Breaking Bad

Music From Breaking Bad

We received a great amount of viewer interest in the music we used for Mad Men.  For Breaking Bad, an original score was composed by Dave Porter but the show also draws on the work of other popular recording artists. Below is a list of musicians and songs featured in the first episode. We'll update this list in weeks to come regarding the music for subsequent shows.

Breaking Bad Commercial Spots:
Pink, "Trouble"

Episode 1: Pilot
Stonewall Jackson, "Come on Home and Have Your Next Affair With Me"
Carolina Slim, "Dirty South Hustla"
Rodrigo y Gabriela, "Tamacun"
The In-Crowd, "Mango Walk"
Working for a Nuclear Free City, "Dead Fingers"
SDK (feat. Tori Papa), "A Gosar"
Pudge, "Get Low"
Molotov, "Apocalypsh*t"
Mick Harvey, "Out of Time Man"

Episode 2: Cat's in the Bag...
Clyde McPhatter, "You're Movin' Me"
Trump, "Keep Ballin'"
Ticklah, "Nine Years"
Glen Phillips, "The Hole"

Episode 3: ...And the Bag's in the River
Sasha Dobson, "Without You"

Episode 4: Cancer Man
Black Feather, "Etienne de Silhouette"
The Pack, "Fly"
Say Anything, "Baby Girl, I'm A Blur"
Franz Joseph Haydn, "String Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 5, 'The Lark'"
Darondo, "Didn't I"

Episode 5: Gray Matter
Bronx River Parkway, "Deixa Pra La"
Bronx River Parkway, "Mas y Mas"
Fujiya & Miyagi, "Uh"
Koop, "Koop Island Blues (feat. Ane Brun)"

Episode 6: Crazy Handful of Nothin'
Paul Rothman, "Scoobidoo Love"
That Click Gang, "Good Times"
Max One, "Te Rompo"
Bernie Leadon, "Suntan Lotion"
Jonaty Garcia "Los Pistoleros"
The Silver Seas "Catch Yer Own Train"

Episode 7: A No Rough Stuff Type Deal
Hurricane Chris, "The Hand Clap"
10,000 Maniacs, "Candy Everybody Wants"
The Motels, "Suddenly Last Summer"
Bettine Clemen, "Double Concerto in D minor, Largo Flute"
Keziah Jones, "Beautiful Emile"
Gnarls Barkley, "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"

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Yeah the score did surprise me... I was like is that, oh they're using that as a score... will definately be a fan of this show!

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I love the first episode and I have had the song "trouble" from the comercials stuck in my head all week. I LOVE IT!

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I'd like to know the name / artist of the show-ending song from Episode 2... anyone know ?

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The post has been updated with Episode 2 music--enjoy!

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Any idea what the hip hop songs playing in the cars in Episode 1 were?

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@bobo: There are four hip-hop songs that play throughout the episode, all by a group called Mastersource. The songs are "Cruisin," when Walt is caught by his students cleaning tires, "Dirty South Hustla" when the DEA team busts Capn Cook's meth lab, "A Gosar" when Jesse sells Walt's meth to Krazy 8, and "Get Low," when Jesse, Krazy and Emilio drive up to the RV.

Hope that helps!

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@ Matt Verhalen: To be more specific, the song playing at the end of episode 2 is Glen Philips' "The Hole."

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Can someone tell me where I can find the rap songs from episode 1? I tried looking up mastersource in just about everything i could think of to find it and none of them came up with anything. Please help me find these songs

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@gms: I've spoken to some of the people who handle music on the show. Mastersource is not the name of the rap group--it's the name of the music catalog they used to get the music. I've asked them to get me the names of the actual groups for each of the songs, and will let you all know when I hear back. Sorry for the confusion, and thanks for your patience!!

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Love the Darondo song.... like a long lost Al Green classic. Listening to the recent compilation Let My People Go right now, and loving it.

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I looked for these songs on itunes and limewire, and i cannot find any of them. What is the song and artist when Skyler finds Jesse's myshout page? and what is the song and artist name when the DEA break into emilio's home?

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I looked for these songs on itunes and limewire, and i cannot find any of them. What is the song and artist when Skyler finds Jesse's myshout page? and what is the song and artist name when the DEA break into emilio's home?

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@GotPurps: Some of these songs came from a mastersource music catalog, and thus we don't yet have band names. I'm in the process of requesting, but haven't heard back. I can tell you the name of the song when the DEA busts Emilion is "Dirty South Hustla," but I don't know the group.

When Skyler looks at Jesse's website, the song is called "Keep Ballin" by a group called Trump.

Hope that helps. When I get more info, I'll let you know.

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Does anybody know the name of the country song playing in the background of the pilot episode during the surprise party? its playing in the background right as skyler is in the kitchen, and walt's brother-in-law is showing off his service firearm.

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@Daveb: The artist is Stonewall Jackson, the song is "Come On Home and Have Your Next Affair with Me."

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anyone have any idea what the track right at the end of ep 4 is?

