Aldis Hodge returns as Alex Cross in the second season of Amazon’s Cross.
Based on the novel series by James Patterson, the crime drama follows the expert homocide detective and forensic psychologist, who has a knack for digging into the minds of serial killers in order to identify and catch them. In the second season, Cross is on the case of a ruthless vigilante who is hunting down corrupt billionaire magnates.
The supporting cast includes Isaiah Mustafa, Alona Tal, Samantha Walkes, Juanita Jennings, Caleb Elijah, Melody Hurd, and Johnny Ray Gill. Newcomers for season two include Wes Chatham, Matthew Lillard and Jeanine Mason.
Cross debuted on Amazon Prime Video in November 2024, with a second season following just over a year later on February 11, 2026.
Who composed the Cross season 2 soundtrack?
Like the first season, the score for season two is by Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge. The former is one of the co-founders of A Tribe Called Quest, while the latter has worked with the likes of the Wu-Tang Clan, Ghostface Killah and Kendrick Lamar.
As a duo, the pair’s previous credits include Netflix’s Luke Cage and 2019’s Run This Town. You can stream the soundtrack album for season two below, which includes the theme song titled ‘Some Of Us Are Brave’ by Danielle Ponder.
What other songs appear in the show?
Cross features a stack of needle drops across both seasons, ranging from Rihanna to DMX. You can check out an episode-by-episode breakdown below.
Season one
Episode one
‘Love Me Still’ – Chaka Khan
‘Hustlin’ – Rick Ross
‘They Can’t Control Us’ – Bantana
‘Kill Your$elf Part XIV The Vulture’ – $uicide boy$
‘Can’t Buy Love’ – B-Case & Robin Schulz feat. Baby E
‘Bustin’ Loose’ – Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers
‘Lady In My Dream’ – Music Makers Band
‘Moanin’ – Dick Hyman
‘The River’ – Alexis Joi
‘Tokyo Spinach’ – Backyard Band
Episode two
‘Love Me Still’ – Chaka Khan
‘Just The Two Of Us’ – Grover Washington Jr. feat Bill Withers
‘Watch Out (I’m Coming For You)’ – Jess Domain
‘Bidi Bidi Bom Bom’ – Selena
‘Word Up’ – Cameo
‘Party People’ – King Tutt Band
‘Neva Eva’ – Trillville
‘Prelude and Fugue in C Major’ – Bach
‘Weak’ – SWV
‘Siempre’ – Mind Bath
‘I Will Survive’ – Gloria Gaynor
‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ – The Tokens
‘Lose Myself’ – DENM, Landon McNamara feat. Jesse James
Episode three
‘Soul Skate’ – The Soulsations
‘I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair’ – South Pacific
‘Hey You’ – Experience Unlimited & E.U.
‘Lana’ – Richard Cole
‘Love Me Still’ – Chaka Khan
‘Name This Club’ – Gavin Edwards
‘Clair de Lune’ – Debussy
‘Double Dutch’ – I.AM.EM
Episode four
‘Clair de Lune’ – Debussy
‘Love Me Still’ – Chaka Khan
‘Lady Marmalade’ – Patti LaBelle
‘Rumours’ – Timex Social Club
‘Pon de Replay’ – Rihanna
‘Whip My Hair’ – Willow
‘Just A Friend’ – Biz Markle
‘We Runnin’ – Tommee Profitt and Beacon Light
‘Ready For Love’ – India.Arie
‘2Official’ – Tone P
Episode five
‘What A Wonderful World’ – Louis Armstrong
‘Not Today Satan’ – Elliot Bless
‘Mountains’ – Benya Vya
‘Lift Me Up’ – Bihlman Bros
‘Mournin Time’ – Sara Jean Kelley
‘Go Home’ – Summer Cannibals
‘Lit In The Party’ – Digital Blizzard
Episode six
‘Cello Suite No 1 in G Major’ – Bach
‘Pour It In My Cup’ – Digital Blizzard
