:53
• Turn It Off — 3:32
• This Game Is No Game — 3:52

So what kind of movie does that suggest?

Those titles paint a pretty clear picture: a media machine calling the shots, a public waking up, and a contestant flipping the narrative. Expect a lot of tension-and-release: dramatic surges, breathers that sting a little, and some full-throttle chase energy. Basically, the score sounds like it is built to push and poke at the dystopia while still giving Wright room for irony and momentum.

Quick refresher on the setup

This is a new take on Stephen King's 1982 novel, with a loose nod to the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie of the same name. The story drops us into a world where the people in charge also control the media. Glen Powell plays a construction worker who signs up for a twisted game: survive a gauntlet of assassins, win a pile of money. Grim premise, sure, but with Wright and Price together, expect that bittersweet, driven tone he loves.

The Running Man is currently playing in US theaters.