Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Music from the Motion Picture) is the soundtrack to the 2025 film Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the eighth installment in the Mission: Impossible film series and the sequel to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023). Lorne Balfe, who composed the score for the two previous films, was originally planned to come back, but in April 2025, it was announced he would be replaced by Max Aruj and Alfie Godfrey. The soundtrack to the film was released digitally on May 23, 2025, alongside the film by Sony Music Entertainment and Paramount Music, with a physical release the subsequent month.
Development Lorne Balfe was originally announced in May 2020 to compose the film's score, after composing the previous two movies' soundtracks. He was later replaced by Max Aruj and Alfie Godfrey, which was announced in April 2025, the month before the soundtrack's release. The soundtrack is a little bit over 2 hours long in total and contains only instrumental music. As well as incorporating Lalo Schifrin's thematic material from the television series throughout the score, seven cues sample music by Constance Demby from her album Sonic Immersion: A Vibratory Tonal Attunement, primarily from tracks titled "Chakra".
Track listing All music is composed by Max Aruj and Alfie Godfrey.
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Reception Tom Cruise, who plays the main character Ethan Hunt, was very supportive of the composer duo and "danced in his seat" the first time he heard the soundtrack during an early screening of the film.
Filmtracks.com dubbed the score "pleasantly surprising", noting that "[the] muscularity of Balfe's style works well without his more abrasive habits, and while this score cannot compete with Kraemer's fantastic entry, it's more enjoyable than the remainder".
Notes Contain interpolations of "Theme from Mission: Impossible" composed by Lalo Schifrin Contain interpolations of "The Plot" composed by Lalo Schifrin' Contain a sample of “Chakra #1” written and performed by Constance Demby Contain a sample of “Chakra #5” written and performed by Constance Demby Contain a sample of “Chakra #3” written and performed by Constance Demby
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