Monsters University had its worldwide premiere on June 5, 2013, as a special screening at BFI Southbank in London with the director and producer in attendance.^[37] The film had its Asian premiere as the opening film of the 2013 Shanghai International Film Festival on June 15, 2013.^[38] It premiered in the United States on June 8, 2013, at the Seattle International Film Festival,^[38] and was released in theaters on June 21, 2013. The film's theatrical release was accompanied by Pixar's short film titled The Blue Umbrella.^[7]

Home media

Monsters University will be released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D on October 29, 2013. It will be accompanied with The Blue Umbrella, Pixar's short film which played alongside the film in theaters.^[39]

Soundtrack

Monsters University
Soundtrack album by Randy Newman
Released	June 18, 2013
Genre	Score
Length	55:11
Label	Walt Disney
Pixar film soundtrack chronology
Brave (2012) Monsters University (2013)
Randy Newman chronology
Toy Story 3 (2010) Monsters University (2013)

The music for the film is Randy Newman's seventh collaboration with Pixar as composer. Walt Disney Records released the soundtrack on June 18, 2013.^[40][41]
The songs "Main Title", "Rise and Shine", and "The Scare Games" feature the drum line from the Blue Devils group "BD Entertainment". The recordings for the percussion tracks were done at Skywalker Ranch,^[42] and were written by Blue Devils Percussion Caption Head Scott Johnson.^[43]
The songs "Island" by Mastodon and "Gospel" by MarchFourth Marching Band are featured during the film but do not appear on the soundtrack. The songs "Party Hard" by Andrew W.K. and "Kickstart My Heart" by Mötley Crüe are featured prominently in the teaser trailers but do not appear on the soundtrack or in the film.