It was released on 9 March 2018 through Lakeshore Records and was acclaimed by critics, which itself featured in the best-of lists on film scores of the year.

He was guided by Ramsay at several instances to provide a noir score, who added "like with Paul Thomas Anderson, it’s like a partnership that serves the film and the story, rather than divisioned labour.

"[5] Philip Sherburne of Pitchfork rated the soundtrack 7.8 out of 10 and summarised: "The restraint of his score is a testament to his interpretive abilities, but even as a standalone album, You Were Never Really Here is an engrossing listen.

"[7] Stephanie Zacharek of Time wrote "The movie’s lean, expressive score, by Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, is intense by itself: if the smell of burned rubber had a sound, it would be this.

"[9] Mark Kermode of The Guardian wrote: "Jonny Greenwood’s pulsing, throbbing, clanging score heightens the sensory overload as it meshes with Paul Davies’s immersive sound design.