History AwesomeMusic / TheWalkingDead

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOwXkWCry6g ''Safe And Sound]] plays over the end credits of Season 4 and perfectly embodies the ending. After years of running and losing the people she cares about, Clementine has finally found a safe place she can raise AJ.

* In "Nebraska", Clutch's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia0HUBWdDkU "The Regulator"]] is used for a particularly haunting effect over the final scene of burning the barn Walker bodies.
* Wye Oak's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mssm8Ml5sOo "Civilian"]] is used in the main trailer for Season 2, as well as the episode "18 Miles Out" when Rick is driving back to the farm at the end of episode.
%%* Kari Kimmel's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQes2Bh9A3w Black]]", for the Season 3 debut trailer.
%%* Any time Beth sings, whether it's the old folk song "The Parting Glass" or a cover of Music/TomWaits' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPnOEiehONQ Hold On]] at the end of "I Ain't a Judas".
%%* Jamie N. Common's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptH60ktLqBM "Lead Me Home"]] plays in "Clear".

* In "Live Bait", Ben Nichols' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atuJzivuF1o "The Last Pale Light In The West"]] plays over the Governor wandering through the wilderness for months.

* In "Consumed", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY7qZ57inaw "Bad Blood"]] by Alison Mosshart and Eric Arjes plays over the prologue showing Carol's perspective between the episodes "Indifference" and "Too Far Gone". It's a slow, heart-wrenching song that perfectly accommodates Carol's grief over being exiled from the prison by Rick.

* "We Carry On" by The Phantoms is used in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o-QvZ_nTbI trailer for Season Six]]. It really sells one of the main themes of the series - "we will stand stranger to brother, we are one, we carry on." It plays over some cool visuals of the main cast of the season, the cast member in focus transitioning under a revolving light from above. Especially cool is Morgan's presence towards the end, confirming his return to the ensemble and as a major character to boot.

* Quite possibly one of the best trailer tracks ever used: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6pzzDPaI5Q Future Royalty's "Take What's Mine"]] for the first Season 9 SDCC trailer. Even those who had long quit the show admitted that this song alone had them hyped for the ''[[TImeSkip New Beginning]]'' arc that will be adapted.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncic96eYXRE Blue Saraceno's "The River"]], which was used in the main promo of "What Comes After". Befitting for Rick Grimes' last episode.
* Both of the trailer songs played for a promo regarding Season 9A's last three episodes: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdtsctGKOzM "It's Going Down Undefeated" by Devin Hoffman, Richard Vegas & Jessica Easley]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8LE_FN8vUk Becky Shaheen's "Stand Up and Fight"]]. Two songs to pump up one's eagerness to view what the new world will be like without '''the''' leader, Rick Grimes.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ePFxuu9lik "Alive Inside"]], first played in the pharmacy office in Macon, plays during scenes with Clementine. A moving, crushingly sad version is played during the final scene when Lee tells Clem his final words.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTDGtnAnY7w "It's Over"]], which has played in major sad moments since Episode 2, particularly when leaving the St. John Dairy, when Kenny and Katjaa are deciding what to do with a bitten Duck, and when the player drops Ben to his death.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yf9GqN9xxM "Armed With Death"]], played only during Lee's potentially one-armed rampage through the streets of Savanna, which are infested with a horde of walkers.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-bXhI4AzNg "Take Us Back"]], by Alela Diane in the credits for the last episode of season one. It certainly punctuates the emotional roller coaster of Episode Five.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBzNf_x2ks4 "Hope"]], which plays during some of the more uplifting scenes, such as when Carley flirts with Lee in Episode 3, where it is first heard, or when Lee's group discovers a functioning boat in Episode 4.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwXVs_0A7bg "In the Pines"]], which plays over the end credits of Season 2, Episode 2.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbae9h384-0 "At Peace"]], which plays when Kenny says his last words to Clementine or when he begs Edith to let her and AJ into Wellington.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CsmILm-mB8 "Grim Ranger"]], which plays over the end credits of Season 3 and TheStinger showing Clementine, further matured by her experiences with Javi, setting out to find A.J. on her own.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW2y7svDceI "Don't Be Afraid"]], which plays towards the end of Season 4 Episode 3. With the battle with the Delta looming on the horizon, Tenn suggests that this song be either sung by Violet or played on the piano by Louis. Either way, a beautiful yet somber song is performed that gives the children hope on what may very well be their last night alive.

