Official Trailer Songs
1 SongSeries Overview & The Story of FTX
Adapted for television by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Graham Moore (The Imitation Game), Netflix's limited series The Altruists delves behind the headlines of one of the largest financial frauds in modern history. The six-part drama examines the rise of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and trading firm Alameda Research, spotlighting the tangled professional and romantic partnership between founder Sam Bankman-Fried and Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison. Operating from a luxury penthouse in the Bahamas, the young executives justified high-risk leverage under the philosophical banner of Effective Altruism—earning billions to supposedly give it all away—before a sudden liquidity run exposed a devastating $36 billion shortfall.
Led by two-time Emmy winner Julia Garner (Ozark, Inventing Anna) as Caroline Ellison and Anthony Boyle (Masters of the Air, Manhunt) as Sam Bankman-Fried, the production captures the surreal collision of Silicon Valley utopianism, obsessive video gaming, and runaway financial arrogance. With supporting turns from Alex Lawther (The End of the F***ing World) as Sam Trabucco and Karan Soni (Deadpool) as Nishad Singh, the narrative charts how idealism mutated into reckless criminal deceit behind closed digital doors.
Trailer Music: Cults “Always Forever” & Musical Tone
Setting the dramatic tone for Netflix's official trailer is the infectious dream-pop track “Always Forever” by American indie duo Cults (Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion). Released in 2013 on their sophomore studio album Static, the track opens with its signature cyclical keyboard melody and nostalgic, Spector-esque reverb before swelling into an obsessive romantic refrain. The track's lyrical hook—revolving around intense emotional entanglement, unconditional devotion, and mutual entrapment—serves as a biting subtext for the dysfunctional bond between Bankman-Fried and Ellison as their financial empire unravels.
By pairing bright, shimmering indie pop with images of frantic trading floors, congressional inquiries, and tropical isolation, the trailer establishes an ironic psychological atmosphere rather than standard corporate thriller tropes. SoundTrack OST will track every commercial needle drop, original score cues, and music supervisor announcements as the full six-episode season arrives on Netflix on November 19, 2026.