Music
The Against All Odds Soundtrack: 15 songs written for a novel
Most novels about musicians ask you to imagine the music. This one lets you press play.
By the Little Moses Jones team ·
In Against All Odds, Xavier Jones has spent ten years making music in the corner of his grandmother’s apartment. Little Moses Jones, who wrote the novel, is a recording artist with more than 55 released songs and more than 1,500 live shows, so he did something most novelists can’t: he recorded the music.
The Against All Odds Soundtrack was released on July 17, 2026, and is streaming on Spotify and all major platforms. The title song, “Against All Odds,” features Don Q.
The track list
- Late Night Situations
- Cold Night
- Against All Odds (ft. Don Q)
- Nashville Lights (ft. Mr Big Shoe)
- Crazy Love
- 2nd Chances
- Pressure
- The Hardest Thing to Do
- Apt 4C
- No Time to Wait
- Cold Night, Caught in a Crossfire
- Neighborhood Dreams
- Mama Ruth
- Play Their Game
- This Is the Vibe of the City
How to listen
Many readers play the album while they read. Titles like “Apt 4C,” “Mama Ruth” and “Nashville Lights” map straight onto the places and people in the book, from the apartment in East Cleveland to the Nashville sessions where Xavier’s song gets rebuilt.
You can hear 30-second previews of four songs on the music page, then stream the whole album on Spotify.
What’s next
Little Moses Jones also has a soundtrack coming in January 2027 for his novel The Silent Encore, the story of a Detroit pianist who walked away from music. Sign up at the bottom of this page to hear when it’s out.
