The Smashing Machine soundtrack guide: A complete list of the music in the Dwayne Johnson film

The Smashing Machine is the first solo directorial feature film of Benny Safdie, after the duo, along with Josh Safdie, decided to go their separate ways.

The biographical sports drama tells the story of former Mixed Martial Arts fighter Mark Kerr. The film won the Silver Lion during its premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival. It was released theatrically by A24 on October 3, 2025. Here's the official logline as per Letterboxd:

"The story of legendary mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Mark Kerr."

Let us explore the entire soundtrack of the film.

The Smashing Machine soundtrack guide

The music of The Smashing Machine is composed by Nala Sinephro. Besides the original score from the Belgian jazz musician, the film also features several other songs. Here is a list:

JPG and Sereia – Vem (Nick Layne Club Mix)
Masayoshi Takanaka – You Can Never Come To This Place
Sugar Ray – Every Morning
Faith Hill – This Kiss
12 Fingers – Sarara, Krauze Mix (ft. Viviane Cruz)
Lil Suzy – Take Me In Your Arms
Sublime – Santeria
Jack Clement – When I Dream
Witch – Home Town
Rod Stewart – Rhythm Of My Heart
Billy Swan – Don’t Be Cruel
Jon Secada – Just Another Day
Squeeze – Tempted
Timi Yuro – Make The World Go Away
Brian McKnight – Back At One
Daniel Barross & Fabio Pelosi – Tropical Dream
Melanie – Beautiful People
B’z – Konya Tsukino Mieru Okani
Tomoyasu Hotei – Kimigayo
Nala Sinephro – The Star-Spangled Banner
Robert Lester Folsom – My Stove’s On Fire
The Alan Parsons Project – Limelight
Hadda Brooks – That’s My Desire
Bruce Springsteen – Jungleland
The Cleaners From Venus – Corridor Of Dreams

The film contains eight tracks in the score. Here is the list.

Dawn - 2:152
Grand Prix - 4:02
The Smashing Machine - 8:43
Mark II - 1:30
The High - 1:15
Dawn II - 1:08
Mark - 1:44
KO - 4:41

More about The Smashing Machine

The Smashing Machine is written and directed by Benny Safdie, who has also produced it with Dwayne Johnson, Eli Bush, David Koplan, Dany Garcia, and Hiram Garcia. Its cast members include,

Dwayne Johnson as Mark Kerr
Emily Blunt as Dawn Staples
Satoshi Ishii as Enson Inoue
Ryan Bader as Mark Coleman
Bas Rutten as himself
Yoko Hamamura as Kazuyuki Fujita
Oleksandr Usyk as Igor Vovchanchyn
Olga Dzyurak as Igor's Translator
Lyndsey Gavin as Elizabeth Coleman
James Moontasri as Akira Shoji

In an interview with The Atlantic, Safdie spoke about telling the story of Kerr. He said,

“If you take somebody in a position like that, that’s really unrelatable, that’s the best in the world, but then they start faltering? [It] allows you to learn something about yourself and the rest of the world.”

He called Rocky III an inspiration for the story.