Goddard wrote each song into his screenplay before pitching it for an 'organic process of structuring the film and the songs' and told major studios to avoid buying the script if they could not buy the licenses for each piece of music.
A digital re-release of the film's soundtrack, featuring two additional songs, were released on November 23, which was positively received. Both the score and soundtrack album, were released by Republic Records and Milan Records on October 12, 2018, coinciding with the film's theatrical release. was titled Bad Times at the El Royale (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), and an album consisting of original score composed and produced by Michael Giacchino titled Bad Times at the El Royale (Original Motion Picture Score). Two soundtrack albums were released for the film - a compilation album, featuring popular songs incorporated in the film's screenplay with the supervision of Goddard and produced by Harvey Mason Jr. Bad Times at the El Royale is a 2018 neo-noir thriller film written, directed, and produced by Drew Goddard, featuring an ensemble cast consisting of Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, and Chris Hemsworth.
