Sinners (soundtrack)

}} Background Coogler's regular collaborator Ludwig Göransson worked on the soundtrack of Sinners. Göransson developed the soundscape from his experience with American blues music. His father was a blues aficionado, and they both listened to his recordings of blues musicians. His father also filmed concerts to share with his son. For Sinners, Coogler and Göransson worked together on developing the music, with the former having played the guitar during the scriptwriting sessions while also being trained by Göransson on mastering the instruments. They recorded the songs at Royal Studios for five days with Mitchell and musicians including Alvin Youngblood Hart and Cedric Burnside. They rented a studio converted from a church in New Orleans and worked with the supporting cast Jack O'Connell, Lola Kirke, Peter Dreimanis and Jayme Lawson, rehearsing their songs multiple times. Much of the film was recorded live on set, with the cast members performing alongside other blues musicians. Release Both the soundtrack and score to Sinners (produced and distributed by Warner Bros.) were released on Sony Music labels. That is unlike most Warner Bros. films, which are released on their in-house label WaterTower Music or record labels owned by Warner Music Group. The soundtrack was released through Sony Masterworks on April 18, 2025, the same day as the film, featuring 22 tracks performed by an array of blues musicians, alongside the cast members. The title song, performed by Rod Wave, was released as a single two weeks before the soundtrack and the score albums. Reception Brandon Zachary of Screen Rant wrote "Sinners boasts a very impressive soundtrack that matches the critical heights of the Ryan Coogler vampire film." David Ehrlich of IndieWire wrote:This isn't the first time that a Ludwig Göransson score has been inextricable from the texture of a Ryan Coogler movie, but Sinners opens with someone talking about a kind of music 'so pure it can pierce the veil between life and death, past and future' (a heavy gauntlet to drop at your composer’s feet!), and then proceeds to show us exactly what that sounds like. Twangy bass lines thick enough to saw down a redwood tree are shredded with shivers of electric guitar to create a blues sound that cuts a hole straight through the decades." Track listing Charts == Original score ==

}} Background Göransson described Sinners as a personal and ambitious score, reflecting his own musical journey. He drew inspiration from blues music and performed the score on a 1932 Dobro Cyclops resonator guitar, the same guitar Sammie Moore (Miles Caton) carries throughout the film. Reception The album received critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Mae Abdulbaki of Screen Rant stated "The music alone, from the songs played by the characters to the score by Ludwig Göransson, takes the film to another level. It's mesmerizing and expertly placed, effectively bringing the first and second half of the film together." Amy Nicholson of Los Angeles Times wrote "Ludwig Göransson's phenomenal score backs Coogler up, layering fiddles over doom metal as if they were meant to harmonize. This is music you've never heard and yet it seems to come from deep inside our pop-cultural soul, a symphony of violence for a country that looks at a violin case and imagines a Tommy gun." Kambole Campbell added "The multifaceted score begins with blues guitar playing as a base before subtly layering other styles of music over it." Zachary Barnes of The Wall Street Journal called Ludwig's score "a twangy marvel of genre-crossing interpolation." Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from Film Music Reporter: • Music composer and producer: Ludwig Göransson • Executive music producer: Serena Göransson • Music programming: Ngawang Samphel, Noah Gorelick • Musical arrangements: Vince Mendoza, Mamadou Sidibe, Iarla Ó Lionáird • Technical score engineer: Max Sandler • Music recording and mixing: Chris Fogel • Digital recordist: Tom Hardisty • Mix recordist: Evyn Deboer • Music editor: Felipe Pacheco • Score editors: Daniel Hayden, Eric Wegener • ProTools operators: Larry Mah, Chandler Harrod • Irish dialect coach: Tony Davoren • Score coordinators: Queenie Li, Mei Rawlinson • Music preparation: Fine Line Music Services • Music consultants: Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell, Rhiannon Giddens, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Ingrid Monson, Jake Blount, Judith Finell, Sanchay Dharmic Jain, Charlie Yedor, Bruce Jackson • Recording consultant: Riley Mackin • Original score and songs recorded at: • Royal Studios, Memphis, Tennessee • Esplanade Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana • Eastwood Scoring Stage, Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California • Elbo Studio, Los Angeles • Electric Lady Studios, New York City Featured musicians • Resonator guitar: Miles Caton, Buddy Guy, Ludwig Göransson • Electric guitar solos: Eric Gales, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram • Early American banjo: Rhiannon Giddens • Drums: Lars Ulrich, Cedric Burnside, Sharde Thomas Mallory, Chris Mallory • Harmonica: Bobby Rush, Ross Garren • Fife: Sharde Thomas Mallory, Chris Mallory • Diddley bow: James "Super Chikan" Johnson • Sean-nós vocals: Iarla Ó Lionáird • Choctaw chanter: Jaeden Ariana Wesley • Guitar: Alvin Youngblood Hart, Thomas Drayton, Charlie Bereal • Djembe: Magette Sow • Piano: Lester Snell, Victor Campbell, Jim Carmon • Fiddle: Niamh Fahy, Justin Robinson, Charlie Bisharat • Pennywhistle: Peter Dawson • Banjo: Ludwig Göransson, Leyla McCalla, Sabine McCalla • Bouzouki and bodhran: Tony Davoren • Accordion: Jeffrey Broussard '''Buddy Guy's band''' • Performers: Cornelius Hall, Thomas Hambridge, Connor Korte, Charles Plakosh, Daniel Souvigney, Orlando Wright DC6 Singers Collective • Conductor: David Saul Lee • Performers: Margaret Best Collins, Dedrick Bonner, Jantre Christian, Lavance Colley, Jyvonne Haskin, Brinn Horton, Joslynn James, Andre Kelly, Eric Lyn, Lakesha Shantrell Nugent, Ronnie Ohannon, Lydia Rene, Tia Simone, Loren Smith, William Washington Pleasant Valley Youth Choir of New Orleans • Conductor: Reginald Varnado, Jr. • Performers: Victor Augustine IV, iana Bierria, Journie Elzy, Layle McCormick, Bailey Samuels, Brandon Samuels, Jr., Arden Varnado, Avery Williams, Demi Varnado, Tyler Williams Incarcerated Workers • Soloists: Carl LeBlanc, Dominique McClellan • Performers: Derron Guillory, Jonriccas Harris, Zamond Herbert, Titus Joshua, Benjamin Osborne, Derek Raymond, Ariq Robinson, Bryant Spears, Kyron Walker, Reginald Williams Orchestra • Conductor: Anthony Parnther, Pete Anthony, Vince Mendoza • Contractor: Encompass Music Partners, Boo Mitchell • Orchestrations: Pete Anthony • Concertmaster: Tereza Stanislav • Principal second violin: Alyssa Park • Principal viola: Rob Brophy • Principal cello: Jacob Braun Charts == References ==