Glass Onion Theme Song from Knives Out 2 Soundtrack Unveiled

November 11, 2022

Following the success of Knives Out in 2019, acclaimed composer Nathan Johnson has reunited with filmmaker and cousin Rian Johnson for the official soundtrack of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Nathan Johnson has revealed the first track from Netflix’s Knives Out sequel soundtrack album, which will be released on November 25, following the limited theatrical debut of the film.

With Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Nathan Johnson’s score references the manor mystery of Knives Out, but the sonic palette is both expanded and inverted with a new quartet joining brass and harpsichord to flesh out the romantic themes of an entirely new mystery.

“I’ve been making movies with Nathan since we were 10 years old,” Rian Johnson said in a statement. “He’s done all my films. This was fun because with Knives Out, it was a very chamber music, sharp strings-type score. With this, we drew a lot of inspiration from Nino Rota’s score for Death on the Nile. We wanted it to be big and expansive and romantic and lush. I’m so proud of Nathan with his score. I think he really dialed it in.”

You can now listen to the first track, titled “Theme From Glass Onion,” in the player below.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is once again written and directed by Rian Johnson. The sequel follows Daniel Craig’s Detective Benoit Blanc as he travels to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery involving a new cast of colorful suspects.

Joining Craig are Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy), Edward Norton (Fight Club), Janelle Monáe (Hidden Figures), Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision), Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton), Kate Hudson (Almost Famous), Madelyn Cline (Outer Banks), Jessica Henwick (Love and Monsters), and Ethan Hawke (Sinister).

Production on the sequel finished in September 2021. Johnson is producing the film along with Ram Bergman via their T-Street Productions banner.

In 2021, Netflix had successfully won the rights for Johnson’s two Knives Out sequels, which reportedly cost the streamer over $400 million. The first film had grossed over $311 million at the worldwide box office and had also received acclaimed and multiple award nominations, including an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.