Vikings theme

Vikings:

Vikings follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods, legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors. (source: imdb.com)

The theme is dark and mysterious and fits the series very very well.

Fever Ray - If I had a heart

Spotify playlists for tv-series 3

TV themes soundtracks
If you're looking for a tune from a tv series, current or from way back when..there's a big chance you'll find it here.
TV Themes Soundtracks by Becky Ballantine

Supernatural
The 8th season just started. With lots of classic rock you know or might not know yet. I didn't know Blue Öyster Cult until about 4-5 years back when I heard a song of theirs in Supernatural. Best discovery ever.
There are various people with playlists of Supernatural out there, but this list had the most at the moment of subscribing :)
Supernatural by Kyle Healeas

Community
Not really sure about the music in Community, but then again, if you don't notice music all that much, it's a sign that they're good picks.
Community Soundtrack by Robin Rodgers

Homeland
If you haven't seen season 1 of this, go watch it right now. Check out music that fits the series.
Jazz music inspired by Homeland by Paul Dahill

Mad Men
A great series that I should really start watching again.
Mad men by Paul Dahill

Utopia

"Utopia will follow a group of people who find themselves in possession of a manuscript of a cult graphic novel. The tome is rumoured to have predicted the worst disasters of the last century and the group soon find themselves targeted by a shadowy organisation known only as The Network." (from IMDB)

This has to be one of the weirdest tv series I've seen in a while and brilliant because of it. The music creates a big part of the creepy, strange and hunted feeling you get while watching it. I never heard of Cristobal Tapia de Veer,  but I will definately check his backlog of music and keep an ear out for this guy.

The theme (extended I think):



This is a playlist he linked on his website with all kinds of versions, snippets and
tracks from the soundtrack worth checking out:

James Bond - Skyfall

Instead of looking at the whole soundtrack, I'll just post 3 versions of Skyfall that I really like, of course including Adele's version. Not in any particular order except for the order in which I heard them.

Adele - Skyfall


Josie Charlwood - Skyfall
Brilliant singer from England, check out her facebookpage for more of her music!


Marjoram - Skyfall
Local (Groningen, The Netherlands) talent!

Spotify playlists for tv-series 2

I think I'm going to make this into a series since there are so many out there. I don't know if these are the most complete soundtrack playlists out there, but they are extensive and I know how much effort it takes to create them.

Glee by Tinkerbell101
Glee

Sopranos by Vef
Sopranos

Boardwalk Empire by Albert Mill
Boardwalk Empire

Romanzo Criminale by Albert Mill fairly unknown tv-series, very worthwile!
Romanzo Criminale

True Blood S1 by Matt Lowden
(also check out his other soundtrack playlists for True Blood and various games)
True Blood Season 1

If you have a spotify playlist I should know about (yours or someone else's) just let me know in the comments. In other short news...if you can point me to tracklists for season 7 and 8 for Weeds I'd be very thankful!

Spotify playlists for tv-series

I've come across some pretty long spotify playlists for different tv-series.
I've put the usernames in brackets to give credit where it's due. But if you find yourself here and don't want your name (or your playlist) linked, just let me know in the comments and I'll remove either one.

Music from Treme (user: Serieall.fr)
I'm currently watching Treme and it's opening a whole new world of music to me.

Lost OST (user: Serieall.fr)
Going to re-watch Lost soon, eerie creepy music a plenty.

Skins Series 1-6 (user: Anna Belsey)
Never watched Skins, but you've got to admire the work that has been put in to get 576 (currently) tracks together. I found the 200 for The Wire already quite a task.

Breaking Bad (my own, but I copied several playlists from others into one)
Awesome tv series with some real gems of music (for instance Bang data - Bang data).

Sons of Anarchy (user: Michael Gegerfelt)
Awesome tv-series.

If you've got a tv-series playlist that I should check (and or share) just let me know!

Snowwhite and the Huntsman OST

Saw this last week. If you don't look at the obvious holes in the plot (one day Snowwhite can barely defend herself, the next she basicaly leads an army and runs up the stairs of a stone tower in full body armour a sword and a shield fighting like the best of them) which you should (!) it is a pretty cool movie with an awesome soundtrack.

James Newton Howard has been a busy man this year, having also created the soundtrack for Hunger games, but I haven't seen the movie (nor listened to that soundtrack) yet. I could write up an long story about how much I like each track, but it's a good variation of eerie, creepy, tension etc :) Just give it a listen.
I'd have liked it if they would've added/recorded more of the songs from the movie on the soundtrack (the dwarf songs for instance).
The tracklisting with youtube links is below, but here's a Spotify list too: Snow White & The Huntsman

Tracklisting
1 James Newton Howard - Snow White

2. James Newton Howard - I'll Take Your Throne

3. James Newton Howard - Tower Prayers

4. James Newton Howard - Something For What Ails You

5. James Newton Howard - Escape From The Tower

6. James Newton Howard - You Failed Me, Finn

7. James Newton Howard - White Horse

8. James Newton Howard - Journey To Fenland

9. James Newton Howard - Fenland In Flames

10. James Newton Howard - Sanctuary

11. James Newton Howard - White Hart

12. Ionna Gika - Gone
Cool how they let if flow over from the movie scene into the song itself. She's got a great voice too.

13. James Newton Howard - I Remember That Trick

14. James Newton Howard - Death Favors No Man

15. James Newton Howard - Warriors On The Beach

16. James Newton Howard - You Can Not Defeat Me

17. You Can't Have My Heart

18. Coronation

19 Florence and the machine - Breath of life
Embedded this one because it has such an awesome video with clips from the movie.
They make it sound really epic, maybe even a bit more epic than the movie itself.