Best of the Best is a Netflix original comedy directed by Lena Khan, starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Priyanka Kedia, and Hasan Minhaj. It follows two childhood best friends who join UCLA’s Bollywood-fusion dance team.
The Best of the Best soundtrack (2026) pairs an original score by Daniel Rojas with a wide mix of songs from artists like BLACKPINK, ENHYPEN, Hanumankind, Arijit Singh, and Lata Mangeshkar.
Netflix Music released the 23-track score album digitally on September 18, 2026, the same day the film arrived on Netflix. This guide covers the composer, the official tracklist, and every song confirmed in the film.
Best of the Best Soundtrack (2026) Details
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Film | Best of the Best |
| Director | Lena Khan |
| Writers | Hasan Minhaj, Prashanth Venkataramanujam |
| Production Companies | 186K Films, Rideback |
| Platform | Netflix |
| Film Release Date | September 18, 2026 |
| Film Runtime | 1h 52m |
| Composer | Daniel Rojas |
| Music Supervisor | Kier Lehman |
| Label | Netflix Music |
| Score Album Title | Best of the Best (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) |
| Score Album Release Date | September 18, 2026 |
| Format | Digital |
| Total Tracks | 23 |
| Album Runtime | 22:02 |
Best of the Best Soundtrack (2026) Overview
The official album collects the original score written by Daniel Rojas for the film. Netflix Music issued it digitally on premiere day, with the songs heard in the film sitting outside this release.
Rojas built the score around friendship. He has described a simple friendship theme played on a synth that sounds close to an electric piano, hinted at early on and heard in full near the end.
The sound is intentionally small and intimate. Expect mellow synths, acoustic and electric guitar, and strings, but no big orchestra, and no heavy reliance on tabla or bansuri.
That restraint was a choice. With so many songs carrying the film’s South Asian and diaspora flavor, the score works as a softer emotional layer and a breather between the big dance numbers.
Some of the film’s songs were also written in early versions during pre-production, so the choreography could be built to real temp tracks. Rojas then wrote his cues to move in and out of those songs.
Who Composed Best of the Best Soundtrack (2026)?
The score was composed by Daniel Rojas, a Costa Rican composer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. He grew up in a musical family, with a classical pianist mother from China and a Costa Rican trumpeter and band director father.
Rojas studied jazz at the University of North Texas on scholarship, then moved to Los Angeles. He worked as a session guitarist and as an arranger and music-team member for composers including Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt, and Alan Menken.
His breakout television scores include Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., and Marvel’s Hit-Monkey. He also scored Nickelodeon’s Monster High, the short Fly Hard, and Who Invited Charlie?.
Fly Hard won the Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Score for an Animated Short in 2024. Rojas also received the 2020 ASCAP Harold Arlen Award.
More recently, he co-wrote original songs for Netflix’s global hit KPop Demon Hunters.
Best of the Best Soundtrack (2026) Official Tracklist
The album runs 22:02 across 23 tracks. Prashant Trivedi is credited as a featured artist on three of them.
- Always Sisters – 1:23
- Drone-Strike Girl – 0:37
- Eleutheromania – 0:54
- Staple Characters – 0:22
- Two Leads – 0:40
- Team Quarrels (feat. Prashant Trivedi) – 0:34
- Vote Tally – 0:43
- Lead Energy (feat. Prashant Trivedi) – 1:37
- Hardware Store – 1:14
- Back to Class – 0:35
- Bus Ride – 1:35
- The Dolly Cart – 0:33
- An Absolute Steal – 0:47
- Probation Notice – 1:35
- Total Accident – 0:45
- Home Videos – 0:59
- Frisbee Apology – 0:49
- Team Fight (feat. Prashant Trivedi) – 1:02
- Maya’s Speech – 1:52
- Koh-i-Noor Diamond – 0:31
- Friendship Flashbacks – 1:13
- Silent Dance – 0:39
- Kiss – 1:03
Score Highlights
Most cues are short. Fourteen of the 23 tracks run under a minute, so the album plays like a collection of moments rather than long standalone pieces.
Maya’s Speech is the longest cue at 1:52. Rojas has pointed to the film’s closing speech as a moment where he deliberately kept the music from feeling massive, so the audience stayed close to the scene.
Always Sisters opens the album at 1:23. Its title points to the friendship at the heart of the story, which fits the composer’s focus on that bond.
Lead Energy (1:37) is the second-longest cue, and it is one of the three tracks featuring Prashant Trivedi. The other two are Team Quarrels and Team Fight.
Friendship Flashbacks (1:13) is another track whose title suggests a return to the emotional core of the score. It likely draws on the friendship material Rojas describes.
Bus Ride and Probation Notice each run 1:35, making them two of the album’s more developed cues.
Best of the Best Soundtrack (2026) Licensed Songs
Music supervisor Kier Lehman shaped the film’s song selection, and music remixer Ryan Confrido worked on the dance mixes. The film features 42 songs in total, including one original track from A.R. Rahman.
