[7] In February, Yorke played the track "The Big City" during one of the Smile's Artist in Residence shows for BBC Radio 6 Music.

[8] The soundtrack was announced on 22 April 2024, alongside the singles "Knife Edge" and "Prize Giving".

[12] Ryan Reed of Spin wrote that the soundtrack "finds its own compelling arc as a front-to-back album" and "feels like a blink-and-you'll-miss-it flag-plant moment".

chose it as a "staff pick", writing that it was "low-stakes" but "compelling music worth listening to", and would be welcome for fans of Yorke's band Radiohead.

[14] In BrooklynVegan, Andrew Sacher said the soundtrack worked independently of the film and that the instrumentals were among the standouts.