Featuring the songs present on Peter Quill's Zune in the film, the album was released by Hollywood Records on May 3, 2023.

3 (Original Score), composed by John Murphy, was also released by Hollywood Records on the same date.

[5] The following month, he added that he was "panicking" about the soundtrack and had to make some "pretty specific choices" shortly due to the wider range of available music for the story.

[6] By early July 2017, Gunn had narrowed down his choices for potential songs to 181, but noted that this list could grow again.

2,[8] although Gunn added that the soundtrack was not limited to 1970s pop songs compared to the first two films,[9] instead spanning multiple decades.