Unlike the first two films in the '' Expendables '' franchise , this film received a PG-13 rating instead of an R rating which received backlash from the fans . At the 2014 Cannes Film Festival , Sylvester Stallone announced that he was aiming for a PG-13 rating for the film . Stating that albeit it was close to being rated R , he wanted to reach a younger and broader audience with the new film . However , when Stallone first submitted the film to the MPAA , they assigned it with the usual R rating and had to be trimmed down to be rated PG-13 . On July 1 , the MPAA granted '' The Expendables 3 '' a PG-13 rating ; the given description being " violence including intense sustained gun battles and fight scenes and for language . " Since its release , Stallone regrets the PG-13 rating , saying that it was " a horrible miscalculation on everyone 's part in trying to reach a wider audience but in doing such , diminish the violence that the audience expects . I 'm quite certain it wo n't happen again . " The film 's score was composed by Brian Tyler . The soundtrack was released by La-La Land Records on August 12 , 2014
2014 Cannes Film Festival
2014 Cannes Film Festival
The Expendables 3