* Eugene gets a nice cover of "When the Cold Wind Blows" as he desperately tries to reconnect with Stephanie. It's awkward, unprofessional and a bit weird, but there's no doubting how ''sincere'' it is as Eugene tries his best to call back to the woman he's fallen in love with despite not even being able to ''see'' her. And she responds in kind, with Margot Bingham bringing her signature beautiful voice to sing back to him. It also plays over some of the last scenes we see of the survivors as they brace for battle, spending as much time together as possible knowing they may not survive the night.

* The ''epic'' soundtrack to the end of "Walk With Us" as it sends off Michonne to new horizons.

* Kari Kimmel's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQes2Bh9A3w Black]]", for the Season 3 debut trailer.
* Any time Beth sings, whether it's the old folk song "The Parting Glass" or a cover of Music/TomWaits' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPnOEiehONQ Hold On]] at the end of "I Ain't a Judas".
* Jamie N. Common's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptH60ktLqBM "Lead Me Home"]] plays in "Clear".
* {{Music/Motorhead}}'s "Fast and Loose" and Music/TedNugent's "Turn It Up" during "This Sorrowful Life".

* All of Music/BearMcCreary's music for the series.

* Kari Kimmel's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQes2Bh9A3w Black]]", for the Season 3 debut trailer. Fight the Dead. Fear the Living.
* Any time Beth sings, whether it's the old folk song "The Parting Glass" or a cover of Music/TomWaits'
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPnOEiehONQ Hold On]] at the end of "I Ain't a Judas".

* Tom Waits' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPnOEiehONQ Hold On]] is used, and sung by Beth Greene, at the end of "I Ain't No Judas".

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* In "Wildfire," when they group is driving away after [[spoiler:leaving Jim to die, as per his request]], the wonderful "Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor)" from ''Film/{{Sunshine}}'' plays, presumably as a ShoutOut to director Danny Boyle, who also directed ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''.

* In "Nebraska", Clutch's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia0HUBWdDkU "The Regulator"]] is used for a particularly haunting effect over the final scene [[spoiler: of burning the barn Walker bodies]].

* In "Live Bait", Ben Nichols' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atuJzivuF1o "The Last Pale Light In The West"]] plays over [[spoiler:the Governor]] wandering through the wilderness for months.

* In "Consumed", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY7qZ57inaw "Bad Blood"]] by Alison Mosshart and Eric Arjes plays over the prologue showing Carol's perspective between the episodes "Indifference" and "Too Far Gone". It's a slow, heart-wrenching song that perfectly accommodates Carol's grief over [[spoiler: being exiled from the prison by Rick]].
* The quiet, ethereal piece during [[spoiler: Tyreese's death]] is soothing and gentle, as [[spoiler: Tyreese]] accepts his fate and passes on to the afterlife, and the group dejectedly buries him, and is forced to move on.

* The piece at the end of "Start to Finish" has great piano as [[spoiler: Deanna makes her LastStand]] and the others exit the Anderson home CoveredInGunge. It really picks up as Rick's group stands on the porch, bracing themselves to step off into the danger of the open herd, and considering TheStinger, also brace themselves for the unknown and the darkness on the horizon whose name is ''Negan''.

* Hozier's "Arsonist's Lullaby" at the end of "Not Tomorrow Yet" nicely underscores the group's emotions after [[spoiler: their attack on the Savior compound]]. It was also used in the Season 6 trailer to great effect.

