GTA 6 Original Score Announced — How It's Different From the Album
Note: This article covers the officially announced GTA 6 Original Score soundtrack.
Rockstar Games has officially announced Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score, a full standalone release that arrives separately from GTA VI: The Album, the game's radio soundtrack.
Composed by the French electronic duo Justice, the score is up for pre-order now on vinyl and CD, with a release date locked for December 11, 2026 — exactly three weeks after the game itself launches on November 19.
If you have searched for the GTA 6 score, the GTA 6 OST, or GTA 6 vinyl pre-orders, this breakdown covers everything that has been announced so far.
The Score vs. The Album: Two Separate Official Releases
The Original Score is the background music of GTA VI — the compositions that play during missions, chase sequences, and quiet stretches of exploration as you move across Leonida.
GTA VI: The Album, announced back in September, is a different project entirely: the radio soundtrack, a 34-track collection of licensed songs from artists such as Travis Scott, Yung Lean, and Morgan Wallen, arriving the same day as the game.
The two releases also come from different creative teams — Justice composed the score, while the album was curated around a roster of featured artists — and both are official Rockstar releases.
The simplest way to keep them straight: the album is what plays on the radio while you drive, and the score is what Vice City sounds like underneath everything else — two distinct bodies of music from the same game.
What's on the GTA 6 Original Score
Justice — Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay, the Grammy-winning French electronic duo — composed the entire original score from the ground up.
The physical edition contains 30 tracks spanning roughly three hours of music, while the digital version extends the tracklist to 50 for streaming listeners.
Two tracks are confirmed so far: "Flower in a Hurricane," the song featured in the GTA VI launch trailer, credited to Justice with Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, and "Pusher," a collaboration with Gesaffelstein that arrived on streaming in late October.
If you want to see where "Flower in a Hurricane" makes its debut, we covered every frame of the reveal in the launch trailer breakdown.
Rockstar describes the score as adaptive — expansive compositions dynamically tuned to the different ways players engage with Vice City and Leonida throughout Jason and Lucia's story.
Release Formats: 3LP Vinyl, CD, and Retailer Exclusives
The GTA 6 vinyl lineup is straightforward: a standard 3LP vinyl in black at $54.99 and a double CD at $21.99, alongside multiple retailer-exclusive variants — most notably a crystal clear 3LP pressing available at Rough Trade for $59.99.
Both formats arrive in gatefold packaging finished with UV gloss varnish and official GTA VI artwork — the same collector-first treatment the album received — so these editions are clearly designed to sit on a shelf, not just live in a playlist.
Pre-orders for every version went live when the score was announced in late October, and based on how quickly GTA merchandise tends to move, the exclusive pressings are the ones most likely to sell out first.
Release Date: December 11, 2026
The Original Score releases on December 11, 2026 — exactly three weeks after GTA VI's November 19 launch — and it will hit all major streaming services the same day, so you won't need a turntable to hear it.
The staggered schedule gives each release its own moment: the album lands alongside the game on November 19, and the score follows in early December as a standalone release with its own streaming and physical rollout.
Pre-orders are live now at major retailers, and if demand for other GTA VI merchandise is any indication, the Rough Trade exclusive won't stay in stock for long.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the GTA 6 Original Score?
It's the background music that plays during missions and gameplay — composed by French electronic duo Justice.
How is the score different from the GTA 6 album?
The score is the game's background music. The album is the radio soundtrack with licensed tracks from various artists.
When does the GTA 6 Original Score release?
December 11, 2026 — three weeks after the game launches.
How many tracks are on the score?
30 on the physical release, 50 on the digital version.
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