Descendants: The Rise of Red soundtrack: The definitive guide for all songs in the movie

The fourth installment to the musical fantasy, Descendants: The Rise of Red, or Descendants 4, made its global debut on July 12, 2024. The film was confirmed to be in development on September 21, 2021, under the working title The Pocketwatch. The fourth installment has indeed gone through some changes, majorly involving the casting.

Most of the iconic cast members didn’t return to the film, including Brandy Norwood and Dara Reneé. The cast lineup for Descendants: The Rise of Red features Rita Ora, Malia Baker, Joshua Colley, and many more.

As anticipated, Descendants 4 continues to maintain the musical fantasy goodness with its engaging and harmonious soundtrack, offering fans a delightful blend of captivating melodies. Walt Disney Records announced the soundtrack details way before in April 2024. Follow along with the article to learn more.

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Every song in Descendants: The Rise of Red

Descendants: The Rise of Red soundtrack features original songs performed by the film’s cast, which includes two reprises, seven new original tracks, and a cover of So This is Love (originally performed by Ilene Woods and Mike Douglas) from Cinderella 1950.

Torin Borrowdale, acclaimed for composing songs for Locke and Key and Five Days at Memorial, has provided the score for Descendants: The Rise of Red. Below is the complete list of the official album tracks of the film.

• Red by Kylie Cantrall and Alex Boniello
• So This Is Love by Brandy and Paolo Montalban
• Love Ain’t It by Rita Ora, Kylie Cantrall, Brandy and Malia Baker
• What’s My Name (Red Version) by China Anne McClain and Kylie Cantrall
• Fight of Our Lives by Kylie Cantrall and Malia Baker
• Life Is Sweeter by Descendants by Cast
• Perfect Revenge by Dara Reneé, Anthony Pyatt, Joshua Colley, Mars and Peder Lindell
• Shuffle of Love by Ruby Rose Turner
• Get Your Hands Dirty by Malia Baker and Morgan Dudley
• Life Is Sweeter (Reprise) by Rita Ora and Kylie Cantrall
• Life Is Sweeter (Remix) by Descendants by Cast
• Bad Reputation by Kylie Cantrall
• Descendants: The Rise of Red Score Suite by Torin Borrowdale

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Plot summary

Here’s how the official logline by Disney+ describes the plot of the fourth Descendants film:

In this newest installment in the mega-hit “Descendants” franchise, former Villain Kid Uma, now headmaster of Auradon Prep, extends an invite to the school to another VK – Red, the rebellious daughter of the tyrannical Queen of Hearts from Wonderland.

It continues:

The Queen of Hearts has long held a grudge against Auradon, and especially Cinderella, and seizes the opportunity to seek revenge when she drops her daughter off at school.

It ends with shedding light on Queen of Hearts’ coup:

When the Queen of Hearts incites a coup against Auradon, Red must team up with Cinderella’s perfectionist daughter Chloe, and travel back in time to try to undo the traumatic event that set Red’s mother down her villainous path.

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Where to watch Descendants: The Rise of Red

Descendants: The Rise of Red will be available exclusively on Disney+, the only platform holding the rights to stream the fourth installment. Fans wishing to revisit the franchise’s first three films are in a treat as Disney+ has them in its massive library, besides the Sing-along versions.

The July 2024 catalog of the streamer is also keeping the subscribers locked in with The Acolyte season 1, Bluey Minisodes, NFL Flag Football Champions, and many more.

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Stay tuned for more news and updates on Descendants and all your favorite TV shows and movies as 2024 progresses.