Friday Night Lights (television soundtrack)

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Friday Night Lights
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Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedJuly 2007
Genre Soundtrack
Length62:03
Label Adrenaline Records
Producer Liza Richardson
Jonathan McHugh
Jonathan Platt
Jonathan Miller
Friday Night Lights chronology
Friday Night Lights
(2004)
Friday Night Lights
(2007)
Friday Night Lights Vol. 2
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Friday Night Lights is the soundtrack for the television series Friday Night Lights , a program inspired by the film of the same name.

Contents

Although post-rock band Explosions in the Sky wrote most of the film's soundtrack, the music for the television series was a more accessible affair, with bands such as The Killers and OutKast featuring on it. One Explosions in the Sky track did appear on the soundtrack album, however, with "First Breath After Coma" (from their album The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place ) becoming the album closer. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Devil Town" – Tony Lucca
  2. "Read My Mind" – The Killers (Like Rebel Diamonds mix)
  3. "I Turn My Camera On" – Spoon
  4. "Idlewild Blues" – OutKast
  5. "Everything I Do" – Whiskeytown
  6. "Rewind" – Stereophonics
  7. "Keep Us Together" – Starsailor
  8. "Big Big Kid" – Jibbs
  9. "So Divided" – ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
  10. "Goodbye" – Drive-By Truckers
  11. "Dead Man's Will" – Calexico/Iron & Wine
  12. "Storm" – José González
  13. "I Remember" – Chris Brokaw
  14. "First Breath After Coma" – Explosions in the Sky

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References

  1. Music Box review
  2. "CD Universe listing for the album".