The Hamnet soundtrack includes music by Max Richter Orchestra and Lorenz Dangel. This info article contains spoilers and song details for Chloé Zhao’s 2025 movie on Amazon, Apple and Peacock. Check out Vague Visages’ Soundtracks of Cinema category for more soundtrack song listings.

Hamnet stars Jessie Buckley as Agnes, a naturalist in 16th century Stratford, England. Paul Mescal co-stars as Will (Shakespeare), a latin tutor and playwright. The storyline follows the main protagonists as they clash and bond after their son’s sudden death. Composer Max Richter (Arrival) scored the 125-minute film; a music supervisor isn’t credited. Here’s every song in Hamnet, an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel.

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Hamnet Soundtrack: Every Song in the 2025 Movie

• “My Robin to the Greenwood Gone” by Traditional (01:33:00): Agnes stands before her home during an exterior scene. She clutches a set of keys. The Hamnet soundtrack song continues during a transition sequence. Judith (Olivia Lynes) sings the tune and pets a cat. The Hamnet music fades as Joan (Justine Mitchell) calls out to Agnes. The song is featured again during the film’s end credits at 02:01:00.
• “On the Nature of Daylight” by Max Richter Orchestra and Lorenz Dangel (01:54:00): Agnes attends the first live performance of Hamlet. She stands next to her brother, Bartholomew (Joe Alwyn). Agnes reaches out and connects with the lead actor. The Hamnet soundtrack song sets in as various crowd members also reach out, literally and figuratively. Will observes the scene from afar. He makes eye contact with Agnes in a moment of realization for both. The couple’s late son, Hamnet (Jacobi Jupe), appears to his grieving mother. Agnes reaches an epiphany while processing numerous emotions. She smiles and acknowledges the presence of her son’s spirit. The Hamnet music scores the film’s final moments as Agnes experiences a moment of joy and hope for the future while thinking about the past.

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The Hamnet soundtrack also includes:

• “Edward II: Mount on Horseback/The Scot’s March (After Rogers’s Virginals Book)” by The Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Company

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