Music of The Last of Us (TV series)

The music for the American post-apocalyptic drama television series The Last of Us was composed by Gustavo Santaolalla and David Fleming. Santaolalla composed the music for the video game franchise on which the series is based, including The Last of Us (2013) and The Last of Us Part II (2020). Several of Santaolalla's tracks from the video games were reused throughout the series; his work on the series focused on recrafting his previous material and working with silence, while Fleming created original music inspired by real-world sounds within a decayed civilization, making use of sampling techniques.

The first season features songs such as "Never Let Me Down Again" by Depeche Mode and "Long, Long Time" by Linda Ronstadt, as well as covers of these songs by Jessica Mazin and Nick Offerman, respectively. Similar songs were integrated in the second season, such as covers of Shawn James's "Through the Valley" and A-ha's "Take On Me" by Ashley Johnson and Bella Ramsey, respectively. Milan Records published the 66-track soundtrack album for the first season in February 2023, featuring the work of Santaolalla, Fleming, Mazin, and Offerman, as well as Jake Staley and Juan Luqui. The 41-track second-season soundtrack album was published in May 2025, featuring tracks from Santaolalla, Fleming, Staley, Luqui, Johnson, and Ramsey.

Critics praised the use of music throughout the series for its appropriateness and intensification of the writing. Fleming won Television Score of the Year at the ASCAP Screen Music Awards, and Santaolalla was nominated for Outstanding Music Composition at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, while music editor Maarten Hofmeijer and supervisor Ian Broucek received accolades at the Golden Reel Awards and Hollywood Music in Media Awards, respectively. Several songs saw increases in streams and charting following their use in the series, and Spotify's official playlist generated more than 1.6 million streams within six weeks.