Caught Stealing soundtrack guide: A complete list of the music in the Austin Butler film

Caught Stealing is a dark comedy crime thriller film helmed by Darren Aronofsky. It's written by Charlie Huston, who adapted it from his own namesake novel. The film was released on August 29, 2025, by Sony Pictures Releasing. Here's the official synopsis as per Letterboxd:

Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined.

The film features a comprehensive list of songs that are scattered across different scenes for different emotional responses. Let's take a look at the soundtrack.

Caught Stealing soundtrack guide explored

The music of Caught Stealing is composed by Rob Simonsen and the British post-punk band Idles. Besides their score, the film also features several songs. Here's a list of them:

Take Me Out to the Ballgame – Albert Von Tilzer
Copacabana (At the Copa) – Barry Manilow
Murderer – Buju Banton
I Think I’m Paranoid – Garbage
Cheerleader – Idles
Bitch – Meredith Brooks
Coper – Idles
Doom – Idles
Police & Thieves – Idles
Rabbit Run – Idles
Mi Tesoro – Los Relámpagos del Norte
Sex and Candy – Marcy Playground
Calendar Girl – Neil Sedaka
His Name Is Mutty Ranks – A Tribe Called Quest
Rock You Like a Hurricane – Scorpions
Closing Time – Semisonic
What Do I Get? – Buzzcocks
Don (Don Don Don) – Shura
Walkin’ on the Sun – Smash Mouth
Blueeyed Devil – Soul Coughing
The Moon Represents My Heart – Teresa Teng
The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side – The Magnetic Fields
Down Home Girl – Alvin Robinson
Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong – Spin Doctors
Cities of Flame with Rock and Roll – Blue Öyster Cult
Satan – Orbital
I’m Afraid of Americans – David Bowie
Lurking in the Dark – King Diamond
Be My Lover – La Bouche
Ray of Light – Madonna
Dance with Me – Orleans
Wandering Star – Portishead
Call the Doctor – Sleater-Kinney

Caught Stealing is produced by Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel, Dylan Goldeno and Jeremy Dawson. The film's cast members include,

Austin Butler as Henry Thompson, aka Hank
Regina King as Det. Elise Roman
Griffin Dunne as Paul
Zoë Kravitz as Yvonne
Carol Kane as Bubbe
Matt Smith as Russ Binder
Yuri Kolokolnikov as Aleksei
Liev Schreiber as Lipa Drucker
Vincent D'Onofrio as Shmully Drucker
Benito Martínez Ocasio as Colorado

In a Collider interview, Aronofsky spoke about the film's message.

"This is really an attempt by me just to make an entertaining film. As a moviegoer, I was sort of noticing my own picks and the needs I had in my life, which is that I really wanted something refreshing, something new, something different that was fun whenever I go to the theater. I just didn't want to go to work at the theater, and as a filmmaker, I was feeling really weird about that, that if I'm not feeling that, I'm wondering what audiences are feeling. So, I wasn't thinking about a message movie."

Caught Stealing was released on August 29.