[8] Baumbach instructed Elfman to create a soundscape similar to the combination of Aaron Copland and Giorgio Moroder's 1980s-based synthesizer, and Tangerine Dream's electronic music.

Elfman composed the music based on these inspiration before seeing the final cut, and when the film was ready, he had nearly 20 minutes of his original ideas on the soundtrack.

He gets so drawn up in it and is so theatrical that I just kind of went with him [...] It was just really fun following Adam Driver starting this relatively simple speech, and soon he’s giving wild gestures, and then at the same time we’re seeing a huge train crash.

"[12][13] "New Body Rhumba" is the single track performed by American rock band LCD Soundsystem, that was released on September 30, 2022 through DFA and Columbia Records.

[21] Ryan Leston of IGN wrote "An impeccable score by Danny Elfman only serves to heighten everything we see on screen, from the weirdness to the tension, with B-movie-style moments that seem predictably ominous.