Line #5 AwesomeMusic/BreakingBad


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6	* The show's intro jingle sounds so nefarious and oozes a feeling of "Screw everyone, let's get criminal!" Put it after any scene and it will still come across as epic. Bits of it are teased throughout the series, but the [[https://youtu.be/bMt1ILTzCac full theme]] is used for the first and only time at the end of the series' penultimate episode, "[[Recap/BreakingBadS5E15GraniteState Granite State]]", while Walter is watching an interview with his former partners at Grey Matter. As they methodically tear into his genius and accomplishments, we witness a shining example of a ThemeMusicPowerUp; Walter White becomes Heisenberg one last time for the same reason he always has -- "You big shots think you can knock on my door and walk all over me? '''I am the one who knocks!'''" It's a chilling scene as you see him get [[TranquilFury livid]] and then the cops come into the bar and we see his half-empty glass sitting in front of his vacant chair. The music only makes it that much more ominous. [[https://youtu.be/59p7rg-mmT8 This]] variation somehow sounds even more sinister, and really captures Walter's fall from grace.
7	* "[[https://youtu.be/gSy0ZVlFzhc Who's Gonna Save My Soul]]" by Music/GnarlsBarkley, played at the end of Season 1, documents [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil Walt's slow descent into moral ambiguity]].
8	* Even [[https://youtu.be/-KfC7Nl8V4E the credits themes]] apply. From Season 2 onwards, each episode has its own 30-40 second track composed specially for the credits sequence; not only do they often tie in with the episode (such as "[[Recap/BreakingBadS3E2CaballoSinNombre Caballo Sin Nombre]]" containing Hector's bell), but some of them are pretty awesome for instrumentals most wouldn't hear for changing the channel or skipping to the next episode.
9	** The credits themes also complement the episodes' moods. The one for "[[Recap/BreakingBadS4E11CrawlSpace Crawl Space]]" perfectly captures the essence of Walt's breakdown, which lends support to the theory that Walt never came out of the Crawl Space, only Heisenberg remained.
10	** Keeping with this idea, the credits theme for "[[Recap/BreakingBadS5E14Ozymandias Ozymandias]]" is probably the creepiest, with the entirety being a BrownNote mixed with DroneOfDread and the show's jingle, only much more ominous.
11	* [[https://youtu.be/qJlGXlNgtok DLZ]] played at the end of "[[Recap/BreakingBadS2E10Over Over]]" when Walt realizes that normal life has become boring to him, threatens two rival cooks and goes back to the meth business is just brilliant.
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13	%%* The Music/BeastieBoys' [[https://youtu.be/I0t1P-IkvIw "Shambala"]] playing when Mike storms the chemical suppliers' in "[[Recap/BreakingBadS3E13FullMeasure Full Measure]]".
14	* The narcocorrido "[[https://youtu.be/HHF0xlf-bjY Negro y Azul]]", played at the beginning of [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E7NegroYAzul the episode of the same name]], serves as a lighthearted GreekChorus for Heisenberg's influence over the border.
15	* SoundtrackDissonance with the upbeat "It's Such a Good Night (Scoobidoo Love)" used in a montage of Jesse selling meth all night.
16	* The use of Tommy James' "Crystal Blue Persuasion" during the mass-production-of-blue-meth montage in "[[Recap/BreakingBadS5E8GlidingOverAll Gliding Over All]]"--not just the uncannily fitting title, but the easy, airy music fitting with the (presumably months of) relative halcyon days of Heisenberg amassing the bulk of his millions right before his retirement, and things ironically taking their final plunge south for Walt with Hank accidentally discovering who Heisenberg really was. The song truly gave us the feeling of Walt feeling he was "gliding over all" (in spite all that happened before and would start happening again very soon). Not only did it fit well thematically, but they ''had'' to use it at some point during the series.
17	* The use of Music/{{Badfinger}}'s "[[https://youtu.be/33oAuvbRg-c Baby Blue]]" as the closing song of the series, representing Walter's true love, his blue meth.
18	* [[Music/TheKnife Fever Ray]]'s "If I Had a Heart" in "[[Recap/BreakingBadS4E3OpenHouse Open House]]" really drives home Jesse's despair, and the song itself could serve as something of an ode about Walt.
