Come Back Betty

L.C. Steel

Mr. Hill talks to Elwood about an opportunity at Melvin Griggs Technical School. The Nickel Boys soundtrack song continues during a transition sequence. A man pokes at Elwood with a cane.

Walk Through the Valley

Edna Gallmon Cooke

Hattie chats with Elwood during an interior scene. She turns on a radio. The Nickel Boys music plays from the speaker system.

Young Girl

Frank Lynch

Elwood hitchhikes to Melvin Griggs Technical school. A Black driver turns on his radio. He says, “Oh, yeah, there we go.”

The Old Ship Of Zion

The Roberta Martin Singers

The Nickel Boys soundtrack song accompanies an interior scene. Hattie says, “Act out of your station… and you will pay.” She talks about her father while sitting at a table.

White Christmas

Studio Musicians

Turner talks about “365 days of humiliations.” The Nickel Boys music continues during a holiday montage sequence. Elwood and Turner stand outside before a boxing event.

Tezeta

Mulatu Astatke

Elwood tries to escape from Nickel Academy. He gets shot and killed by Harper.The track scores a movie-ending epilogue montage in which Turner survives and assumes Elwood’s identity.