a soundtrack album, "songs from the cool world", featuring recordings by my life with the thrill kill kult, moby, ministry, the future sound of london, and others, was released in 1992 by warner bros. records. it included the track "real cool world" by david bowie, his first original solo material in roughly three years; the song was written exclusively for the film. the soundtrack received stronger reviews from critics than the film itself, including a four-star rating from allmusic. mark isham's original score for "cool world", featuring a mixture of jazz, orchestral pieces, and electronic remixes, and performed by the munich symphony orchestra, was released on compact disc by varèse sarabande, and in complete form in 2015 by quartet. it also received positive reviews, as did the work of john dickson.