Spider Man Soundtrack: Composers and Notable Songs for Every Film

Six composers have scored the 11 Spider-Man films: Danny Elfman, Christopher Young, James Horner, Tom Holkenborg, Michael Giacchino and Daniel Pemberton.

The Sam Raimi films came first. Danny Elfman composed the music for Spider-Man (2002), directed by Sam Raimi, and Spider-Man 2 (2004). Christopher Young then took over for Spider-Man 3 (2007), the last of the Raimi trilogy. Spider-Man 3 is the only Raimi film with a different composer, and it is also the film that adds Sandman and Venom to a story that began with Peter Parker bitten by a genetically engineered spider on a school trip.

The Marc Webb films changed composers again. James Horner scored The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), and Tom Holkenborg, credited under that name, scored The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). Compared with the Raimi series, where one composer carried two films in a row, the Webb pair never repeated a composer, so neither film shares a musical identity with the other.

Michael Giacchino is the most frequent name in the saga, with four scores. He wrote the music for Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), directed by Jon Watts, then Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), both also directed by Watts. His fourth is Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026), directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. That makes Giacchino the one composer who carried over from one director to the next, from Watts to Cretton.

The animated line belongs to Daniel Pemberton. He scored Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), directed by Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson and Joaquim Dos Santos. Both films had three directors, yet Pemberton stayed constant, and both pair his score with a separate songs album.

In opinion terms, the split follows the three live action eras and the animated Spider-Verse line. Three composers, Elfman, Giacchino and Pemberton, scored more than one film, while Young, Horner and Holkenborg each scored one. That is a pattern the franchise shares with few others: continuity of sound comes from Elfman's two Raimi films, Giacchino's four MCU films and Pemberton's two animated ones. Each film has its own page, and the full release order sits on the Spider-Man movies in order page.

The best-known Spider-Man songs are Hero by Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott, Sunflower by Post Malone and Swae Lee, and Hummingbird by Metro Boomin and James Blake. Confirmed songs come from five films: Spider-Man (2002), The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man: Far From Home and both Spider-Verse films.

The Spider-Man (2002) album is Spider-Man (Music From and Inspired By), with 19 tracks, released April 30, 2002. Sony announced it ahead of release with new singles from Sum 41 and from Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott. Hero was written for the film, and the Sum 41 track features Kerry King in its original version. The album opens with Theme From Spider Man and closes with a new interpretation of it by Aerosmith. In my opinion, that bookend structure makes it the most song-driven Spider-Man release among the live action films, since Danny Elfman's score is not the album's focus.

No featured song or standalone album is confirmed for Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3 or The Amazing Spider-Man. Their music comes down to the scores by Danny Elfman, Christopher Young and James Horner. Compared with the 2002 film, the Raimi sequels and the first Webb film leave the music to the composers.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 features a song by Alicia Keys and Kendrick Lamar, and Tom Holkenborg wrote the score. It is the only Webb film with a confirmed featured song.

Spider-Man: Homecoming has the album Spider-Man: Homecoming (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), which is Michael Giacchino's score, released by Sony Classical on July 7, 2017, the same day as the film's US release.

Spider-Man: Far From Home has two notable songs, I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston and Vacation by The Go-Go's. Both suit a film about a school trip to Europe, though that pairing is an interpretation rather than a documented intent. Its album is Spider-Man: Far From Home (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

Spider-Man: No Way Home was scored by Giacchino, and no featured song or separate album title is confirmed.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has the most notable songs of any Spider-Man film, led by Sunflower by Post Malone and Swae Lee. The others are a track by Blackway and Black Caviar, Familia by Nicki Minaj and Anuel AA, Scared of the Dark by Lil Wayne and Ty Dolla $ign, and Hide by Juice WRLD. The songs album, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, came out on Republic Records, and the Pemberton score album came out on Sony Classical. That split between a Republic songs album and a Sony Classical score album is the template the animated films follow, and it is why Miles Morales's graffiti sessions in a subway tunnel are matched by hip-hop-led music in the marketing and album.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has the songs album Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Three songs are confirmed: Hummingbird by Metro Boomin and James Blake, Link Up by Metro Boomin featuring Don Toliver and Tolan, and Self Love by Metro Boomin and Coi Leray. Metro Boomin's name on the album title is a step beyond the first film, where the songs album carried the film's name alone.

The Spider-Man: Brand New Day album is a 26-track score by Michael Giacchino, released digitally by Sony Classical on July 31, 2026, with no licensed songs. Next to the 19-track 2002 album, built around new singles, it is the clearest contrast in the franchise: one release sells songs, the other sells only the score.