Dexter: Music from the Showtime Original Series

Dexter: Music from the Showtime Original Series
Soundtrack album by Daniel Licht, Various Artists
Released	August 28, 2007
Length	1:04:06
Label	Milan Records
Producer	Showtime
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Dexter: Music from the Showtime Original Series is a soundtrack album featuring music from the American television series Dexter. The album was released on August 28, 2007, on CD and download from the iTunes Store.

Production and musical content

The album contains 25 tracks over 1 hour and 4 minutes. Track 1 is the opening theme by Rolfe Kent. Tracks 2 through 11 are mostly Cuban and Latin music used during the show, with tracks 2, 6 and 9 containing narration by Michael C. Hall. Tracks 12 through 24 were written by Daniel Licht, who composed all of the show's other themes. Bonus track 25 is track 24, "Blood Theme", with Jon Licht singing over. Kent's widely praised opening theme utilises an eclectic selection of European and Asian instruments, including ukulele, piano, bouzouki, trumpets, pizzicato strings, electric piano, saz, and tambour, set to an Afro-Cuban beat. Licht's original themes are based around a mixture of Latin and electronic music, reflecting Dexter's warm and cold elements.^[1]

The well-known "Blood Theme", played during the credits on every episode, uses a combinition of piano and bassoon and bowed string instruments such as violin, viola and cello. The first measures of the "Blood Theme" were first heard in the soundtrack for the American anthology horror film H.P. Lovecraft's: Necronomicon (in "The Library, part 1" segment), also composed by Daniel Licht, before being later enriched and expanded for use in the TV Show "Dexter".^[2] Most composings of the original soundtrack have a similar intention and instrumentation, features a common use of harp, strings, piano and a bright variety of percussion sounds.

Track listing

1. "Dexter Main Title" (Rolfe Kent) – 1:40
2. "Tonight’s the Night" (Michael C. Hall, Daniel Licht) – 1:07
3. "Conoci La Paz" (Beny Moré) – 3:03
4. "Uruapan Breaks" (Kinky) – 2:21
5. "Flores Para Ti" (Raw Artistic Soul featuring Rafael Cortez) – 5:16
6. "Blood" (Hall, Licht) – 0:59
7. "Con Mi Guaguanco" (Ray Armando) – 7:12
8. "Perfidia" (Mambo All-Stars) – 2:37
9. "Sometimes I Wonder" (Hall, D.Licht) – 0:29
10. "Born Free" (Andy Williams) – 2:25
11. "Dexter Main Title" (Kinky) – 1:41
12. "Escalation" (D.Licht) – 2:09
13. "Shipyard" (D.Licht) – 2:03
14. "Deborah Loves Rudy/The House" (D.Licht) – 3:12
15. "I Can’t Kill" (D.Licht) – 2:21
16. "Voodoo Jailtime" (D.Licht) – 2:58
17. "New Legs" (D.Licht) – 2:01
18. "Photo Albums" (D.Licht) – 3:22
19. "Courting the Night" (D.Licht) – 1:22
20. "Hide Your Tears" (D.Licht) – 1:36
21. "Wink" (D.Licht) – 2:08
22. "Astor’s Birthday Party" (D.Licht) – 2:00
23. "Epilogue/Bloodroom" (D.Licht) – 3:44
24. "Blood Theme" (D.Licht) – 2:25
25. "Die This Way" (D.Licht, Jon Licht) – 3:55
26. "Fight or Flight" (D.Licht) - 1:41 (ITunes Bonus)
27. "Nowhere to Hide" (D.Licht) - 1:43 (ITunes Bonus)
28. "The Ice Truck Killer" (D.Licht) - 2:56 (ITunes Bonus)
29. "The Fortune" (D.Licht) - 1:17 (ITunes Bonus)
30. "Second Season Suite" (D.Licht) - 2:01 (ITunes Bonus)

Songs in other media

Blood Theme was also used by Finnish band HIM as an intro song for their recent Venus Doom tour. The song also features on their CD/DVD, Digital Versatile Doom.^[3][4][5][6]

Dexter Main Title was also used by American rock band Guns N' Roses as an intro song for their Chinese Democracy tour.

References

1. ^ Jarry, Jonathan. "Dexter: Soundtrack". Soundtrack.Net, September 27, 2007
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ Soundtrack – Soundtrack.net: Album Information, reviews and more
4. ^ Soundtrack – Showtime: Official page
5. ^ Soundtrack – Milan Records: Official page
6. ^ Soundtrack – Amazon.com:Product page