TV show with the best soundtrack?
02-13-07, 03:32 AM
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TV show with the best soundtrack?
I'm sure it's not just me, but a lot of the music I end up liking was first introduced to me through TV shows. I was wondering which shows you all think have the best music?
Now, I follow what I think to be a rather large library of TV shows regularly - Veronica Mars, Boston Legal, Everybody Hate Chris, Smallville, Prison Break, 24, Rome, the Wire, Heroes, Entourage, Dancelife, the Hills, Laguna Beach (don't hate. don't hate) are just a few to come to mind....basically, I watch a lot of TV (very eclectic too).
My opinion? Smallville. This, despite the fact that my favorite music is HipHop, Rap, and R&B (Smallville rarely has any of this genre - Bow Wow is the exception).
What do you all think? I'm a big music fan and I'm always up for new stuff.
Now, I follow what I think to be a rather large library of TV shows regularly - Veronica Mars, Boston Legal, Everybody Hate Chris, Smallville, Prison Break, 24, Rome, the Wire, Heroes, Entourage, Dancelife, the Hills, Laguna Beach (don't hate. don't hate) are just a few to come to mind....basically, I watch a lot of TV (very eclectic too).
My opinion? Smallville. This, despite the fact that my favorite music is HipHop, Rap, and R&B (Smallville rarely has any of this genre - Bow Wow is the exception).
What do you all think? I'm a big music fan and I'm always up for new stuff.
02-13-07, 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Count Dooku
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If you're into "8 track rock" (e.g. old school CCR, AC/DC), Supernatural has some kickin' tunes too.
02-13-07, 10:06 AM
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So we aren't talking actually released albums but just the show in general?
Smallville has both the pop side and the score(with Mark Snow) angle covered. I'd have to put that at the top of the list. I'm not a fan of pop music, but Smallville uses it well and I generally enjoy it. Just when I think Mark Snow gets into an Xfiles funk, every couple of weeks he manages to surprises me with something unique.
Scrubs & Earl are excellent for the music, but lack a strong score, so they are down just a notch.
24 and Lost both have great scores. The first season of 24 was stellar, easily the best. Lost benefits from having a full orchestra which is unheard of for television.
Smallville has both the pop side and the score(with Mark Snow) angle covered. I'd have to put that at the top of the list. I'm not a fan of pop music, but Smallville uses it well and I generally enjoy it. Just when I think Mark Snow gets into an Xfiles funk, every couple of weeks he manages to surprises me with something unique.
Scrubs & Earl are excellent for the music, but lack a strong score, so they are down just a notch.
24 and Lost both have great scores. The first season of 24 was stellar, easily the best. Lost benefits from having a full orchestra which is unheard of for television.
02-13-07, 07:22 PM
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American Dreams had the best soundtrack IMO.
Classic 60's tunes, which is the reason Season 2-3 probably won't get a DVD release.
Classic 60's tunes, which is the reason Season 2-3 probably won't get a DVD release.
02-13-07, 08:26 PM
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How I Met Your Mother hasn't been doing too bad with music either.
02-13-07, 08:32 PM
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The Sopranos, as far as I'm concerned, if we're counting licensed music.
I'm actually in the middle of creating a compilation of all the songs they've used since Season 1, and I'm blown away by the diversity and knack the music editors have for picking out fantastic tunes (and how they often fit the scene perfectly), whether they're very popular or very obscure. I think it says something that out of the hundreds of songs I've amassed so far, I find about 95% of it pretty damn listenable.
Classic rock, doo-wop, blues, metal, alternative, hip-hop, techno, dance, R&B, country, jazz, worldbeat, opera, classical...just about any genre you can name has been represented in the show, whether the chosen song came out in the 1930's or a couple of years ago. Just great stuff overall.
I'm actually in the middle of creating a compilation of all the songs they've used since Season 1, and I'm blown away by the diversity and knack the music editors have for picking out fantastic tunes (and how they often fit the scene perfectly), whether they're very popular or very obscure. I think it says something that out of the hundreds of songs I've amassed so far, I find about 95% of it pretty damn listenable.
Classic rock, doo-wop, blues, metal, alternative, hip-hop, techno, dance, R&B, country, jazz, worldbeat, opera, classical...just about any genre you can name has been represented in the show, whether the chosen song came out in the 1930's or a couple of years ago. Just great stuff overall.
02-13-07, 09:00 PM
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I know I am beating a dead horse with my love for Six Feet Under, but the majority of the music that plays during the show is strongly relevant to what is going on within the respective scenes -- instead of music for music's sake.
For example, a simple song such as Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway fits so perfectly within the specific scene involving Claire in one of the last episodes of the final season (All Alone).
For example, a simple song such as Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway fits so perfectly within the specific scene involving Claire in one of the last episodes of the final season (All Alone).