The Dog Stars Movie Soundtrack
The Dog Stars | |
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| Movie Soundtrack (2026) | |
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| Director | Ridley Scott |
| Studio | 20th Century Studios / Scott Free Productions |
| Release date | 2026-08-26 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction |
| Composer(s) | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| Score album | The Dog Stars (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| Record label | Hollywood Records |
| Available on | Theaters |
| Cast | Jacob Elordi as Hig Margaret Qualley as Cima Josh Brolin as Bangley Guy Pearce as Benedict Wong as Alara-Star Khan as |
About This Soundtrack
Directed by Ridley Scott and written by Mark L. Smith, The Dog Stars is a cinematic adaptation of Peter Heller's acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel. Starring Jacob Elordi as Hig, Margaret Qualley as Cima, and Josh Brolin as Bangley, the film captures a haunting yet hopeful vision of survival in a desolate Colorado landscape.
The musical score is composed by long-time Ridley Scott collaborator Harry Gregson-Williams (The Martian, Kingdom of Heaven). Gregson-Williams crafts an intimate, acoustic-driven score that balances the vastness of the American West with Hig's internal solitude. The licensed soundtrack features a stark contrast of styles, ranging from the dark industrial energy of Nine Inch Nails' 'The Day the World Went Away' in the trailers to the comforting warmth of Van Morrison's 'Into the Mystic' and 'Tupelo Honey'.
From reflective indie folk tracks like Hozier's 'Like Real People Do' and Caamp's 'By and By' to timeless classics by Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, the music serves as a vital bridge to the lost world before the pandemic. This guide provides the complete soundtrack catalog for The Dog Stars (2026), detailing all trailer songs, featured tracks, and streaming links.
Additional Songs
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Like Real People Do
by Hozier
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Tupelo Honey
by Van Morrison
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By and By
by Caamp
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Charmaine
by Jack Nitzsche
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Memories Are Made of This
by Dean Martin
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Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
by Frank Sinatra
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The Long Black Veil
by The Chieftains, Mick Jagger
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Songs in Trailer
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About the Composer(s)
Harry Gregson-Williams is one of Hollywood's most accomplished and versatile film composers. Over a distinguished career spanning three decades, Gregson-Williams has earned BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for his memorable scores across blockbuster animation, action thrillers, and historical epics, including Shrek, The Chronicles of Narnia, Metal Gear Solid, The Martian, and Gladiator II. Gregson-Williams enjoys a long-standing creative partnership with director Ridley Scott, having scored several of his major films. For The Dog Stars (2026), he crafts an intimate, acoustic-driven score that captures the solitary vastness of the Colorado wilderness and the tender resilience of the human spirit.
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Did you know?
- Ridley Scott & Harry Gregson-Williams Reunion: The Dog Stars marks another major collaboration between director Ridley Scott and composer Harry Gregson-Williams, who previously collaborated on epic cinematic projects such as Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Martian (2015), The House of Gucci (2021), and Gladiator II (2024).
- Peter Heller's Book Source: The film is based on Peter Heller's 2012 critically acclaimed debut novel The Dog Stars, which won praise for its poetic writing style and realistic portrayal of a post-pandemic world.
- Jacob Elordi's Pilot Training: To authentically portray Hig flying his 1956 Cessna 182, Jacob Elordi undertook private aviation training to perform his own cockpit flight sequences across the Colorado scenery.
- Contrast in Trailer Music: The film's promotional trailers feature a dramatic musical contrast between the serene, spiritual folk-rock of Van Morrison's 'Into the Mystic' and the heavy, wall-of-sound industrial rock of Nine Inch Nails' 'The Day the World Went Away'.
- Mick Jagger & The Chieftains Classic: The soundtrack includes 'The Long Black Veil', a famous collaboration between Irish folk legends The Chieftains and Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger from the 1995 album Chronicles.
Official Trailer
About the Movie
Adapted from Peter Heller's bestselling post-apocalyptic novel and directed by Ridley Scott, The Dog Stars follows Hig (Jacob Elordi), a pilot living a quiet, lonesome existence in an abandoned Colorado airplane hangar alongside his loyal dog Jasper and a stern gunman named Bangley (Josh Brolin) years after a deadly flu pandemic wiped out most of humanity. When a faint radio transmission breaks the silence during one of Hig's routine flights in his 1956 Cessna, it reignites a long-lost spark of hope, driving him to embark on a perilous journey beyond his safe perimeter to track the origin of the signal. The film also stars Margaret Qualley as Cima, alongside Guy Pearce, Benedict Wong, and Alara-Star Khan.
Providing the musical foundation for this emotional story of survival, memory, and hope is an atmospheric original score by BAFTA-nominated composer Harry Gregson-Williams, marking another major collaboration with director Ridley Scott. The film's soundtrack fuses Gregson-Williams' ambient acoustic orchestration with a soulful blend of classic rock, indie folk, and traditional pop, featuring iconic needle drops by Van Morrison, Nine Inch Nails, Hozier, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Mick Jagger with The Chieftains.
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