[1] Along with the score, the album includes five new songs created for the film—"Heroes", "Operation New Me", "It's Garmadon", "Found My Place", and "Dance of Doom".

The Japanese version features an exclusive theme song, performed by the band Johnny's West, "Mou 1% (Another 1%)".

[3][4] The song "Bad Blood" by Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar appeared in the film's trailers,[5][6] while the second trailer also featuring "It Must Have Been Love" by Roxette, "Ain't Gonna Die Tonight" by Macklemore and "I Wanna Go Out" by American Authors.

[7][8] Both songs were not featured in the soundtrack album, along with other pop songs, which includes—"The Weekend Whip" by The Fold, "Secret Garden" by Bruce Springsteen, "Cui Cui" by Xavier Cugat, Fausto Curbelo and Al Stillman, "I Got a Name" by Jim Croce.

[9] "The Weekend Whip" by The Fold, which serves as the opening theme to the Ninjago TV series, appears in the film as Lloyd's ringtone.