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Do you find yourself Shazaming your way through your favorite TV shows lately?
The list goes on and on.
Feel free to make your own playlist from their selections.
DaVine Joy Randolph just kills it so perfectly and then it segues into Stevies version.
Its such a powerful music moment!
Mary Ramos,Little Fires EverywhereandMrs.
The song is simply perfect.
Its a beautifully gentle love song that underscores our story perfectly.
Heartbreaking and sweet all at once.
How could you do this, Ramy!?
The lyrics are on point and underscore the scenes content.
You hear devastating hurt, care, sadness, obsession.
The mood and lyrics match the scene perfectly but in a loose, dizzy way.
I just love it great song, great cover of it, cool scene, great show.
The scene gives the song a more dangerous, shadowy feeling, and vice versa.
Not only does Come Out launch the episode, but it plays for over two minutes of onscreen silence.
These opening visuals are enigmatic, disorienting, and beautiful.
This songisthe opening scene.
Manish Raval,High Fidelitymusic supervisor
Watchmen(Episode 1): Oklahoma!
People Will Say Were in Love, and Pore Jud Is Daid, fromOklahoma!
I really love the through line ofOklahoma!for Judds character and also how these songs further the storytelling.
Maggie Phillips,Normal People,The Handmaids Tale,Shrill, andMr.
Holding you in my embrace takes on an entirely different feeling as the delay swirls and distorts the senses.
When Jordan plays, he makes it look easy, like hes just having a good time.
In all of these moments, he is the Party Man.
Perhaps its the sweet and soothing vintage love songs.
Either way, I find the show to be so singular in its choice of musical themes.
And in case youre wondering?
I was rooting for Bonnie all along.
Alexis Martin Woodall,Posemusic supervisor
