With the launch trailer on October 15, 2026, Rockstar answered a question it had dodged for nearly three years. The GTA 6 original score is composed by Justice, the Paris electronic duo, and the trailer debuts their new track "Flower in a Hurricane" featuring Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.
This is a confirmation, not a rumour. The credit appears on Rockstar's own launch trailer page and in the studio's post announcing the video.
What exactly was confirmed
Three distinct things, and they are worth separating because coverage has been blending them:
- Justice composed the original score. That is the interactive, non-radio music layer: the stuff that plays under missions and in the open world.
- "Flower in a Hurricane" is a song, not score. It is a standalone single, released the same day, credited to Justice featuring Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.
- It lands on the album. The track joins GTA 6: The Album, the 34-track collection of original music Rockstar announced earlier this year.
What was not confirmed: any radio station, any DJ, the total station count, how the score reacts to play, or a tracklist. Rockstar named a composer. It did not explain the system.
Why this is a bigger deal than a trailer song
Every previous GTA used licensed music as the identity and kept original score minimal and anonymous. Trailer 1 used Tom Petty's "Love Is a Long Road." Trailer 2 used The Pointer Sisters' "Hot Together." Both were catalogue picks. Naming a marquee composer is a different move entirely.
Rockstar has done it before, but rarely. Red Dead Redemption 2 credited Woody Jackson. GTA 5 used a credited composing team alongside its radio. What it has never done is hand the score to an act with a chart identity this distinct, then have that act also deliver the lead single and the launch trailer cue. That is the Hollywood model, not the GTA model.
For the long-promised adaptive layer, see the site's standing explainer on the dynamic score. The important caveat has not changed: Rockstar has still never described how the score reacts to the player. Naming Justice tells us who wrote it, not how it works.
Who Justice are, briefly
Augé and de Rosnay, together since 2003, Ed Banger originally. Four studio albums: Cross (2007), Audio, Video, Disco (2011), Woman (2016), Hyperdrama (2024). A Grammy for their MGMT "Electric Feel" remix in 2009, and a Grammy for "Neverender" with Tame Impala off Hyperdrama. The fuller picture is in the site's Justice profile.
The relevant detail for GTA 6: their sound is built on compressed, distorted analogue synths and cut-up basslines, with disco and funk structures run through rock and metal production. That is a very specific palette, and it is not a neutral one.
What this suggests about the game's sound
Carefully, because this is inference:
- Justice's catalogue is period-aware without being period-locked. Cross sounded like 1979 filtered through 2007. For a game set in a modern Leonida that constantly references Vice City's 1980s, that is a useful instinct.
- They write loud. Their production is famously compressed. A score built that way sits forward in a mix, which suits chase and heist sequences more than ambient wandering.
- The feature list is pop, not electronic. SZA and Tame Impala are not club bookings. That points at songs meant to carry outside the game, which is consistent with a 34-track album Rockstar clearly intends to sell on its own.
None of that is a Rockstar statement. Treat it as reading the signing, not reporting the soundtrack.
What it does not change
The radio stations are still the bigger unknown. Rockstar has revealed a handful of stations and a short list of confirmed songs, and has never given a total count. Self radio, custom music and the podcast lineup remain unannounced. A named score composer does not shrink that list.
Release details are unchanged: November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with preload from November 12.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did Rockstar officially confirm Justice as the composer?
Yes. The credit is on Rockstar's own launch trailer page and in its announcement of the video, describing Justice as the original score composers.
Where can I listen to "Flower in a Hurricane"?
It is out as a Justice single and plays in full on Rockstar's YouTube channel with the launch trailer. It will also appear on GTA 6: The Album.
Does this mean the score is dynamic?
Unknown. Rockstar has named the composers but has never described how the score responds to gameplay. Anything beyond "Justice wrote it" is still speculation.
Are Justice writing the radio stations too?
No. Coverage describing Justice as "behind the soundtrack" has caused some confusion. They are credited with the original score and one album track. Radio programming is a separate thing and remains largely unannounced.
The Bottom Line
Rockstar named a composer for the first time in GTA 6's life, and it picked an act with a louder, more specific signature than the series has ever committed to. "Flower in a Hurricane" is out, it is on the album, and it tells you the tone Rockstar wants for the final stretch. What it does not tell you is how the music behaves once you are driving. For that, the answer still arrives on November 19.