The Wake Up Dead Man soundtrack includes music by Warren Zevon, The Doobie Brothers and Tom Waits. This info article contains spoilers and song details for Rian Johnson’s 2025 Netflix movie. Check out Vague Visages’ Soundtracks of Cinema category for more soundtrack song listings.

Wake Up Dead Man stars Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, a private investigator. Josh O’Connor co-stars as Father Jud Duplenticy, a Catholic priest. The storyline follows the main protagonists as they philosophize about religion while investigating a murder. Composer Nathan Johnson (Nightmare Alley) scored the 144-minute Netflix film; music supervisor Thomas Golubic (Breaking Bad) selected the featured needle-drops. Here’s every song in Wake Up Dead Man, the first installment of the Knives Out movie franchise.

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Wake Up Dead Man: Every Song in the 2025 Netflix Movie

• “Wanted Dead or Alive” by Warren Zevon (00:32:00): Father Jud narrates about Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin) and an “open war.” He visits a bar during a transition sequence. The Wake Up Dead Man soundtrack song plays from the speaker system.
• “Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music” by Larry Norman (00:47:00): Benoit and Father Jud visit a bar. The Wake Up Dead Man music plays from the speaker system. Benoit and Father Jud talk to a bartender named Nikolai (Noah Segan).
• “What a Fool Believes” by The Doobie Brothers (01:23:00): Louise (Bridget Everett) answers a phone call at Steel Wheels Construction. The track plays in the background. Father Jud inquires about a forklift order.
• “Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” by Andrew Lloyd Webber, “Cats” 1983 Broadway Cast, Reed Jones (01:41:00): Benoit enters his vehicle with Father Jud after leaving a police station. The Wake Up Dead Man soundtrack song plays from the speaker system. Father Jud states that he killed Samson (Thomas Haden Church).
• “Come On Up to the House” by Tom Waits (02:16:00): Benoit chats with Father Jud inside a church. He declines a mass invitation. The Wake up Dead Man music scores the film’s final moments and end credits.

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The Wake Up Dead Man soundtrack also includes:

• “Thine Be the Glory (See, The Conqu’ring Hero Comes!)” by Extreme Music
• “Overture” by Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Phantom of the Opera Original London Cast

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