Slow Horses’ soundtrack features Mick Jagger and the talents of Toydrum

Spy thriller series Slow Horses premiered on Apple TV+ today (1 April 2022) – the remaining four episodes will continue to air weekly. Here’s what we know about its soundtrack.

Who’s on Slow Horses’ soundtrack besides Mick Jagger?

The Slow Horses soundtrack features opening theme song Strange Game, by veteran rocker Mick Jagger. 

Daniel Pemberton arranged the composition, and is credited as a lyricist alongside Jagger. Listen to the song below, via YouTube.

Meanwhile, IMDB credits English duo Toydrum as having contributed music to at least four episodes of Slow Horses. 

Toydrum’s website lists Slow Horses among the television series to which the pair have contributed music. Others include This Is England ’90 and Deep Water.

Get to know Toydrum, Daniel Pemberton and Sneaker Pimps, who all contributed to the Slow Horses soundtrack

Toydrum formed in 2011. The duo comprises former Unkle band members and record producers Pablo Clements and James Griffith. 

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They’ve scored several successful movies and TV series, notably 2018’s London Fields, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Johnny Depp and Amber heard; Shane Meadows’ This Is England ’90; and Alice Lowe’s first feature film Prevenge, which premiered at Venice and Toronto film festivals.

Daniel Pemberton, who worked with Mick Jagger on Slow Horses’ theme song, has composed or otherwise contributed to 130+ soundtracks. He’s credited as a composer on The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (2020), Steve Jobs (2015), The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015) and Hell’s Kitchen (2004-2009).

Finally, Sneaker Pimps’ 6 Underground is said to be on the Slow Horses soundtrack. Watch the official music video on YouTube here.

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But audiences will have to wait to find out more

Besides Mick Jagger, Daniel Pemberton, Toydrum and Sneaker Pimps, Slow Horses’ producers have been tightlipped about who’s on the series’ soundtrack.

Follow Soundtrack Track List or Tune List for updates as and when they come in. Thus far, the only artist either of them credits is Mick Jagger.

But whatever’s coming, composer Pemberton says it’s “insanely amazing”, and hasn’t been announced yet. Stay tuned!

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Bruno Cooke

Bruno Cooke has been a freelance journalist since 2019, primarily with GRV Media. He was an early contributor to The Focus, and has written for HITC, Groundviews and the Sheffield University newspaper – he earned his MA in Global Journalism there in 2021. He’s the Spoken Word Poetry Editor for The Friday Poem, and self-published his debut novel Reveries in 2019, which his mum called both a “fine read” and “excellent Christmas present”. Bruno has lived in China, Sri Lanka and the Philippines and likes, among other things: bicycle touring, black and white Japanese films, pub quizzes, fermentation and baklava. In 2023, Bruno will set off with his partner on a round-the-world cycle.