IDLES and film director Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler, Black Swan) are united by a deep mutual respect for each other’s work. When Aronofsky began developing Caught Stealing he turned to his favorite band to shape the film’s sonic identity. Together, IDLES, Aronofsky, and Rob Simonsen formed a unique collaboration, pushing and pulling from one another’s areas of artistic knowledge.

Drawing inspiration from the gritty energy of the 1990s New York punk scene that permeates nominee Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming crime caper, Caught Stealing, which will be released theatrically by Sony Pictures on August 29, IDLES have contributed four original tracks to the project’s soundtrack as well as having recorded the full film score composed by Rob Simonsen (The Whale, Deadpool & Wolverine). Also included is a striking cover of the Junior Marvin-penned “Police and Thieves,” famously covered by The Clash on their 1977 self-titled debut album. The soundtrack will be available digitally on August 29th via Protozoa / Partisan Records.

Talbot says: “This has been a huge opportunity for us that seemingly came about after a chance meeting backstage at Fallon when we both happened to be guests on the same day. But in hindsight, I realise that Darren is one of my favourite directors and his films have in some ways made me who I am as an artist. This lucid dream has been a lifetime in the making and one that I will live over and over with a huge sense of humility and joy.”

Darren Aronofsky on the collaboration: “I built Caught Stealing to be a roller coaster of fun and wanted to supercharge the film by main lining a punk sensibility. I don’t think a band has really been tasked with performing a score for a movie. Who better to collaborate with than IDLES? It has been a dream watching them bend their notes to blast a hole in our movie screen.”

“Rabbit Run” is a lean, anxious punk ripper that starts in a panic and ends in defiance. Fueled by minimal, motorik drums and distorted guitars, it mirrors the film’s central theme of confronting fear head-on. IDLES frontman Joe Talbot barrels through like a man being chased, until he turns and charges straight into the fire.

Caught Stealing Official Soundtrack
tracklist
Partisan Records

1. 6th and A
2. Doom
3. Kim’s Video
4. Tompkins Square Park
5. 5th Floor Walk Up
6. Walk/Don’t Walk
7. Loisaida
8. Cheerleader
9. Coper
10. Flushing, Queens
11. Police & Thieves
12. Bay 15
13. Blessings and Successes
14. Alphabet City
15. Under the EL
16. Rabbit Run

IDLES 2025 Tour Dates

8/1 – Bristol, UK – Queens Square
8/2 – Bristol, UK – Queens Square
8/15 – Winterthur, CH – Steinberggasse
8/16 – Hasselt, BE – Pukkelpop
8/17 – Charleville-Mézières – Cabaret Vert
9/7 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park w/ My Chemical Romance
9/8 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre w/ Deftones
9/10 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Arena w/ Deftones
9/11 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Arena w/ Deftones
9/13 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center w/ Deftones
9/15 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena w/ Deftones
9/17 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center w/ Deftones
9/19 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees
9/21 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest

Pre-order the soundtrack for Been Caught Stealing HERE