# Toy Story 5 (soundtrack)
*Toy Story 5 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)* is the album of music from the 2026 Disney and Pixar animated film *Toy Story 5*, containing [Randy Newman](https://www.edgepedia.org/randy-newman)'s original score and one new song, "I Knew It, I Knew You", written and performed by [Taylor Swift](https://www.edgepedia.org/taylor-swift) with [Jack Antonoff](https://www.edgepedia.org/jack-antonoff). It was released digitally on June 19, 2026 by Walt Disney Records and consists of 27 tracks with a running time of 1 hour 15 minutes.[1](https://music.apple.com/us/album/toy-story-5-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/6780674000) • [2](https://filmmusicreporter.com/2026/06/18/toy-story-5-soundtrack-album-details/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Album | *Toy Story 5 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)*, 27 tracks, 1 hour 15 minutes, ℗ 2026 Walt Disney Records/Pixar[1](https://music.apple.com/us/album/toy-story-5-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/6780674000) |
| Digital release | June 19, 2026, the same day the film opened in US theaters[1](https://music.apple.com/us/album/toy-story-5-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/6780674000) • [2](https://filmmusicreporter.com/2026/06/18/toy-story-5-soundtrack-album-details/) |
| Composer | Randy Newman, scoring his fifth *Toy Story* feature after the first four installments[3](https://movies.disney.com/toy-story-5) • [2](https://filmmusicreporter.com/2026/06/18/toy-story-5-soundtrack-album-details/) |
| Featured song | "I Knew It, I Knew You", written and produced by Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff, released as a single on June 5, 2026[4](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/taylor-swift-toy-story-5/) |
| Opening track | The Swift song is track 1 on the album, at 2:58[2](https://filmmusicreporter.com/2026/06/18/toy-story-5-soundtrack-album-details/) |
| UK chart peaks | Number 2 on the Official Classical Chart, number 4 on the Soundtrack Albums Chart (label Walt Disney, catalog number 8760607)[5](https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/original-soundtrack-toy-story-5/) |
| Japanese CD | Released September 25, 2026 as UWCD-1151 at ¥3,300 (tax included)[6](https://www.universal-music.co.jp/toystory/products/uwcd-1151/) |
## Newman's score
Randy Newman, the Academy Award and Grammy Award winner who composed the music for the first four *Toy Story* films, returned to write the score for the fifth installment, directed by [Andrew Stanton](https://www.edgepedia.org/andrew-stanton).[2](https://filmmusicreporter.com/2026/06/18/toy-story-5-soundtrack-album-details/) • [3](https://movies.disney.com/toy-story-5) Disney's promotional material describes him as returning "to score his fifth 'Toy Story' feature."
The album's liner notes describe a score in which new themes and memorable motifs from the previous four movies appear throughout, written for a film in which the toys confront a toy's worst nightmare: children's technology, embodied by the tablet character Lilypad.[1](https://music.apple.com/us/album/toy-story-5-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/6780674000) Several album track titles correspond to plot elements the score supports, including "Tech Boom", "Bonnie's New E-Friends", "Calling Woody", "Blaze", and "Operation Jessie".[2](https://filmmusicreporter.com/2026/06/18/toy-story-5-soundtrack-album-details/)
Newman's history with the franchise shaped expectations for the album. He was nominated for the [Academy Award for Best Original Song](https://www.edgepedia.org/academy-award-for-best-original-song) for each of the first four *Toy Story* films and won for "We Belong Together" from *Toy Story 3*.[1](https://music.apple.com/us/album/toy-story-5-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/6780674000) Unlike the earlier films, the fifth soundtrack contains no new song performed by Newman himself; the album's sole credited vocal track is the Swift song that closes the film.[1](https://music.apple.com/us/album/toy-story-5-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/6780674000) • [2](https://filmmusicreporter.com/2026/06/18/toy-story-5-soundtrack-album-details/)
## "I Knew It, I Knew You"
Taylor Swift, a 14-time Grammy Award winner, wrote the film's closing-credits song after watching an early cut of the movie. In a video she posted on Instagram, she described seeing the film at 11 in the morning, writing the end-credits song when she got home, and producing it and recording vocals by 6:57 that evening, with [Bob Iger](https://www.edgepedia.org/bob-iger) and Tom MacDougall of Disney coming to hear it that night; the song was therefore created in roughly eight hours.[7](https://www.musicradar.com/artists/got-so-inspired-got-the-songwriter-zoomies-went-home-wrote-the-song-for-toy-story-5-we-have-now-produced-it-and-im-doing-vocals-taylor-swift-appears-to-confirm-that-i-knew-it-i-knew-you-was-written-recorded-and-produced-in-around-eight-hours)
Disney announced the song on June 1, 2026 and released it as a single on June 5, four days ahead of the film's June 19 US theatrical opening. It was written and produced by Swift and Jack Antonoff, her longtime collaborator.[4](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/taylor-swift-toy-story-5/) Disney described the song as inspired by the cowgirl Jessie's ongoing journey, which began in *Toy Story 2*, and as a return to Swift's country roots.[4](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/taylor-swift-toy-story-5/) The Associated Press reported that the track opens with live instrumentation, plucky banjo, and harmonica, and noted it was Swift's first original material since her album *The Life of a Showgirl*, released in October 2025.[8](https://apnews.com/article/4972fab971762d7f2404d65ca0690d55)
