Billy Idol has collaborated with composer J. Ralph on the song “Dying to Live,” as featured in the documentary Billy Idol Should Be Dead. The cinematic tune shares lyrics with the title track to Idol’s most recent studio LP, Dream Into It, but was actually written and recorded first, prior to the rock version heard on the album.
The song features symphonic elements, and serves as the soundtrack to the coda sequence of the film, which debuted earlier this year at the Tribeca Festival, and will hit streaming services beginning in early 2026. A music video can be seen below.
“It’s quite something watching a documentary about your own life,” stated Idol. “Seeing the landscape of my story all laid out inspired me to want to write a song for the end of the film that brings together what I saw in the film; all the strands of my life really. It was thrilling to work together with J. Ralph. Symphonic music has a unique cinematic authenticity, we felt this was essential to capturing the range of emotions the climactic moment of the film called for.”
