The Mayday soundtrack includes music by Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen and Anna German. This info article contains spoilers and song details for John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s 2026 Apple TV movie on Amazon and Peacock. Check out Vague Visages’ Soundtracks of Cinema category for more soundtrack song listings.
Mayday stars Ryan Reynolds as Troy Kelly, a U.S. Navy pilot. Kenneth Branagh co-stars as Nikolai Ustinov, an ex-KGB agent. The storyline follows the main players as they help each other in rural Russia while strategizing against state security officers. Composer Colin Stetson (Hereditary) scored the 110-minute Apple TV film; music supervisor Rob Lowry (Do Revenge) selected the featured needle-drops. Here’s every song in Mayday.
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Mayday Soundtrack: Every Song in the 2026 Apple TV Movie
- “Jump” by Van Halen (00:02:00): The Mayday soundtrack song scores an exterior sequence. An interstitial graphic establishes the setting as 1987 in the Pacific Ocean. Troy and Danny aka Longshot (Alex Mallari Jr.) chat while flying airplanes.
- “Obsession” by Animotion (00:07:00): The Mayday music is featured during an exterior sequence. Troy wears a U.S. Navy uniform and walks down a sidewalk with three fellow servicemen. He talks about world politics and “individual freedoms.”
- “Dancing in the Dark” by Bruce Springsteen (00:28:00): Troy enters a vehicle. Music plays from the speaker system. Nikolai pounds on a window and says, “Hey! Come back inside, my friend.”
- “Belaya Cheryomuha” by Anna German (00:30:00): Troy enters a restaurant in Russia. The Mayday soundtrack song plays from the speaker system. Troy wears brown pants and a green sweater.
- “Downbound Train” by Bruce Springsteen (00:42:00): Nikolai drives a light green vehicle and trims his beard. Troy says, “I don’t know if it’s safe to drive that way.” Nikolai parks the vehicle on a lake.
- “I’m on Fire” by Bruce Springsteen (01:03:00): Nikolai drives a red vehicle. He discusses the song’s lyrics with Troy. The Mayday music scores the film’s final moments and end credits at 01:40:00.
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The Mayday soundtrack also includes:
- “Personal Hero” by Mark Richmond
- “Respectable” by Mel & Kim
- “Goose’s Death” from Top Gun by Harold Faltermeyer
- “Danger Zone” from Top Gun by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock
- “Soldatushki Bravo Rebyatushki” by Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble & The Red Army Choir
- “Solov’yi” by Vsevolod Puchkov and Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble
- “Farewell of Slavianka” by Colonel John R. Bourgeois USMC
- “Vos’moe Chudo” by Synyaya Ptitsa
Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.
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