‘Woop!’ – Wolf Castle
‘In My Head’ – Juice WRLD
‘Who Knows Who’ – Orgone and Finny Franklin
‘Work’ – Kovas
‘Clair de Lune’ – Debussy
‘What’s Luv’ – J. Mar & John B
‘Jubilee’ – Bihlman Bros
‘Hold Out Your Hand’ – Bihlman Bros
‘Nothin’ Like The Blues’ – Rebecca Sayre
‘Prelude No. 1’ – Bach
‘Major Tom’ – Peter Shilling
Episode seven
‘What A Wonderful World’ – Louis Armstrong
‘I’m Like A Bird’ – Nelly Furtado
‘Tomorrow’ – Miner
‘Please Don’t’ – Milo Greene
‘Don’t Fear The Reaper’ – Topher Mohr & Brian Fallon
Episode eight
‘Hustlin’ – The War and Treaty
‘I Fall To Pieces’ – Rich White
‘X Gon’ Give It To Ya’ – DMX
‘Moanin’ – Valerie Capers
‘Love Me Still’ – Chaka Khan
‘Never Be Stopped’ – Elliot Bless
Season two
Episode one
‘Insomnia’ – Goyo
‘Mister Impossible’ – Phantogram
‘Who By Fire’ – Leonard Cohen
‘U Getting Me Hype’ – Full Circle Entertainment
‘Beach’ – Idman
‘Changing World’ – Matteo Pagamici and Max Molling
‘Wasted’ – Carly Shea
‘Love Inside’ – BJ the Chicago Kid feat. Isabella
‘Gambling Man’ – Real Actual Music
‘How Good Can You Stand It’ – Rehya Stevens
‘Kodak’ – Chlobocop
‘Some Of Us Are Brave’ – Danielle Ponder
Episode two
‘Where Is The Love’ – Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack
‘Me And My Shadow’ – Peggy Lee
‘Cruisin’ Bossa Music’ – Martin Gibson
‘Soul Heaven’ – Syl Johnson
‘Drifting On’ – Whiskey Wolves Of The West
‘Tiene Sabor’ – Buena Vista Social Club
‘Under The Surface’ – Ashia Vu and Edson Sean
‘I’ll Take Care Of You’ – Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland
‘PACKAPUNCH’ – Joey Valance, Brae, Danny Brown
Episode three
‘Lead Me Home’ – The California Honeydrops, Amethyst Starr
‘Pimp My Tractor’ – Banjos & Bullets
‘Stoke The Fire’ – Groove Tower Music
‘El Pico Del Tucan’ – Artes Latinas
‘You Can Depend On Me’ – Johnny Adams
‘Bad For The Soul’ – Brad
‘Night Time Is My Time’ – Jake Worthington
‘Honky Tonk Badonkadonk’ – Trace Adkins
‘Should’ve Been A Cowboy’ – Toby Keith
‘Do You Wrong’ – Real Actual Music
‘Rumour’ – Lee Brice
‘You Were Mine’ – Tami Neilson
‘Mexico Lindo’ – Jesus Ramirez Monge
‘Agua’ – La Chica
Episode four
Alvaro Soler – ‘Si Te Vas’
Les Imprimes – ‘If I’
Tia Nomore & Lord Morgan – ‘Pesos (Hot Mess)’
Bellringer – ‘Just Work’ (TSP Remix)
Mar-Tune – ‘Over the Moon’
Lana Del Rey – ‘How to Disappear’
Ximena Sarinana – ‘Cobarde’
Episode five
Carla Morrison – ‘Disfruto’
The Smithfields – ‘Touch Somebody’s Heart’
Love & Company – ‘Love & Company (TSP Remix)’
Loopa Scava, Cayetano, Pelina – ‘Bel Epoque’
Archie Thompson – ‘Call of the City’
Milan Credle – ‘You Don’t Know’
Episode six
Trey Armstrong – ‘Victory’
Ho99o9 – ‘Battery Not Included’
Maria Rita – ‘Perfeita Sintonia’
Son Little – ‘You Love Will Blow Me Away When My Heart Aches’
Dudu Aram – ‘Dudu Drums’
Dudu Aram – ‘Batucada Brasileira’
Many Voices Speak – ‘Blue Moon’
Episode seven
Chris Stapleton – ‘Devil Always Made Me Think Twice’
Willie Nelson – ‘Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys’
Elliot Bless – ‘So Much to Fight For’
Episode eight
Real Actual – ‘(Used to Be) Our Hometown’
Wylie & The Wild West – ‘Without You’
Son Little – ‘O Me O My’
Blackway, Aeph, KoKo – ‘Ready for Anything’
Experience Unlimited – ‘Funk Consciousness’
Elsa y Elmar – ‘Me Viene Bien’
Eric Burton – ‘In Your Lasting Arms’
Eli‘Paperboy’ Reed – ‘Your Sins Will Find You Out’