Challengers soundtrack: What music features in Zendaya tennis drama?
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have penned an original soundtrack for the film.
Luca Guadagnino's sexy new tennis drama Challengers has landed – and its central love triangle has everyone hooked.
The film follows Tashi (Zendaya), a tennis player turned coach who enters her famous tennis champion husband Art (West Side Story's Mike Faist) into a Challenger event after he finds himself on a losing streak.
Disaster ensues, however, when they discover that Art's former best friend and Tashi’s ex-boyfriend Patrick (The Crown's Josh O'Connor) is competing in the tournament.
The film flashes back and forth between different time periods, following the complicated relationship between the three players as Art and Patrick compete for Tashi's affections.
The action is accompanied by a jarring techno soundscape composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
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Wondering which songs feature in the soundtrack? Read on for the full list.
Who composed the Challengers soundtrack?
The film’s score has been composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
"Luca said, 'What if all the music was driving, thumping techno, like a heartbeat that makes the movie fun?'" Reznor explained, per Variety.
"It’s about the excitement," added Ross, "and simultaneously there’s an order and a thoughtfulness to the score".
The Nine-Inch Nails duo – who previously collaborated with Guadagnino on his last film Bones & All – have penned a number of major film scores over the years, including Oscar-winning work on both The Social Network and Pixar's Soul, and the early acclaim for this latest effort suggests it could well propel them to yet more awards attention.
Challengers soundtrack: Full list of Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor score and songs
The full track list from the Challengers soundtrack by Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor is available below.
- Challengers
- "I Know"
- Yeah x10
- L’oeuf
- The Signal
- Brutalizer
- Stopper
- Brutalizer 2
- The Points That Matter
- Lullaby
- Final Set
- Pull Over
- Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: A New Year Carol
- Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: A New Year Carol (Part 2)
- Challengers: Match Point
- Compress / Repress
The soundtrack was also mixed into a continuous album titled Challengers [MIXEZD] by Boys Noize.
The tracklist for this can be found below.
- I Know [MIXED]
- Yeah x10 [MIXED]
- L’oeuf [MIXED]
- Challengers [MIXED]
- Pre Signal [MIXED]
- The Signal [MIXED]
- Brutalizer [MIXED]
- Compress / Repress [MIXED]
- A New Year Carol [MIXED]
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Where can I listen to the Challengers soundtrack?
The soundtrack is available to listen to on all major streaming platforms, including Amazon Music, Spotify and Apple Music.
Fans can listen to The Boys Noize mix on YouTube, too:
Details of a physical release are yet to be confirmed.
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Challengers arrived in UK cinemas on Friday 26th April 2024.
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