After a limited theatrical run, The Thursday Murder Club is now premiering worldwide on Netflix. The film started streaming on the platform on August 28, 2025, and is receiving rave reviews from viewers and critics.
The movie revolves around a group of elderly amateur detectives, including a nurse, a psychiatrist, a spy, and a trade union official, who team up to solve a murder mystery. The crime comedy is gaining attention for its unique premise, strong cast, and memorable musical numbers.
The music helps move the story along, highlighting key moments in the film. If you are impressed by the songs and tunes featured in the movie, here are all the details you need about The Thursday Murder Club soundtrack.
The Thursday Murder Club soundtrack: Original score
The Thursday Murder Club soundtrack includes an original score by Thomas Newman. The acclaimed composer has won several honors in his career, including an Emmy, multiple Grammys, and two BAFTA Film Awards. He has also been nominated for the Academy Awards 15 times.
Some of Newman’s notable works include the films The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall, Spectre, Finding Nemo, and 1917. He has also composed music for shows like The Newsroom, Castle Rock, Six Feet Under, and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. For The Thursday Murder Club, he has composed 24 tracks, which are listed below:
- The Woman in White
- The Thursday Murder Club
- My Mother’s Name
- DI Penny Gray
- The Enemy Approaches
- WTF
- The Arm in the Mirror
- Jumper
- Clever Daughter
- Cheap Trick
- Scrum
- Witnesses To A Murder
- Aunt Maude
- Night Flowers
- Good People Bad Things
- Headstones
- A Woodpecker
- Don’t Wake The Dead
- The Famous Coppers Chase
- Blood Roses
- Four Sugars
- The Case of Angela Hughes
- What A Chase
- Always Bring Cake
Additional songs featured in the film
Apart from the above original tracks, the movie also features songs by the likes of John Lennon, Lady Gaga, T Rex, Cat Stevens, and The Trammps. The following songs can be heard in the crime comedy:
- Bang a Gong (Get it On) performed by T Rex
- Disco Inferno performed by The Trammps
- Wild World performed by Cat Stevens
- Lovedrug performed by Lady Gaga
- Power to the People performed by John Lennon
- Oh Very Young performed by Cat Stevens
The film stars Pierce Brosnan as Ron Ritchie, Helen Mirren as Elizabeth Best, Ben Kingsley as Ibrahim Arif, and Celia Imrie as Joyce Meadowcroft. The supporting cast includes Tom Ellis, David Tennant, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Jonathan Pryce, Daniel Mays, Naomi Ackie, Richard E. Grant, Geoff Bell, Ingrid Oliver, and Paul Freeman. The movie is based on Richard Osman’s 2020 novel of the same name. Its official logline reads:
“The film follows a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders for fun but find themselves caught in a real case.”
The Thursday Murder Club is now streaming on Netflix.
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