- Jump – BLACKPINK
- Baazigar – DIVINE, Armani White
- Baazigar O Baazigar – Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu
- Kaliyaan – Lost Stories & Bawari Basanti
- Shameful Game (Sherwyn’s Version) – Pale Jay and Sherwyn
- motorboat – jungle bobby (ft. TRIPPYTHAKID, prod. BBNO$)
- Tu Meri – Vishal Dadlani
- Taambdi Chaamdi (KSHMR Remix) – Kratext, Shreyas
- Thathaka – Arivu
- Welcome to the Party – Diplo and French Montana featuring Zhavia Ward
- Tujhe Dekha To – Lata Mangeshkar, Kumar Sanu and Jatin-Lalit
- Brought the Heat Back – ENHYPEN
- Bom Diggy – Zack Knight, Jasmine Walia
- Ghungroo – Arijit Singh, Shilpa Rao
- Makhna Ve – Ashwin Adwani, Vaibhav Pani and Vivek Hariharan
- Peechay Hutt – Hasan Raheem, Justin Bibis and Talal Qureshi
- Drop Top Beater – Pertinence
- Enjoy Enjaami – DJ Snake, Dhee featuring Arivu, Santhosh Narayanan
- Maamadura – Santhosh Narayanan, Dhee x Jigarthanda DoubleX
- Mouth Everest – Labrinth
- Oo Antava oo oo Antava – Indravathi Chauhan
- Big Dawgs – Hanumankind & Kalmi
- Mumbai Magic – DESI TRILL featuring Natania, Subhi & Shalmali Kholgade
- Devil – Sidhu Moose Wala
- Thado Resham Lagta Hai – Lata Mangeshkar
- Addictive – Truth Hurts featuring Rakim
- Bole Chudiyan – Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik, Amit Kumar, Kavita Krishnamurthy and Jatin-Lalit
- Perfect Crime – Joy Crookes
- Big Naadi Nod – NAADI
- I Like The Way You Kiss Me – Artemas
- It’s Bananas The Way I Move – Julisa
- My Old Ways – Tame Impala
- Praise The Lord – BRELAND featuring Thomas Rhett
- Mawali Qawali – MojoJojo, D’Evil
- Bounce – Cizzy Bo
- Zero – REHMA
- Sleep Talking – Curtis Waters
- Heard What You Said – Arima Ederra
- Dirty – KOAD
- One Fell Swoop – Calvin Markus (Vivaldi Remixed)
- Aamaasee – A.R. Rahman (original track for the film)
- Wassup – Powers Pleasant featuring Jasiah and Tkay Maidza
Director Lena Khan has highlighted a few pairings, including Welcome to the Party for hype moments and a favorite mashup of Oo Antava with a Labrinth remix.
Daniel Rojas Filmography
| Year | Title | Format | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Room | Film | Co-songwriter and co-performer (“Bag Fight”) |
| 2016 | Money Monster | Film | Song arrangements |
| 2017 | Downsizing | Film | Songwriter (including “Manjing Jam”) |
| 2020 | Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts | Netflix series | Original score and songs |
| 2021 | M.O.D.O.K. | Hulu series | Music by (10 episodes) |
| 2021 | Hit-Monkey | Hulu series | Music by (10 episodes) |
| 2022 | Monster High | Nickelodeon | Original score |
| 2025 | KPop Demon Hunters | Film | Co-songwriter (including “How It’s Done”) |
| 2026 | Best of the Best | Netflix film | Original score |
Where to Listen to Best of the Best Soundtrack (2026)?
The score album is available to stream and download on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and other major digital music services through Netflix Music. The film itself streams exclusively on Netflix worldwide. The licensed songs are separate from the score album, so not every song heard in the film appears on it.
FAQs
Who composed the Best of the Best soundtrack (2026)?
Daniel Rojas composed the original score. He is known for Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Hit-Monkey, and M.O.D.O.K.
How many tracks are on the Best of the Best score album?
The album has 23 tracks with a total runtime of 22:02.
When was the Best of the Best soundtrack released?
Netflix Music released the score album digitally on September 18, 2026, the same day the film premiered on Netflix.
Where can I stream the Best of the Best soundtrack?
You can stream the score album on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and other major digital platforms. The film is only on Netflix.
Which popular songs are in Best of the Best?
The film features Jump by BLACKPINK, Brought the Heat Back by ENHYPEN, Big Dawgs by Hanumankind & Kalmi, Mouth Everest by Labrinth, and My Old Ways by Tame Impala. It also includes Ghungroo by Arijit Singh and Shilpa Rao.
Did A.R. Rahman make a song for Best of the Best?
Yes. Aamaasee by A.R. Rahman is listed as an original track created for the film.
Are the licensed songs on the score album?
No. The album contains only Daniel Rojas’ original score, while the licensed songs are a separate collection.
Related reading: More Netflix soundtracks · KPop Demon Hunters Soundtrack (also co-written by Daniel Rojas)