Zimmer and Wallfisch initially provided the first set of score cues, with Williams, who co-wrote the original songs for the film and produced the soundtrack.

[3] Speaking to Variety magazine, Wallfisch attributed that one of his guitarist friends had pulsed textures, and included them through several passes of a tape emulator to bring back to the sound of those early reel-to-reel machines and moog synthesisers, reversed and layered those tunes.

[8] Wallfisch commented that "We used the core-progressions and harmonic sensibility of gospel music, even with a choir, it’s the way you voice the string chords, somehow effortlessly gave us that language for the score."

Filmtracks.com wrote "While the character of the score remains cohesive outside of this celebration motif, the themes, oddly enough, are only faintly coherent, and they make no obvious connections to the songs.

[9] Marvelous Geeks Media had stated the score as "incredibly refreshing and beautiful" and further wrote "The harmonies in the background of certain tracks add a sense of serenity that’s hard to miss when listening to the album, and once you’re one track in, it’s nearly impossible to stop listening until you’ve finished the entire album.