Queer (Original Score)

Queer (Original Score)

Queer (Original Score) is the score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Luca Guadagnino's 2024 film Queer, based on the William S. Burroughs novella of the same name. This is the third of several soundtracks that Reznor and Ross have worked on for Guadagnino. It was released digitally on December 6, 2024. A cobalt blue vinyl edition was released by Milan Records on December 12, 2025. It was confirmed by John Crawford on Discordance that this score has the Null 19 release number.

An additional song entitled "Te Maldigo" (featuring Omar Apollo on vocals) was recorded, but its associated scene was cut from the film.[1] It was later released as a single. The score's track titles are taken from Burroughs' final journal entry.[2]

Tracklisting

Digital

1. "Vaster Than Empires" (with Caetano Veloso) - 3:52
2. "Pure Love" - 4:34
3. "Centipede" - 1:25
4. "God Had To Create" - 2:53
5. "Thinking Is Not Enough" - 3:00
6. "The Saddest Man in the World" - 1:56
7. "That's Him" - 3:35
8. "Wouldn't You?" - 1:39
9. "Love Would Shatter" - 4:40
10. "Place of Failure" - 4:04
11. "Real Enough" - 1:51
12. "No Holy Grail" - 2:49
13. "No Final Satori" - 3:53
14. "No Final Solution" - 0:58
15. "Just Conflict" - 1:36
16. "LOVE." - 6:29

Vinyl

The vinyl omits "Love Would Shatter", probably due to runtime constraints.

     A1  "Vaster Than Empires" (with Caetano Veloso) - 3:52
     A2  "Pure Love" - 4:34
     A3  "Centipede" - 1:25
     A4  "God Had To Create" - 2:53
     A5  "Thinking Is Not Enough" - 3:00
     A6  "The Saddest Man in the World" - 1:56
     A7  "That's Him" - 3:35
     A8  "Wouldn't You?" - 1:39

     B1  "Place of Failure" - 4:04
     B1  "Real Enough" - 1:51
     B3  "No Holy Grail" - 2:49
     B4  "No Final Satori" - 3:53
     B5  "No Final Solution" - 0:58
     B6  "Just Conflict" - 1:36
     B7  "LOVE." - 6:29

Samplers

An awards season For Your Consideration sampler was posted for streaming on the A24 awards website. As is usual, it contains a selection of the music cues as they appear in the film and track titles that more closely describe the action taking place on-screen.

1. "Everything Falls Apart" - 0:41
2. "Basis of Friendship" - 0:46
3. "Omar" - 3:08
4. "Diner Talk + Walk Home" - 1:58
5. "Love Scene" - 5:56
6. "Prison" - 1:30
7. "Chess" - 3:12
8. "Are You Cold + Staircase" - 4:08
9. "Swimming" - 1:53
10. "Cue 12" - 4:52
11. "Jungle" - 4:40
12. "Drinking Ayahuasca" - 1:58
13. "Balloons + Disappear" - 2:52
14. "Ayahuasca Dance" - 3:12
15. "Bed Love Theme" - 1:04
16. "Old Man" - 7:50

Credits

• Music written, arranged, produced, performed, programmed and mixed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• Written by William Burroughs (Track 1)
• Performed by Caetano Veloso (Track 1)
• Engineer, producer: Jacob Moreno
• Mastering: Stephen Marsh
• Coordinator: Peter Rotter

External Links

• IMDb Page
• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross category at nincatalog.com
• Queer (Original Score) at Amazon