Play that Soviet music, wolf boy!
Thanks to the Soviet Union's apparent leniency with licensed music (most of which featured on this show was not), Nu Pogodi is largely remembered for its highly eclectic soundtrack, ranging from standard snippets and regional classics to instrumental jazz rock and early electronica, much of which the animation is heavily timed to. It also helped many children living in the Soviet Bloc at the time discover western music.
- "Vokál (Water Skiing),"
the instrumental piece by Hungarian composer Tamás Deák used as the show's iconic theme song. It's a massive earworm and a prime piece of late 60s/early 70s kitsch. The extended version even has two more distinct movements, both of which are just as catchy. - Günter Gollasch's Herb Alpert-esque version of the Russian classic "Kalinka" in episode 3. Episode 15 also has Volk improvising his own little song on the melody, with hilarious results.
- Boris Fomin's romantic classic "Dorogoi dlinnoyu"note in episode 5. The contrast between this sombre classical piece and the goofy image of Volk being dragged along by a moving trolley with his head caught in the doors makes for one of the funniest uses of popular music in the show.
- Episode 8 also uses Herb Alpert's "A Banda" to appropriately underscore some hijinks.
- The jazz standard "Caravan" accompanies the Episode 9 scene, in which a stage magician repeatedly plays tricks on Volk. The song gives the scene an almost mystical and relaxed vibe, and emphasizes the magician's engrossing, impossible feats.
- "Popcorn" by Gershon Kingsley in episode 10, used à la "Powerhouse" to fit with a bustling construction site.
- The instrumental cover of "Spinning Wheel" by Les Reed in episode 11 when the two are on a seesaw (doubles as a Stealth Pun, as the first line of the song is "What goes up must come down.").
- Episode 12 briefly features a catchy R&B cover of the Triumphal March from Aida (Verdi) which works surprisingly well with the museum setting.
- Episode 14 features a few hidden new wave gems by Digital Emotion, including "Get Up Action" and "Go Go Yellow Screen."
- The dance sequence in episode 18 set to Afric Simone's "Hafanana." One of the most well-animated scenes and one of the catchiest songs used in the whole show.
- "Shokoladniy Zayats," the dance-pop tune from episode 20 which Zayats is constantly jamming to, ends up causing the episode's conflict, as Volk finds it highly obnoxious, but most viewers would agree it's one of the catchiest songs in the whole show.
