Taylor Swift’s Songs Written for Movies, Ranked (Critic’s Picks)
Swift’s soundtrack credits include Cats , The Hunger Games , Where the Crawdads Sing and more.
Taylor Swift has written songs for a variety of movies, spanning from her appearances in films such as Amsterdam, Cats, The Giver, Valentine's Day, and Hannah Montana: The Movie to those where she did not appear on screen. The superstar has contributed two tracks to Hannah Montana: The Movie, one for Valentine's Day, and one for Cats.
Swift has also penned music for movies she did not appear in, including the original Hunger Games, Paul Potts' biopic One Chance, Fifty Shades Darker, her own documentary Miss Americana, and Where the Crawdads Sing. Swift's songs for movies blend her usual genres of country and pop, with some tracks like "Beautiful Ghosts" and "Safe & Sound" specifically written for the films, while others like "Today Was a Fairytale" were in her vault and offered for the soundtracks.
Swift's collaboration with movies has resulted in several hits. "Today Was a Fairytale" and "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" with ZAYN reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, her highest peak on the chart with a soundtrack cut came in the summer of 2026 with "I Knew It, I Knew You," which debuted at No. 1 in the credits of Toy Story 5. This song has been Swift's highest peak on the chart with a soundtrack cut.
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