The album featured 34 tracks released through digital, CD and vinyl formats on August 27, 2021 through Back Lot Music and Waxwork Records.

Instead of collaborating with mainstream composers in Hollywood, she chose experimental musician Lichens (credited as Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe) particularly because of his voice which was "so intense" and "on another level".

[7] In a sequence, where Anthony (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) sees his reflection in a mirror as Candyman, he performed 18 passes of various vocal tracks, sitting in an isolation booth in a studio.

"[8] Charlie Bridgen of The Quietus wrote "It's always a challenge to talk about a score to a horror movie when you haven't seen the film, but the varied layers of Candyman make it fascinating to listen to.

"[11] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote "Composer Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s textured music has its own atmospheric hold, mixing synth and strings with ambient drone and choral elements.