LEONIDA
HAS A
NEW PULSE.

The name behind
the score.

Rockstar has released GTA VI’s launch trailer and named Justice as the composers of its original score. The film introduces “Flower in a Hurricane,” a Justice single featuring Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.

For the campaign outside the screen, our Vice City Courtside report explains the Miami HEAT event, its local start time and the difference between a real-world promotion and game footage.

Those are two connected pieces of news: a song you can identify now, and a composer credit that reaches beyond this particular promotional film. Rockstar’s October 15 announcement also places the single on Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album and says more information about the music—including an official score album—is still to come.

That last distinction is the useful one. A trailer song, an original score, a soundtrack album and the radio inside the game can overlap without being interchangeable. If you are looking for the song, a list of radio stations might send you in the wrong direction. If you want to understand who is composing the score, the featured performers on one single are not automatically the answer.

This feature follows those connections through an original listening desk. The desk is an explanation you can handle; the official trailer below is where you can hear and see Rockstar’s work.

A promotional film and independent criticism answer different questions. Our reviews-before-launch report checks the reported publication window and offers an interactive guide to the hardware, settings, version and scope behind a future verdict.

A place has a look.
It can have a pulse, too.

The new credit gives us a named creative contributor to follow. It is more specific than trying to identify a composer from a synthesizer sound or a fan-made playlist. We can now ask how Justice’s work is used across the experience, while leaving the unanswered part of that question open.

Think about the different jobs music can do. A song can become the thing you associate with an entire trailer. A score can help shape the feeling of a scene. A station can make a drive feel like it belongs to a particular place. Those are different listening situations, even when a familiar musical voice connects them.

That is our editorial interpretation of why the announcement matters. It is not a description of a specific mission cue we have played. Rockstar’s earlier music announcement calls the score dynamic, but the material cited here does not explain its switching rules, layers or triggers. We should not turn that adjective into a made-up technical diagram.

For the people the music will accompany, read our Jason and Lucia character feature . For the wider atmosphere, our NPC dialogue report follows another part of the authored soundscape: the voices around you.

A capture statement.
A separate performance question.

The official YouTube description says the trailer was captured entirely in-game from a PlayStation 5. The closing card also identifies PS5 capture. That is a concrete platform statement worth retaining when a clip is reposted without its description.

It does not supply a complete shipping performance-mode table. Nor does “in-game” by itself mean that every shot is ordinary player-controlled gameplay. A camera can present a scene cinematically inside a game. To discuss control, identify the relevant sequence and evidence; to discuss frame rate, identify a mode and a measurement.

Our PS5 Pro and frame-rate feature explains those performance questions. The PC release-date and specifications guide covers another separate issue. A new console trailer does not establish a PC release date or requirements.

Rockstar’s current game page still lists November 19, 2026 and PS5 / Xbox Series X|S. The release guide keeps that schedule in context. For what comes before release, see our November earnings and preload checkpoint .

Thirty-four tracks.
More than one meaning of “soundtrack.”

The official album store describes Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album as 34 original tracks. The release has its own vinyl and CD listings. That tells you what the album is; it does not count the complete audio content inside GTA VI.

It is easy to collapse everything musical into the word “soundtrack.” Here that shortcut hides a useful distinction. The newly announced single belongs to the album, while Rockstar separately mentions future information about an official score album. Check which release a product page names before assuming it contains the piece you want.

The game’s radio is another route through the music. Rockstar’s October 8 post previews six stations and confirms listening in vehicles and on foot, alongside on-demand podcasts. Our existing radio stations, songs and hosts guide is the place for that station-level detail.

A personal example makes the distinction easier: you might want the record you heard in a trailer for a playlist, a score cue because it reminds you of a scene, or a station because you enjoy its hosts. Each request needs a different source. The same game can be the starting point for all three.

Listen for a choice.
Then check who made it.

The strongest part of this reveal is not a promise that one artist will transform every minute of the game. It is a specific credit and a piece of music you can hear now. Start there, then follow the next official material as it arrives.

Our newly published sweat-system feature looks at a visual detail that may make a character feel more present. Music poses a parallel creative question: what makes a moment stay with you after it has passed? The answers will need observation and listening, rather than a checklist of features.

For now, the trailer gives listeners a new point of entry. The credits give that interest a direction. The rest of the story is still waiting to be heard.