* The piece during Eugene volunteering to make his LastStand in "Last Day on Earth" is heart-wrenching and beautiful, as it perfectly captures the group's gratitude for Eugene's actions, Abraham and Eugene bidding each other farewell [[spoiler: for the last time as the Season 7 premiere reveals]], and Eugene trying to muster up the courage to stay the course, even in this DarkestHour.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncic96eYXRE Blue Saraceno's "The River"]], which was used in the main promo of "What Comes After". Befitting for [[spoiler:Rick Grimes' last episode]].
* Both of the trailer songs played for a promo regarding Season 9A's last three episodes: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdtsctGKOzM "It's Going Down Undefeated" by Devin Hoffman, Richard Vegas & Jessica Easley]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8LE_FN8vUk Becky Shaheen's "Stand Up and Fight"]]. Two songs to pump up one's eagerness to view what the new world will be like [[spoiler:without '''the''' leader, Rick Grimes]].
* The pike massacre scene has an ominous, powerful score as it repeatedly cuts between revealing the identity of the victims and showing people questioning their whereabouts, all while a merciless set of strings escalated throughout the whole piece, culminating in [[spoiler:Carol falling into despair upon finding Henry to be the last victim]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ePFxuu9lik "Alive Inside"]], first played in the pharmacy office in Macon, plays during scenes with Clementine. A moving, crushingly sad version is played during [[spoiler: the final scene when Lee tells Clem his final words]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTDGtnAnY7w "It's Over"]], which has played in major sad moments since Episode 2, particularly [[spoiler:when leaving the St. John Dairy, when Kenny and Katjaa are deciding what to do with a bitten Duck, and when the player drops Ben to his death]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yf9GqN9xxM "Armed With Death"]], played only during [[spoiler:Lee's potentially one-armed rampage through the streets of Savanna, which are infested with a horde of walkers]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBzNf_x2ks4 "Hope"]], which plays during some of the more uplifting scenes, such as when [[spoiler:Carley flirts with Lee in Episode 3, where it is first heard, or when Lee's group discovers a functioning boat in Episode 4]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbae9h384-0 "At Peace"]], which plays when [[spoiler:Kenny says his last words to Clementine or when he begs Edith to let her and AJ into Wellington]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CsmILm-mB8 "Grim Ranger"]], which plays over the end credits of Season 3 and [[spoiler: TheStinger showing Clementine, further matured by her experiences with Javi, setting out to find A.J. on her own]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW2y7svDceI "Don't Be Afraid"]], which plays towards the end of Season 4 Episode 3. [[spoiler:With the battle with the Delta looming on the horizon, Tenn suggests that this song be either sung by Violet or played on the piano by Louis. Either way, a beautiful yet somber song is performed that gives the children hope on what may very well be their last night alive]].

* In "Wildfire," when they group is driving away after [[spoiler:leaving Jim to die, as per his request,]] the wonderful "Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor)" from ''Film/{{Sunshine}}'' plays, presumably as a ShoutOut to director Danny Boyle, who also directed ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''.

* In "Consumed", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY7qZ57inaw "Bad Blood"]] by Alison Mosshart and Eric Arjes plays over the prologue showing Carol's perspective between the episodes "Indifference" and "Too Far Gone". It's a slow, heart-wrenching song that perfectly accommodates Carol's grief over [[spoiler: being exiled from the prison by Rick.]]

* Hozier's "Arsonist's Lullaby" at the end of "Not Tomorrow Yet" nicely underscores the group's emotions after [[spoiler: their attack on the Savior compound.]] It was also used in the Season 6 trailer to great effect.
* "It's All Over" by Johnny Cash near the beginning of "East."

* The pike massacre scene has an ominous, powerful score as it repeatedly cuts between revealing the identity of the victims and showing people questioning their whereabouts, all while a merciless set of strings escalated throughout the whole piece, culminating in [[spoiler:Carol falling into despair upon finding Henry to be the last victim.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yf9GqN9xxM "Armed With Death"]], played only during [[spoiler:Lee's potentially one-armed rampage through the streets of Savanna, which are infested with a horde of walkers.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CsmILm-mB8 "Grim Ranger"]], which plays over the end credits of Season 3 and [[spoiler: TheStinger showing Clementine, further matured by her experiences with Javi, setting out to find A.J. on her own.]]

* Hozier's "Arsonist's Lullaby" at the end of "Not Tomorrow Yet" nicely underscores the group's emotions after [[spoiler: their attack on the Savior compound.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWpUVLamfWQ "Don't Be Afraid"]], which plays towards the end of Season 4 Episode 3. [[spoiler:With the battle with the Delta looming on the horizon, Tenn suggests that this song be either sung by Violet or played on the piano by Louis. Either way, a beautiful yet somber song is performed that gives the children hope on what may very well be their last night alive]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWpUVLamfWQ "Don't Be Afraid"]], which plays towards the end of Season 4 Episode 3. [[spoiler:With the battle with the Delta looming on the horizon, Tenn suggests that either this song be either sung by Violet or played on the piano by Louis. Either way a beautiful and hopeful yet somber song is performed that gives the children hope on what may very well be their last night alive]].

* Both of the trailer songs played for a promo regarding Season 9A's last three episodes: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdtsctGKOzM It's Going Down Undefeated by Devin Hoffman, Richard Vegas & Jessica Easley]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8LE_FN8vUk Becky Shaheen's "Stand Up and Fight"]]. Two songs to pump up one's eagerness to view what the new world will be like [[spoiler:without '''the''' leader, Rick Grimes]].