In its three seasons on the air, Supernatural has acquired a dedicated following due to its thrilling storylines, great family drama, and charismatic young stars. For many people, the brilliant soundtrack of classic rock, metal, country, and blues hits doesn't hurt either! This Lens is a tribute to the music of Supernatural.
About the Show
Supernatural is a freak. It's a mutt. It's a Frankenstein's Monster of pretty much everything I love - horror, comedy, urban legends, classic rock, Joseph Campbell, Route 66, Westerns - all stitched together into one bloody, twitching package. -- creator Eric Kripke, from a Titan Publications press release
Bound by tragedy and blood to a dangerous, otherworldly mission, two brothers travel the mysterious back roads of the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, searching for their missing father--and hunting down every evil supernatural force they encounter along the way.
Supernatural airs Thursdays at 9 EST on the CW. It is currently in summer reruns. Season four will begin in mid-September or early October, probably October 2nd. You can also stream whole episodes free on the CW's official site.
Season 3 Promo
Supernatural - The Magnificent Seven Promo
Pilot Quote
Sam: I swear, man, you gotta update your cassette-tape collection.
Dean: Why?
Sam: Well, for one they're cassette tapes, and two- Black Sabbath? Motorhead? Metallica? It's the greatest hits of mullet rock.
Dean: House rules, Sammy. Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts his cake hole.
One Reviewer's Comments on the Music
The soundtrack of Supernatural could easily support its own essay -- it has one of the best on TV right now. From the Allman Brothers to Bad Company to 'Carry On My Wayward Son', the music is the self-described Greatest Hits of Mullet Rock. (The Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane have also been featured.) It fits perfectly in with the grimy road-trip through America vibe that Supernatural gives off, and like the show, the music choices never take themselves too seriously. Many of them are predictable - a show about death just screams for 'Don't Fear The Reaper' - but just as many aren't, and most of them will leave you with a big grin on your face.
Kind of like Supernatural itself.
~ from Thud: Something 'Supernatural'
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Season One Soundtrack
Unaired Pilot
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
La Grange - ZZ Top
Enter Sandman -Metallica
Disco Inferno - 50 Cent
99 Problems Remix - Jay Z & Linkin Park
1.01 Pilot
What Cha Gonna Do - Classic
Speaking in Tongues - The Eagles of Death Metal
Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers Band
Back in Black - AC/DC
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Gasoline - Ginger(?)
My Cheatin' Ways - Kid Gloves Music
1.02 Wendigo
Hot Blooded - Foreigner
Down South Jukin' - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Fly By Night - Rush
1.03 Dead in the Water
What a Way to Go - Black Toast Music
Round and Round - Ratt
Too Daze Gone - Billy Squier
Movin' On - Bad Company
1.04 Phantom Traveler
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Working Man - Rush
Some Kind of Monster - Metallica
1.05 Bloody Mary
Sugar, We're Going Down - Fallout Boys
Rock of Ages - Def Leppard
Laugh, I Nearly Died - The Rolling Stones
1.06 Skin
In a Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly
Poison Whiskey - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Hey Man Nice Shot - Filter
All Right Now - Free
1.07 Hookman
Merry Go Round - Split Habit
Bang Your Head (Metal Health) - Quiet Riot
Noise - Low Five
At Rest - APM
Royal Bethlehem - APM
U Do 2 Me - Paul Richards
Peace of Mind - Boston
1.08 Bugs
Rock of Ages - Def Leppard
Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
I Can't Stand It - Eric Clapton
Medusa - Bob Reynolds
No One Like You - Scorpions
1.09 Home
None
1.10 Asylum
Hey You - Bachman Turner Overdrive
1.11 Scarecrow
Lodi - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bad Company - Bad Company
1.12 Faith
Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
1.13 Route 666
Walk Away (The James Gang) - Joe Walsh
She Brings Me Love - Bad Company
Can't Find My Way Home - Blind Faith
1.14 Nightmare
Two Plus Two - Bob Seger System
1.15 The Benders
Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh
1.16 Shadow
You Got Your Hooks Into Me -Little Charlie and the Nightcats
Pictures of Me - Vue
1.17 Hell House
Fire of Unknown Origin - Blue Oyster Cult
I'm Burning For You - Blue Oyster Cult
Fast Train Down - Waco Brothers
1.18 Something Wicked
Rock Bottom - UFO
Road to Nowhere - Ozzy Osbourne
1.19 Provenance
Night Time - Steve Carlson
Bad Time - Grand Funk Railroad
1.20 Dead Man's Blood
The House is Rockin' - Steve Ray Vaughan
Strange Face of Love - Tito and Tarantula
My Hometown - Charlie Robison
Searching For the Truth - Brian Keith Nutter
Trailer Trash - 88 Crash
1.21 Salvation
Carry on My Wayward Son - Kansas
1.22 Devil's Trap
Fight the Good Fight - Triumph
Turn To Stone - Joe Walsh
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Does "Gasoline" by The Living Daylights actually exist?
