2020s

Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Finestkind’

Finestkind Soundtrack - Every Song in the 2023 Paramount+ Movie

The Finestkind soundtrack includes music by INXS, Dirty Honey and Loggins & Messina. This info article contains spoilers and song detailsย for Brian Helgeland’s 2023 Paramount+ movie. Check out Vague Visagesโ€™ Soundtracks of Cinemaย section for more music guides.

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Finestkind stars Ben Foster as Tom, a professional fisherman from Massachusetts. Toby Wallace co-stars as Charlie, the protagonistโ€™s half-brother who plans to attend law school. The storyline follows the focal siblings as they get mixed up in a heroin deal gone wrong. Composer Carter Burwell (Fargo) scored the 126-minute Paramount+ film; music supervisor Liza Richardson (Friday Night Lights) picked the featured needle-drops. Hereโ€™s every song in Finestkind.

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Finestkind Soundtrack: Every Song in the 2023 Paramount+ Movie

Finestkind Soundtrack - Every Song in the 2023 Paramount+ Movie

  • “New Sensation” by INXS (00:09:00): The Finestkind soundtrack song is featured during a bar scene. Costa (Ismael Cruz Cordova) picks a jukebox tune and says, “Hey, hey, hey!” Music plays from the speaker system.
  • “Shine” by Heavy Young Heathens (00:12:00): A bar scene continues. Charlie screams “Not dead yet!” with his friends. He receives a surprise visit from his father, Gary (Tim Daly).
  • “Felicidade” by APM Music (00:23:00): Tom and Charlie carry a keg of beer. They attend an outdoors party hosted by Costa. Music plays from a speaker system.
  • “Loco Loco” by BMG Production Music (00:25:00): An outdoors party scene continues. The Finestkind soundtrack song plays from a speaker system. Mabel (Jenna Ortega) flirts with Charlie.
  • “When I’m Gone” by Dirty Honey (00:52:00): An ocean sequence begins. The Finestkind heads towards Canadian waters. Charlie wears a yellow sweatshirt.
  • “Danny’s Song” by Loggins & Messina (01:14:00): The music is featured during a bar scene. Eldridge (Tommy Lee Jones) picks a jukebox song. He reunites with Donna (Lolita Davidovich).
  • “Not at Home” by Peter Broderick (01:40:00): The Finestkind soundtrack song scores an exterior sequence. Tom stares at the Finestkind through a fence. Costa observes his newborn child.
  • “New Girl Now” by Honeymoon Suite (01:41:00): Tom breaks into an apartment. Music plays from a speaker system. Skeemo (Aaron Stanford) admits to snitching in order to fuel a drug habit.

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The Finestkind soundtrack also includes:

  • “Schubert Impromptu in B-Flat Major” by Abigail Mettry
  • “Last Night” by Denae
  • “Fool for You” by Leo Belsky
  • “Lowdown” by Boz Scaggs

Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visagesโ€™ founding editor.