As a former Music Supervisor, I licensed music in TV & Film, and these are some of my personal favourite soundtracks from TV shows.
I didn’t grow up loving country music, but the Yellowstone soundtrack is so well curated. Andrea von Foerster is the shows music supervisor and she has found some of the best current country artists. With artists like Colter Wall & Sam Barber, I ...
Yellowstone
My good friend Rob music supervises this show and Ramy Youssef had a large role in the music choices. There were so many cool middle eastern artists I was introduced to because of this show. I loved the soundtrack!
Ramy
The O.C’s soundtrack is what inspired me to become a music supervisor. The artists and songs used throughout the 4 seasons of this show, was the soundtrack to my youth. I used to listen to the songs in this show while walking the halls of my high sch...
The O.C.
My partner worked on the last season of BCS and I know the level of thought and care that went into the song choices for this series. The needle drops were few in between, but whenever they used music, it was beyond effective. Unique, obscure artists...
Better Call Saul
This series is so much fun and there are a ton of incredible songs throughout. Matt Biffa is the music supervisor and you can tell he deeply cares about the sonic pallet. What I love is that there’s a blend of iconic classics and underground artists ...
Sex Education
It took a second for Buffy to find its footing in music, but once it did, it was *chefs kiss*. They were one of the first shows to implement live music in a local music venue (The Bronze). There were some incredible artists that made their TV debuts,...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Loved the vintage Italian influence throughout this soundtrack. It was refreshing and fun
Master of None
Was very into the midwestern emo vibe of this show. Another classic in many ways!
Friday Night Lights
Skins has one of the best soundtracks ever. You MUST watch the original UK version of the show, as the America streaming version has completely different songs. This happened because the original series didn’t secure the legal rights to the songs out...
Skins
What I loved about the Halt & Catch Fire soundtrack is that they used lesser known songs by big artists. They used a lot of Bsides and unknown songs, but it was so effective and stands on its own because of that. Truly incredible work by Thomad G...
Halt and Catch Fire
I loved this show, I loved the songs, they used such a wide variety of artists. Some super popular, but they also launched a lot of smaller british artists such as Arlo Parks & Little Simz.
I May Destroy You
Not only are the original songs for this show great, but the licensed songs were perfection too. Fletwood Mac’s use of “Gold Dust Woman” is still a scene I can’t get out of my head.
Daisy Jones & The Six
This show had THE BEST up-&-coming pop and r&b artists. It had some huge artists like Taylor Swift, but it also used small indie artists that punched just as hard.
The Bold Type
Okay, they didn’t have a ton of licensed songs in this show, but the score alone deserves recognition. Ben Salisbury Geoff Barrow The Insects composed the music on this sci-fi series, it’s one of my favourites of all time. If you’ve never seen it, ge...