The Hit Man soundtrack includes music by Jelly Roll Morton, Allen Toussaint and Dr. John. This info article contains spoilers and song details for Richard Linklater’s 2024 Netflix movie. Check out Vague Visages’ Soundtracks of Cinema category for more soundtrack song listings, and then browse cast/character summaries in the Know the Cast section.

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Hit Man stars Glen Powell as Gary Johnson, a psychology and philosophy professor at the University of New Orleans. Adria Arjona co-stars as Madison “Maddy” Masters, a woman who considers killing her husband. The storyline follows Gary as he falls in love through a “Ron” hit man persona. Composer Graham Reynolds (Bernie) scored the 115-minute Netflix film; music supervisors Meghan Currier (Past Lives) and Randall Poster (Road House) selected the featured needle-drops. Here’s every song in Hit Man, an adaptation of Skip Hollandsworth’s 2001 story.

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Hit Man Soundtrack: Every Song in the 2024 Netflix Movie

• “New Orleans Bump” by Jelly Roll Morton (00:00:00): The Hit Man soundtrack song scores the opening credits sequence. A graphic teases a “somewhat true story.” The music drops as Gary teaches students at the University of New Orleans.
• “Space Zydeco” by Buckwheat Zydeco (00:01:00): Gary talks about Friedrich Nietzsche during a classroom scene. The music continues during a transition sequence. Gary drives a grey Civic.
• “99 Plus 1” by June Gardner (00:02:00): An interior scene begins. Gary goes through his normal routines. The music plays again at 00:20:00.
• “Vulture Island” by Rob49 (00:20:00): The Hit Man soundtrack song accompanies a night club sequence. Gary tailors one of his personas for a hit involving Rob49 (the featured musical artist). Music plays from the speaker system.
• “Big Chief” by Professor Longhair (00:21:00): Gary catches a criminal. The music continues as he narrates about a “psychotic Rubicon.” Gary dresses as a character named Boone and then meets with a female client.
• “Down Home Girl” by Alvin Robinson (00:45:00): Gary aka Ron visits a restaurant with Maddy. Music plays from the speaker system. Maddy says, “You’re not a hit man.”
• “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” by Allen Toussaint (00:51:00): The Hit Man soundtrack song accompanies a bedroom scene. Maddy and Gary/Ron flirt with each other. The music is featured again at 01:47:00.
• “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South” by Ruby Braff (00:53:00): Maddy dresses up as a sexy flight attendant. The music sets in as she walks up a staircase. Maddy and Gary/Ron hook up during a transition scene.
• “St James Infirmary” by Kid Thomas Valentine (00:59:00): Maddy and Gary/Ron joke about leaving their “love nest.” The music continues during a transition sequence. Maddy and Gary/Ron visit a gun range.
• “Such a Night” by Dr. John (01:50:00): The track plays during the end credits after “Cast Your Fate to the Wind.”

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The Hit Man soundtrack also includes:

• “My Walking Stick” by Leon Redbone
• “Jubilee Stomp” by Tuba Skinny
• “I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say” by Dr. John
• “Basin St. Blues” by Henry Butler
• “Harpsichord Concert No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052 I. Allegro” by Jean Rondeau
• “Hit Man Banger” by Christopher Karyotakis
• “Drizzle Sizzle Bass Chop” by Trevor Dowdy

Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.