Tyler Bates, RZA - One Spoon Of Chocolate (Original Score) (2026) [Hi-Res]

One Spoon of Chocolate (Original Score) is the motion picture score composed jointly by RZA and Tyler Bates for RZA's fourth directorial feature of the same name. Released May 1, 2026 across all digital platforms via Gravel and Echo Recordings — an independent label co-founded by Bates and Grammy-winning engineer Robert Carranza — the score arrived simultaneously with the film's wide theatrical release in the United States.
The film is an American action thriller written, produced, and directed by RZA, starring Shameik Moore as Unique, a falsely convicted Army veteran who relocates to a small Ohio town after parole, only to uncover a sheriff's department complicit in the disappearance of young Black men. The film premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Festival and was presented theatrically by Quentin Tarantino — RZA's longtime collaborator, with whom he had previously worked on the Kill Bill soundtracks and who received a Grammy nomination for that work.
The score operates as both a cinematic companion and a standalone listening experience. Blending orchestral composition with raw percussive energy, the music moves between restrained emotional passages and aggressive, high-impact sequences, mapping the film's tonal range — grief, love, rage, and despair — onto a grindhouse-influenced sonic palette. Tyler Bates, known for his scoring work on franchises including John Wick, Guardians of the Galaxy, and numerous Rob Zombie films, brought his signature fusion of orchestral weight and rock-inflected texture; RZA contributed his decades-long experience as a film composer, dating back to Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai. In addition to digital distribution, the score was made available as a limited 180-gram vinyl edition signed by both composers.

Tracklist:
1-1 Tyler Bates;RZA - Mainstreet Hunters (Original Score) [2:37]
1-2 Tyler Bates;RZA - ACAB and Explanation (Original Score) [1:40]
1-3 Tyler Bates;RZA - Morgue Polaroids (Original Score) [2:22]
1-4 Tyler Bates;RZA - Armory Fight (Original Score) [3:11]
1-5 Tyler Bates;RZA - Liquor Store Attack (Original Score) [2:48]
1-6 Tyler Bates;RZA - Pay Phone (Original Score) [2:11]
1-7 Tyler Bates;RZA - Preparing for War (Original Score) [2:13]
1-8 Tyler Bates;RZA - Initiation Room (Original Score) [3:12]
1-9 Tyler Bates;RZA - Armor Plates (Original Score) [3:11]
1-10 Tyler Bates;RZA - Pillow Talk (Original Score) [1:45]
1-11 Tyler Bates;RZA - Hostage Negotiation (Original Score) [3:04]
1-12 Tyler Bates;RZA - Church (Original Score) [2:37]
1-13 Tyler Bates;RZA - Didn’t Hang Up (Original Score) [2:42]
1-14 Tyler Bates;RZA - Trained Professional (Original Score) [3:03]
1-15 Tyler Bates;RZA - Blow Your Head Off (Original Score) [3:09]
1-16 Tyler Bates;RZA - Bedtime Stories (Original Score) [2:01]