The gritty thriller series Down Cemetery Road has been getting a lot of attention, but what songs are in the show? Read on to find out.
The show premiered on Wednesday (October 29), with its first two episodes streaming now on Apple TV. Further episodes will arrive on a weekly basis, with the eighth and final episode set to premiere on December 10.
The show centres on Ruth Wilson’s Sarah Trafford, who becomes involved in the search for her missing neighbour, who has disappeared after a house explosion. She hires Emma Thompson’s Zoe Boehm, a private investigator, but the two become embroiled in a conspiracy.
Down Cemetery Road has been developed by British writer Morwenna Banks (Slow Horses, Funny Woman) and is based on Mick Herron’s 2003 novel of the same name. Watch the trailer here:
The show also stars Adeel Akhtar, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Darren Boyd and was shot in Bristol and the surrounding area in the summer of 2024.
It currently sits on a 77 per cent score on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with a consensus reading: “A twisty mystery that grows more addictive as it unfolds, Down Cemetery Road is tonally imbalanced but has a steadfast centre of gravity in Emma Thompson’s flinty star turn”.
Every song on the Down Cemetery Road soundtrack
The show includes an original score from Laura Karpman (Captain America: Brave New World, American Fiction), and its theme song is ‘Woman’s Touch’ by Michelle Gurevich.
On top of that, a number of songs have popped up in the show so far, from the likes of alternative singer-songwriters PJ Harvey and Sharon Van Etten and jazz greats Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie.
The full list of songs in Down Cemetery Road so far is:
EPISODE ONE
Sharon Van Etten – ‘Every Time The Sun Comes Up’
Lee Morgan – ‘New-Ma’
Dizzy Gillespie – ‘Pop’s Confessin’
EPISODE TWO
Miles Davis – ‘It Never Entered My Mind’
PJ Harvey – ‘Big Exit’
EPISODE THREE
John Cale – ‘You Know More Than I Know’
Gabriels – ‘Loyalty’
EPISODE FOUR
Barbara Dane –‘Go ‘Way From My Window’
EPISODE FIVE
Fräulein – ‘Big Cool’
Eric Bibb – ‘Don’t Ever Let Nobody Drag You Down’
Kay Starr – ‘Wheel Of Fortune’
EPISODE SIX
Bo Diddley – ‘Road Runner’
Tricky – ‘Black Steel’
EPISODE SEVEN
Vashti Bunyan – ‘Train Song’
Bjork – ‘Bachelorette’
EPISODE EIGHT
4 Non Blondes – ‘What’s Up?’
The Clash – ‘Know Your Rights’
Cat Power ¬– ‘I’ll Be Seeing You’