Recently, it was suggested on the CW message boards that the WB had incorrectly attributed the song and it was actually a cover by an artist called Ginger (possibly one of these two?). A music file matching the song playing in the pilot was provided for download, but full details are still uncertain.
Anyone with more information about "Gasoline" and its various covers, real or imagined, is invited to contact me at the link provided above.
Phantom Traveler Quote
Sam: Are you humming Metallica?
Dean: It calms me down!
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Dean and Sam, Jared and Jensen
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Dean and Sam
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Sam tries to show Dean he's reliving the same day again and again.
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Learn More About Jared and Jensen
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Jared Padalecki
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Jared is best known for his roles on the WB(CW) series The Gilmore Girls and Supernatural. Jared says that when fans are screaming his name at a movie premiere or during public appearances, he still looks around for Jared Leto or some "oth...
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Jensen Ackles
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Jensen is man of many talents. Actor, model, producer, and assistant director, Jensen can do it all. Best know for his role as Dean Winchester on the WB's(CW) Supernatural. "When I was in middle school, some of my so-called friends found...
Season Two Soundtrack
2.01 In My Time of Dying
Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
2.02 Everybody Loves A Clown
Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers
Shambala - Three Dog Night
Do That To Me One More Time - Captain & Tennille
2.03 Bloodlust
Back In Black - AC/DC
Wheel In The Sky - Journey
Time and Time Again - Long John Hunter
Golden Rule - Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials
Funny Car Graveyard - Lee Rocker
2.04 Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things
Sad Girl - Supergrass
2.05 Simon Said
Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
Women's Wear - Daniel May
Tired of Crying - Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials
Stonehenge - Spinal Tap
Fell On Black Days - Soundgarden
2.06 No Exit
Surrender - Cheap Trick
Cold As Ice - Foreigner
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
2.07 The Usual Suspects
None
2.08 Crossroad Blues
Hair of the Dog - Nazareth
Crossroad Blues - Robert Johnson
Key to the Highway - Big Bill Broonzy/Little Walter
Downhearted Blues - Son House
Chaos Surrounds You - Brian Tichy
2.09 Croatoan
None
2.10 Hunted
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
Lonesome Stranger - Carey Bell
2.11 Playthings
None
2.12 Nightshifter
Renegade - Styx
2.13 Houses of the Holy
Down on Love - Jamie Dunlap
Knocking on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
2.14 Born Under A Bad Sign
The Crystal Ship - The Doors
Back on the Road Again - REO Speedwagon
Ashes to Ashes - Tarbox Ramblers
2.15 Tall Tales
Next to You - Junk Food
Walk Away by - James Gang
Lady In Red - Chris De Burgh
Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe - Barry White
2.16 Roadkill
House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
2.17 Heart
Smoking Gun - Kip Winger
Down in the Street - The Stooges
Look At You - Screaming Trees
Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
2.18 Hollywood Babylon
I've Got The World on a String - Frank Sinatra
Green Peppers - Herb Alpert
2.19 Folsum Prison Blues
Green Onions - Booker T and The McG's
Rooster - Alice In Chains
2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be
What a Wonderful World - Joey Ramone
Saturday Night Special - Lynyrd Skynyrd
2.21 All Hell Breaks Loose, Part 1
Foreplay/Long Time - Boston
Wrapped Around your Finger - Martyn Laight
2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose, Part 2
Carry On My Wayward Son - Kansas
Don't Look Back - Boston
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Carry on My Wayward Son
Kansas's Carry On My Wayward Son has become Supernatural's unofficial theme song. Which "Previously" was your favorite: Salvation or All Hell Breaks Loose, Part 2?
All You Wayward Ones, Carry On
Born Under a Bad Sign Quote
Sam: What'd you find out?
Dean: You checked in two days ago under the name Richard Sambora. Of course, I think the scariest part of this whole thing is the fact that you're a Bon Jovi fan...
So, What Kind of Music Does SAM Like?
Even by Kripke, apparently.
