‘The Social Reckoning’ Soundtrack Features New Music From Composer Alexandre Desplat — SkimNews
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- "The Social Reckoning" soundtrack, composed by Alexandre Desplat, is set for release on October 9, with a 17-track listing that includes cues titled "F*," "Celiac," and "72 Hours."
- Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed the film, which stars Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg, succeeding Jesse Eisenberg from the 2010 original "The Social Network."
- Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White lead the cast as former Facebook engineer Frances Haugen and Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, respectively.
- The film dramatizes "The Facebook Files," a 2021 WSJ investigative series that exposed Facebook's internal research on teen harm and its role in spreading misinformation tied to political violence.
- Desplat recorded the score with a full orchestra on the John Williams Scoring Stage at Sony Pictures Studios, telling Variety that the film's dialogue was "more important to this score than any other music I've ever written."
- Renée Fleming features as a guest vocalist on the track "The Lament," which Desplat's team shared as an exclusive preview cue.
Why it matters: Sorkin's recasting of Zuckerberg with Jeremy Strong — replacing Jesse Eisenberg 15 years after the original — formally positions this as a narrative sequel to "The Social Network," but the source confirms the story has shifted from the company's founding mythology to the 2021 Haugen-era exposé, giving Desplat's score a whistleblower drama rather than an origin tale to score.
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