The Smashing Machine soundtrack includes music by Billy Swan, Bruce Springsteen and Timi Yuro. This info article contains spoilers and song details for Benny Safdie’s 2025 movie on Amazon. Check out Vague Visages’ Soundtracks of Cinema category for more soundtrack song listings.

The Smashing Machine stars Dwayne Johnson as Mark, a mixed martial artist. Emily Blunt co-stars as Dawn, the protagonist’s loyal girlfriend. The storyline follows Mark as he struggles with personal issues during his career between 1997 and 2000. Composer Nala Sinephro scored the 123-minute film; music supervisor Linda Cohen (One Battle After Another) selected the featured needle-drops. Here’s every song in The Smashing Machine.

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The Smashing Machine Soundtrack: Every Song in the 2025 Movie

• “You Can Never Come to This Place” by Masayoshi Takanaka (00:02:00): Mark wins a fight. The Smashing Machine soundtrack song scores the title sequence. Mark talks about imposing his will on opponents during an interview.
• “Santeria” by Sublime (00:06:00): A 1997 sequence begins. Mark gets interviewed in Birmingham, Alabama. The Smashing Machine music plays from a speaker system.
• “Every Morning” by Sugar Ray (00:09:00): Mark visits a Phoenix hospital in 1999. Music plays from a speaker system. Mark talks to a woman about his career.
• “Take Me in Your Arms” by Lil Suzy (00:15:00): Mark walks through his home. The Smashing Machine soundtrack song plays from a speaker system. Mark injects himself with medicine.
• “When I Dream” by Jack Clement (00:17:00): Mark sits in an airplane seat. The Smashing Machine music plays from his headphones. Mark asks a man to open the shade.
• “Rhythm of My Heart” by Rod Stewart (00:41:00): Mark drives his vehicle. Music plays from the speaker system. Mark talks to Joan about a prescription.
• “Don’t Be Cruel” by Billy Swan (00:52:00): Mark organizes items in his office. The Smashing Machine soundtrack song continues during a transition sequence.
• “Just Another Day” by Jon Secada (00:57:00): Mark navigates a fair with his girlfriend, Dawn (Emily Blunt). Music plays from a speaker system. Mark gets concerned about a ride called Alien Abduction.
• “Tempted” by Squeeze (01:01:00): Dawn reads a book during an exterior sequence. The Smashing Machine music plays from a speaker system. Mark talks to Dawn about pruning a saguaro cactus.
• “Kimigayo” by Tomoyasu Hotei (01:21:00): Mark prepares for a Pride Fighting Championships event. The Smashing Machine soundtrack song is performed by a musician. The crowd reacts to the Japanese national anthem.
• “The Star-Spangled Banner” by Nala Sinephro (01:23:00): A Pride Fighting Championships sequence continues. Mark stands next to Mark Coleman (Ryan Bader). A female singer performs the United States national anthem.
• “Jungleland” by Bruce Springsteen (01:37:00): Mark argues with Dawn during an interior scene. He asks her to pack her bags and leave. Dawn threatens to kill herself.
• “Corridor of Dreams” by The Cleaners from Venus (01:49:00): The Smashing Machine soundtrack song scores an extended sequence. Mark Coleman prepares to fight Igor Vovchanchyn (Oleksandr Usyk). Dr. Cortez (Raja Flores) stitches up a wound on Mark’s face.
• “Make the World Go Away” by Timi Yuro (01:55:00): The track scores a 2025 scene. The real Mark Kerr buys groceries in Phoenix. The music accompanies the epilogue sequence.
• “Limelight” by The Alan Parsons Project (01:57:00): The Smashing Machine music scores the film’s end credits.

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The Smashing Machine soundtrack also includes:

• “Vem (Nick Layne Club Mix)” by JPG and SEREIA
• “Tropical Dream” by Daniel Barross & Fabio Pelosi
• “This Kiss” by Faith Hill
• “Sararà (Krauze Mix)” by 12 Fingers feat. Viviane Cruz
• “Snappy Catches Bill & Aldo” by Charlie Brissette and Hamilton Altstatt
• “Shuffleboard” by Charlie Brissette and Hamilton Altstatt
• “Opus No. 1” by Tim Carleton
• “Back at One” by Brian McKnight
• “Home Town” by WITCH
• “Beautiful People” by Melanie
• “My Way” by Elvis Presley
• “Konya Tsukino Mieru Okani” by B’z
• “My Stove’s on Fire” by Robert Lester Folsom
• “That’s My Desire” by Hadda Brooks

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