19	* [[https://youtu.be/wVUhcavxYYs "Freestyle"]] by the Taalbi Brothers, the badass Mexican guitar theme that plays in "[[Recap/BreakingBadS4E13FaceOff Face Off]]" when Walt and Jesse burn down Gus' meth lab.
20	* [[https://youtu.be/14PejsN99ng "Times Are Getting Hard"]] by the Limelighters, an easygoing tune that would be right at home in a ''{{VideoGame/Fallout}}'' game. Lyrically, it perfectly fits the scene in which it plays; when Walt treks through the desert with his barrel of money, the only thing he has left.
21	* From the show's actual score by David Porter, [[https://youtu.be/61UEKToo3rw "The Long Walk Alone (Heisenberg's Theme)"]] sounds right out of ''Fallout'' with its dark, horror-tinged ambiance.
22	%%* Music/VinceGuaraldi and Bola Sete's "[[https://youtu.be/zTFCmruPB-s Ginza Samba]]" plays over Walt and Gale's first cook in "[[Recap/BreakingBadS3E6Sunset Sunset]]".
23	* [[https://youtu.be/W9FIc2Syqb4 "Black"]], the Season 4 ending theme, perfectly captures the atmosphere: Gus' empire is over for good... and [[ManipulativeBastard Walter White has truly become morally bankrupt]].
24	* [[https://youtu.be/GKAgo-g5V2E&feature=kp "We Are Born When We Die"]] by Apollo Sunshine, from "End Times" as Walt sits and plots by the pool, and the DEA watch Hank's house, has a Western-like sound with a plotting, almost sexy Bond-flick undertone that seems to signal shit's about to go way down.
25	* [[https://youtu.be/cnicFY1txgQ Parking Garage Standoff]] is what makes the scene what it is. The otherworldly Shephard tone seeming to continually lower as Gus walks toward his car, fading for a moment before picking up with a bass that mimics Walt's pounding heart, before the final ''extremely'' tense buildup and fadeoff. The end part of the song is very similar to what plays during Jane's death, representing Walt's defeat.
26	* [[https://youtu.be/ITWK3UIT6KA "Goodbye" by Apparat]] plays at the nursing home when Gus walks in for the last time during the season 4 finale. It manages to convey the emotion of that scene perfectly and serves as a respectful and moving sendoff for the character. Although they use an instrumental version, and the lyrics would have been so resonant. Still amazing either way.
27	%%* [[https://youtu.be/s88JDxazUKo "Bonfire"]] by Music/KnifeParty plays during the scene when Walt Jr. gets a new car.
28	* Nat King Cole's bright, lovely, easygoing cover of [[https://youtu.be/QqC5YtutWAU "Pick Yourself Up"]] plays over the juxtaposition of Mike's nine guys being gruesomely murdered in prison and Walt calmly waiting for the call that says it's done. And good lord, does it ever work.
29	%%* Music/MiracleOfSound created a charming number for the show titled [[https://youtu.be/2paJRr-1tIA "Forever Blue"]].
30	* [[https://youtu.be/fijzo90Wznc "Wordmule"]] by Jim White plays over Hank's [[HardWorkMontage detective montage]] as he pieces together all the evidence relating to Heisenberg, whom he now suspects is his brother-in-law Walt, and eventually definitively links the two together in his mind. Every law enforcement detective ''wishes'' they could have an evidence examination look and sound this awesome.
31	* The Monkees' [[https://youtu.be/xnzrGr78Mws "Goin' Down"]] highlights the manic scenes of Walt and Todd cooking meth in a series of houses in the pest control tent.
32	* The sequel movie ''Film/ElCamino'' features a few awesome songs as well:
33	** "[[https://youtu.be/lebQI1nztVI Black Water]]" by Reuben and the Dark provides a hauntingly beautiful mood to the first full trailer.
34	** "[[https://youtu.be/GTUU-qPuR4w Sharing the Night Together]]" by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, played in Todd's car while he's driving off to bury his dead maid's body in the desert with Jesse's help, provides a great deal of morbid SoundtrackDissonance for this scene.
35	** The end credits theme, "[[https://youtu.be/q2DyPVDIpTM Static on the Radio]]" by Jim White and Aimee Mann, is the perfect coda to the film's final {{bittersweet\|Ending}} [[EarnYourHappyEnding moments]].

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