[9] While scoring for that segment, Pemberton experienced few drawbacks, as he could only record one note at a time, and need to play everything by hand, and if the ancient synthesisers "get cold or being heated, it might go out of tune".

The Maccabees' "Grew Up At Midnight", the song that played during the film's concluding scene, was reportedly chosen by Danny Boyle himself, who is a fan of the band.

Filmitracks wrote "Pemberton’s fine score is not complex, it’s somewhat like the uncluttered and to-the-point soundtrack’s cover which in itself is based on Apple’s clear and low key text and image presentation.

"[15] Carly Mallenbaum of USA Today had noticed that, in the first act, the score cue resembled one of Vangelis' theme from the Chariots of Fire (1981), during the Apple launch.

He utilizes computer sounds for intriguing moments, while opting for operatic orchestration during grandiose scenes — something that helps craft the Shakespearean figure of Jobs.

As well as a good score, the sound editing also showed scenes of great cinematic quality, such as the stomping of feet, or the echoes of conversation when Hoffman listens to Jobs’s exchanges with Wozniak and Sculley.