2020s

Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘The Instigators’

The Instigators Soundtrack - Every Song in the 2024 Apple TV+ Movie

The Instigators soundtrack includes songs by KISS, Petula Clark and House of Pain. This info article contains composer and music supervisor detailsย for Doug Limanโ€™s 2024 Apple TV+ movie. Check out Vague Visagesโ€™ Soundtracks of Cinema category for more soundtrack song time codes and track listings.

The Instigators stars Matt Damon as Rory, a U.S. Marine veteran from Quincy, Massachusetts. Casey Affleck co-stars as Cobby, an alcoholic and petty criminal. The storyline follows the main protagonists as they navigate a political conspiracy. Composer Christophe Beck (Frozen) scored the 101-minute Apple TV+ film; music supervisor Julianne Jordan (A Star Is Born) selected the featured needle-drops. Hereโ€™s every song in The Instigators.

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The Instigators Soundtrack: Every Song in the 2024 Apple TV+ Movie

The Instigators Soundtrack - Every Song in the 2024 Apple TV+ Movie

  • “Shout It Out Loud” by KISS (00:18:00): Mayor Miccelli (Ron Perlman) beats a man during an interior scene. The Instigators soundtrack song plays from a nearby speaker system. Rob Gronkowski hypes up a crowd at a political rally.
  • “Celebration” by Kool & The Gang (00:21:00): Rory and Cobby interrupt a political rally. Music plays from a speaker system. Cobby reacts to a wound.
  • “Nos Vamos De Fiesta” by Roberto Castro & 2 Swift (00:27:00): Cobby hotwires a car. The Instigators music plays from the speaker system. Cobby and Rory drive away in the vehicle.
  • “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)” by The Temptations (00:30:00): Richie Dechico (Alfred Molina) talks to Booch (Paul Walter Hauser) during an interior scene. The Instigators soundtrack song kicks in during a transition sequence. Rory and Cobby search for a yellow house.
  • “Watch Your Step” by Bobby Parker (00:42:00): Rory and Cobby flee from a crime scene in a yellow and white vehicle. Booch reacts to a wound. He says, “No, I’m not okay.”
  • “Downtown” by Petula Clark (00:51:00): Rory, Cobby and Dr. Donna Rivera (Hong Chau) collide with a police vehicle. They sit in silence. The Instigators music plays again at 01:33:00 during a post-credits scene and the subsequent end credits.
  • “Baby Please Don’t Go” by Them feat. Van Morrison (00:52:00): The track accompanies a chase sequence. Rory, Cobby and Donna flee from police officers. Donna says, “Rory, you’re in crisis.”
  • “Living After Midnight” by Judas Priest (01:16:00): An exterior sequence begins. Various law enforcement figures eat pizza and prepare for a confrontation. The Instigators soundtrack song plays from a speaker system.
  • “Jump Around” by House of Pain (01:24:00): A crowd rushes a crime scene. They collectively gather stray money. Rory and Cobby drive a fire truck.
  • “Something in the Air” by Thunderclap Newman (01:30:00): Rory teases Cobby about laughing after a second gunshot wound. He later watches his son play hockey. The Instigators music scores the film’s final moments and end credits.

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The Instigators soundtrack also includes:

  • “All Nite Affair” by La Voyage
  • “Twenty Five Miles” by Edwin Starr
  • “93 Celsius” by GREGNWMN
  • “Motherlode” by The Standstills & Eagles of Death Metal

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