The announcement was staged as a promotion in its own right: billboards with the initials "TS", stylized like the *[Toy Story](https://www.edgepedia.org/toy-story-franchise)* logo, appeared in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Toronto, Mexico City, and London, preceded by a countdown on Swift's website.[4](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/taylor-swift-toy-story-5/) Pre-sales opened for three exclusive CD editions featuring the song as it appears in the film, a special acoustic version, and a special piano version, each with unique vocals and production.[4](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/taylor-swift-toy-story-5/) The song's existence was kept secret from much of the production until close to release; [Tom Hanks](https://www.edgepedia.org/tom-hanks) said the cast did not learn of it until hours before it dropped.[9](https://au.variety.com/2026/film/global/tom-hanks-taylor-swifts-toy-story-5-song-top-secret-37479/)
## Release and chart performance
The soundtrack album was released digitally on June 19, 2026, on Amazon and other major digital services, and is listed on Apple Music under [Walt Disney Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/walt-disney-records)/Pixar.[2](https://filmmusicreporter.com/2026/06/18/toy-story-5-soundtrack-album-details/) • [1](https://music.apple.com/us/album/toy-story-5-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/6780674000) Disney Music Japan reported that "I Knew It, I Knew You" set the record for the largest debut ever for a soundtrack song on Apple and Spotify, the largest [Amazon Music](https://www.edgepedia.org/amazon-music) debut of 2026, and the largest debut on YouTube Trends.[10](https://www.disney.co.jp/music/news/20260622_01)
In the United Kingdom, the album entered the Official Charts on July 2, 2026 and spent 12 weeks on the Official Classical Chart, peaking at number 2 on October 8, 2026; it also reached number 4 on the Soundtrack Albums Chart. Its catalog number is 8760607 on the [Walt Disney](https://www.edgepedia.org/walt-disney) label.[5](https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/original-soundtrack-toy-story-5/)
In Japan, where the film opened on July 3, 2026, Universal Music released the album on CD on September 25, 2026 as catalog UWCD-1151 at a listed price of ¥3,300 (tax included), with the track list matching the digital album and the Swift song as track 1.[11](https://www.disney.co.jp/movie/toy5) • [6](https://www.universal-music.co.jp/toystory/products/uwcd-1151/) A companion compilation, *Best of Toy Story -30 Years & Beyond-*, collecting music from the first four films, was released in Japan on July 15, 2026 in two CD editions.[12](https://www.universal-music.co.jp/toystory/discography/)
## Track list
The album runs as follows, with timings from Film Music Reporter:[2](https://filmmusicreporter.com/2026/06/18/toy-story-5-soundtrack-album-details/)
1. "I Knew It, I Knew You" (Taylor Swift) (2:58)
2. "Buzzs" (2:34)
3. "Tire Swing Hill" (1:22)
4. "Tech Boom" (3:06)
5. "Bonnie's New E-Friends" (2:11)
6. "Calling Woody" (4:40)
7. "Making Land" (2:01)
8. "Back Home" (2:46)
9. "Welcome Woody" (4:05)
10. "Shed Toys" (1:09)
11. "Smarty Pants" (1:33)
12. "Man Down" (0:38)
13. "The Drawer" (2:53)
14. "Blaze" (5:31)
15. "Bonnie Returns" (1:52)
16. "Truce" (1:59)
17. "Operation Jessie" (2:05)
18. "Queen Jimmy" (1:07)
19. "Hey Lily" (4:20)
20. "Bad News" (3:49)
21. "Interrogation" (4:25)
22. "Breakdown" (1:57)
23. "Buried Treasure" (5:01)
24. "Highway Robbery" (6:09)
25. "Reunion" (3:16)
26. "Bonnie and Blaze" (1:24)
27. "Happy Landing" (1:08)
## References
1. [Toy Story 5 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Album by Randy Newman, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/toy-story-5-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/6780674000)
2. ['Toy Story 5' Soundtrack Album Details, Film Music Reporter (June 18, 2026)](https://filmmusicreporter.com/2026/06/18/toy-story-5-soundtrack-album-details/)
3. [Toy Story 5, Disney Movies](https://movies.disney.com/toy-story-5)
4. [Taylor Swift Announces New Song 'I Knew It, I Knew You' for Disney and Pixar's 'Toy Story 5', The Walt Disney Company (June 1, 2026)](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/taylor-swift-toy-story-5/)
5. [TOY STORY 5 – ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK, Official Charts Company](https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/original-soundtrack-toy-story-5/)
6. [トイ・ストーリー 5 オリジナル・サウンドトラック [CD], Universal Music Japan](https://www.universal-music.co.jp/toystory/products/uwcd-1151/)
7. [Taylor Swift appears to confirm that I Knew It, I Knew You was written, recorded and produced in around eight hours, MusicRadar (June 19, 2026)](https://www.musicradar.com/artists/got-so-inspired-got-the-songwriter-zoomies-went-home-wrote-the-song-for-toy-story-5-we-have-now-produced-it-and-im-doing-vocals-taylor-swift-appears-to-confirm-that-i-knew-it-i-knew-you-was-written-recorded-and-produced-in-around-eight-hours)
8. [Taylor Swift's 'Toy Story 5' song is a return to pop country, AP News (June 5, 2026)](https://apnews.com/article/4972fab971762d7f2404d65ca0690d55)
9. [Tom Hanks Says Taylor Swift's 'Toy Story 5' Song Was Kept 'Top Secret' From the Cast Until Release Day, Variety](https://au.variety.com/2026/film/global/tom-hanks-taylor-swifts-toy-story-5-song-top-secret-37479/)
10. [『トイ・ストーリー5 オリジナル・サウンドトラック』配信開始, Disney Music Japan (June 22, 2026)](https://www.disney.co.jp/music/news/20260622_01)
11. [トイ・ストーリー５｜映画｜ディズニー公式](https://www.disney.co.jp/movie/toy5)
12. [DISCOGRAPHY – トイ・ストーリー, Universal Music Japan](https://www.universal-music.co.jp/toystory/discography/)
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