Taylor Sheridan’s espionage thriller Lioness returned for its third season on Paramount+ on August 2, 2026, sending CIA station chief Joe McNamara (Zoe Saldaña) into a new mission spanning hidden networks and foreign operatives. The eight-episode season also stars Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Kelly, Laysla De Oliveira, Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, and new series regular Ian Bohen, and will run weekly through its September 20, 2026 finale. From here on, this guide is entirely about the show’s music — the returning composer, the sound of the first two seasons, and exactly what has (and hasn’t) been confirmed yet for Season 3’s score.
Lioness Season 3 Soundtrack Details
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Series | Lioness (also marketed as Special Ops: Lioness) |
| Creator/Showrunner | Taylor Sheridan |
| Platform | Paramount+ |
| Season 3 Premiere | August 2, 2026 |
| Season 3 Episode Count | 8 episodes (weekly Sundays; finale September 20, 2026) |
| Production Companies | Bosque Ranch Productions, Cinestar, Blossom Films, 101 Studios, Paramount Television Studios |
| Composer | Andrew Lockington |
| Label (Seasons 1–2) | Lakeshore Records |
| Season 3 Album Release Date | Pending — not yet announced |
| Season 3 Total Tracks | Pending |
| Season 3 Runtime | Pending |
Lioness Season 3 Soundtrack Overview
Lakeshore Records has released a standalone score album for each of the first two Lioness seasons, and as of this writing (five episodes into the eight-episode run), no equivalent album has been announced for Season 3. That’s later than both prior seasons: the Season 1 album arrived five days after that season’s premiere, and the Season 2 album landed within its first month, while Season 3 has now passed both of those benchmarks without an announcement from Lakeshore Records or Film Music Reporter. A release still may come alongside or shortly after the September 20 finale, but this article will be updated once official details are confirmed.
What has changed behind the scenes is the studio backing the show. Following Paramount Global’s merger with Skydance Media, Paramount Television Studios absorbed MTV Entertainment Studios, which had produced the series’ first two seasons — meaning Season 3 marks the first installment credited to the reorganized studio. The music side, though, keeps its continuity: composer Andrew Lockington is back, as he has been since the series began.
Who Composed the Lioness Season 3 Soundtrack?
Andrew Lockington, the Canadian composer who has scored Lioness since its 2023 debut, is confirmed to be writing the music for Season 3. As of spring 2026, Lockington was reported to be simultaneously working on Season 3 of Lioness, Season 5 of Mayor of Kingstown, and Season 3 of Landman — all Taylor Sheridan productions — alongside a feature film.
Lockington built his reputation on large-scale studio scores, including San Andreas, Rampage, and the Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters and Journey to the Center of the Earth/Journey 2: The Mysterious Island franchises, much of it through a long-running partnership with director Brad Peyton. He crossed into the Sheridan universe first through Mayor of Kingstown, and has since become one of the composer’s most frequent collaborators across the Paramount+ slate, later adding Landman to that list. Colleagues who’ve covered his process describe a composer known for unconventional, immersive approaches to recording — sourcing sounds and textures from locations as varied as the jungles of Papua New Guinea and an abandoned London subway station — and for building close creative shorthand with Sheridan, who stays closely involved in scoring decisions across his shows.
For Lioness specifically, Lockington has described the score as living in a different sonic world from his other Sheridan collaborations, built to track the show’s shifts between domestic drama and field operations. His Season 1 and Season 2 scores for the series leaned on tense, propulsive cues built around Joe’s missions, paired with quieter, more intimate material for the show’s home-front scenes — a contrast the season’s plot description suggests will only deepen in Season 3, as Joe’s professional and personal worlds start to collide.
Lioness Season 3 Official Tracklist
Status: Pending. No official soundtrack album for Season 3 has been released or announced by Lakeshore Records as of this writing. Film Music Reporter, FMDB, and Tunefind currently show no Season 3 listings for the series — Tunefind’s page for the show still lists only Season 1 (26 tracks, including songs) and Season 2 (12 tracks) content. This section will be updated with the verified tracklist once an album is confirmed.
For reference, here are the two previously released, fully verified Lioness score albums:
Special Ops: Lioness (Original Series Soundtrack) — released July 28, 2023, Lakeshore Records, 23 tracks, runtime approximately 1 hour 8 minutes:
- Lioness Main Titles
- Reaper
- Contact
- Marine
- Safe House
- Team
- Faster Beast
- She’s In
- 300 Yards
- Duty
- Three Doctors
- Q.R.F.