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@copes: That's Darondo's "Didn't I"

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i still cannot find the group name called "Trump" i checked wikipedia, google, youtube, limewire, and itunes and there is no group called trump. can someone help me find the artist name of "Keep Ballin"

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wow @ that didnt i track, thats some gooood shit.

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thanks for the info

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I must know the song from the RV scene in episode 5! That was great, reminded me of Hot Chip.

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Please, please, please, someone tell me what the name of the great reggae song from episode #1, when Walt is gathering beacons from his classroom and carrying the paraphernalia to his car.

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@mona: There are two RV scenes, and two songs.

The first is Fujiya & Miyagi's "Uh"
The second is Dave Porter's "Losing Badger"

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@man on bass: The song is called "Mango Walk" by a group called "The In-Crowd"

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It was the Fujiya & Miyagi's "Uh". I should have known :) I love them. This has inspired me to download more of their music. Great stuff and great show.

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No comments on music. Just sick that you would promote meth like that. I am a parent with a daughter on meth and I don't find it damn funny or entertaining to have someone think they can promote this garbage. I am starting a camapign at this point to have this program taken off the air. You people must be out of your minds to think this is entertainment!!!

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It is a shame about your daughter, best wishes. Art has never been universally accepted but thank God we live in a country where it can be expressed freely.

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r reilly it's a tv show so just chill out. WHAT IS THE BRAND NAME OF THE YELLOW JACKET JESSE WAS WEARING IN THE BEGINNING OF THE 2ND EPISODE?

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r reilly - What surprises me is that you have the time and energy to attack a tv show (that is shown at 10pm on Sunday nights) and organize a campaign, when you have a daughter on meth. Good work. I am sure your hard work with the campaign will really pay off when it helps your daughter kick meth.
You're no doubt blaming her addiction on tv, too.

This is what makes this country so special - anyone has the right to say and think any dumbass thing they want to.

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you know r reilly, it's funny but I'm in college and have never done a hard drug in my life, but when I watched Breaking Bad all I wanted to do was smoke meth!! smoke it, snort it, sell it, and ESPECIALLY cook it!! It's just crazy. I always thought meth was a bad thing, but hell, if the guy from Malcolm in the Middle is gonna have something to do with it count me in! I even like to smoke while I watch the show now - it just makes it a little more real, ya know?

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What is the song at the very end of ep. 5?

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@jnanr: The song is Dave Porter's "Resignation"

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@GotPurps: Re: the yellow jacket, I'm trying to find that out for you. I'll post here when I get an answer

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Oh shoot, I meant the song at the end of ep. 6.

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@jnanr: Hah, no worries. That would be The Silver Seas in "Catch Your Own Train"

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I've noticed Paul Rothman's kooky "Scoobidoo Love" has come up a few times on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim promos and series. Hearing it on Breaking Bad had me instantly thinking of the classic Harvey Birdman scene at his 'surprise' execution (video).

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I love the fact that you could hear some reggaeton (Latin hip-hop) in Tuco's scene. My brother-in-law works in marketing for some radio stations in Albuquerque, one of which is called Radio Lobo (the lobo is the mascot of the University of NM). Radio Lobo plays Latin hip-hop and I can so imagine Tuco's guys listening to it.

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I find the show 1) at times, funny. 2) different. and 3) disturbing. Which for me, wraps up into a great piece of artwork that gives the viewer something out of the ordinary....feeds the brain and makes us think. I love it.

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What is the brand name of the yellow jacket that Jesse was wearing in the beginning of the 2nd episode?

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What's the name of the song thats playing at tuco's hangout or whatever? It's like reggae with spanish lyrics, i've googled it and haven't found anything. I thaught it might be Jonaty Garcia "Los Pistoleros"
but i googled that and limewire searched it and haven't found anything.

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I love the imagery of this show its so just powerfull especially when they cut into song normally pretty indie music for short montages or ending scenes like cancer man and the 6th episode with walt walking towards the camera with action happening behind him and in 6th episode it definetly sent you the message Walt is now 100% bad ass

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Just thought i would suggest the song sweetest girl by wyclefe and akon. It just reminds me of this awesome show.

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The song that ends the finale is just so right on. Anybody have any idea what the name of the song is? "Who's gonna save my soul now? I'm out of control now". Bluesy. terrific. Artist? Song name anyone?

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Harryrme... I'm pretty sure the song at the end of ep 7 was "Whose Gonna Save My Soul" by Gnarls Barkley (from their upcoming album).

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wow....this show is to bomb and i can't get any of the music out of my brain....can't wait to see where it goes next seasonnnnnn

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WHEN DOES SEASON 2 START? IT'S KILLING ME.

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I thought the song "Keep Ballin" on episode 2 was hot. You can check out more of Trump's music on his MySpace page.

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what was the song in episode 1 when walt and jesse cook the meth

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@teddy: That would be the band Working for a Nuclear Free City's "Dead Fingers"

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@Clayton: it turns out that the full title of hte song is "Dead Fingers Talking" you guys left out the last part thought i would let you know :D

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Molotov - Apocalypsh*t is f*cking awesome!

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More Molotov! And some Cartel De Santa...

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