- Consequences
- Debt
- The Other Half
- Conviction
- For Love Of Country
- Transactional
- She’s Pregnant
- Surprise Trip
- Lyraq
- Abduction
- To The Afterlife
Lioness: Season 2 (Original Series Soundtrack) — released November 22, 2024, Lakeshore Records, 18 tracks, runtime approximately 51 minutes:
- Lioness Prologue
- Deep State
- Of Her Word
- Fall Of A Nation
- Leak
- Pascals
- Maternal
- Oath
- Psychoanalysis
- Pope Army Airfield
- Arlington
- Border
- Mendels
- Reunited
- Knights and Rooks
- Jezebel
- Last Stand
- Sutherland
Score Highlights
Season 3 score highlights are pending an official tracklist, but Lockington’s prior work on the series offers a sense of his approach. On the Season 1 album, “To the Afterlife” stood out as an atypically restrained closing cue — Lockington has said the piece isn’t meant to evoke death despite its title, leaning instead into resolution. Tracks like “Reaper” and “Three Doctors” carried the bulk of the season’s action material, while “The Other Half” and “Debt” handled the quieter domestic beats. On the Season 2 album, “Deep State” and “Border” anchored the season’s escalating geopolitical stakes, while “Maternal” and “Reunited” provided the same kind of intimate counterpoint. Once Season 3 cues are confirmed, this section will be updated with specific highlights from the new score.
Lioness Season 3 Licensed Songs / Needle Drops
Andrea von Foerster is confirmed as music supervisor for Season 3, continuing her role from Seasons 1 and 2. Tunefind has now indexed confirmed needle drops from the season’s first four episodes:
- Episode 1, “The Spider and the Fly” (August 2, 2026): “People Hatin'” by The Red Clay Strays (plays as Joe and Cruz wake in the bunker) and “Rubbish” by Soleil (plays during a scene of Joe at home).
- Episode 4, “Murder Hornets” (August 23, 2026): “Dreamin’ (feat. Daya)” by Dom Dolla.
- Also featured across the season: “Us” by Movement, among Tunefind’s most-noted Season 3 tracks.
Episodes 2 (“No Sorrow Like the Survivor”), 3 (“The Bear Is Infected”), and 5 (“The Idiot Army”) have aired but had few or no needle drops indexed as of this writing. This section will be updated as the remaining episodes air and are indexed through the September 20 finale.
Andrew Lockington Composer Filmography
| Year | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | Film |
| 2013 | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | Film |
| 2015 | San Andreas | Film |
| 2016–2018 | Frontier | TV Series |
| 2017 | The Space Between Us | Film |
| 2018 | Rampage | Film |
| 2021–present | Mayor of Kingstown | TV Series |
| 2023–present | Lioness (Special Ops: Lioness) | TV Series |
| 2024 | Atlas | Film |
| 2024–present | Landman | TV Series |
Where to Listen to the Lioness Soundtrack
The Season 1 and Season 2 Lioness score albums are both available to stream and purchase on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Bandcamp, with high-resolution download options through services like Qobuz and ProStudioMasters. A Season 3 album, once released, is expected to follow the same distribution pattern through Lakeshore Records. Individual episodes’ licensed needle drops can typically be found on the same platforms once music supervisors confirm them. For more series scores like this one, visit our TV soundtrack hub.
FAQs
Who composed the Lioness Season 3 soundtrack?
Andrew Lockington, who has scored the series since Season 1, is confirmed to be composing Season 3.
Has the Lioness Season 3 soundtrack album been released?
Not as of this writing. No release date has been announced by Lakeshore Records or Film Music Reporter.
How many tracks are on previous Lioness soundtrack albums?
The Season 1 album has 23 tracks; the Season 2 album has 18 tracks.
What label releases the Lioness soundtrack?
Lakeshore Records has released both prior season albums; it’s expected, but not yet confirmed, to release Season 3’s.
Who are the featured artists in Lioness’s licensed songs?
Past seasons featured songs from artists including Ghost Hounds, Megan Thee Stallion, Tanner Usrey, Black Pumas, and Seals & Crofts. Season 3, also supervised by Andrea von Foerster, has so far featured confirmed needle drops from The Red Clay Strays, Soleil, and Dom Dolla.
When does Lioness Season 3 air its finale?
September 20, 2026, with new episodes releasing weekly on Sundays, via Paramount+.
Where can I stream the Lioness soundtrack?
Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Bandcamp, among other major digital platforms.