At the 2007 ComicCon, the good folks from Whedonopolis attended the Supernatural press interview and reported the following from their conversation with Kripke:
Okay, and since we're talking music, what in blazes is Sam's problem with Dean's music? And given the chance, what music would Sam play?
EK: (laughs out loud) We have interesting debates about that all the time; about what Sam's music would be, and you know, I hope that Sam listens to whatever cool modern music is. I don't know any of them because I don't listen to anything after 1980, so, you know... Green Day, I guess? I don't know! Who is cool these days? Is Green Day cool? What band is cool these days?
Maybe Red Hot Chili Peppers...
EK: Yeah, so he listens to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Fall Out Boy and maybe The Killers? I am so a stranger in a strange land when it comes to those bands that that's why you never hear Sam's soundtrack, cos I don't know that music and I'd choose the wrong songs. All my friends call me "Old Man Kripke" because I don't listen to any bands after 1980; that's why Dean's music always wins out, because I hate so much modern music that I can't bear to listen to it in the editing room. (laughs)
You can read the full set of interviews (including Kripke, star Jensen Ackles, and writer Ben Edlund) here.
Season Three Soundtrack
3.01 The Magnificent Seven
Hell's Bells - AC/DC
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
I Shall Not Be Moved - J.B. Burnett
Mean Little Town - The Howling Diablos
3.02 The Kids Are Alright
If It Ain't Easy - Steve Carlson (instrumental)
40,000 Miles - Goodnight City
3.03 Bad Day at Black Rock
Women's Wear - Daniel May
Vaya Con Dios - Les Paul & Mary Ford
3.04 Sin City
Run Through the Jungle - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bad Seed - Brimstone Howl
Nikki - Sasquatch
Did You See It - Mother Superior
3.05 Bedtime Stories
None
3.06 Red Sky at Morning
None
3.07 Fresh Blood
Crazy Circles - Bad Company
Seven Minutes in Heaven - Dave Feldstein
3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Rosemary Clooney
12 Days Of Christmas - Unknown
Jingle Bells - Unknown
Silent Night - Unknown
Joy To The World - Unknown
Deck The Halls - Unknown
O Come All Ye Faithful - Unknown
We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Unknown
3.09 Malleus Maleficarum
Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
I Put a Spell on You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
3.10 Dream a Little Dream of Me
Long Train Running - The Doobie Brothers
Dream a Little Dream of Me - Cass Elliot
3.11 Mystery Spot
Heat of the Moment - Asia
Back in Time - Huey Lewis and the News
3.12 Jus In Bello
None
3.13 Ghostfacers
We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
Hocus Pocus - Focus
It's My Party And I'll Cry If I Want To - Leslie Gore
3.14 Long Distance Call
None
3.15 Time Is On My Side
None
3.16 No Rest For the Wicked
Carry on My Wayward Son - Kansas
Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
Why has there been less music in season three?
Eric Kripke in LA: Budget restrictions
Eric Kripke at the Salute to Supernatural convention in Los Angeles, March '08.
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Supernatural Guest Stars
Some of the guest stars from all three seasons
Amy Ackers
Nicki Aycox
Jim Beaver
Amber Benson
Julie Benz
Linda Blair
Sterling K. Brown
Katie Cassidy
Lauren Cohan
Gary Cole
Taylor Cole
Loretta Devine
Megalyn Echikunwoke
Samantha Ferris
Tricia Helfer
Katharine Isabelle
Frederic Lehne
Chad Lindberg
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Adrianne Palicki
Sarah Shahi
Samantha Smith
Alona Tal
Emmanuelle Vaugier
Charles Malik Whitfield
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Jim Beaver
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Jim Beaver is an American television, film, and stage actor, a playwright and screenwriter, and a film historian. He is most familiar to audiences for his roles as Ellsworth in HBO's Western drama Deadwood, Bobby Singer in the CW's Supernatural, and...
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Supernatural Trivia
Jensen Ackles, who plays older brother Dean Winchester on the show, is friends with musician Steve Carlson and has sung back-up for several songs on his albums "Spot in the Corner," "Groovin' on the Inside," and "Rollin' On," including "Come Around More Alabama," "Hummingbird Billy," "Wasted Jamie," and "Rocking Chair." On Carlson's latest album, "Stripped Down," Jensen co-wrote the tracks "Where My River Flows" and "Love You or Leave You."Jensen is also friends with LeAnn Rimes (they once attended the American Music Awards together) and was once rumored to be dating Jessica Simpson, although she has denied a romantic relationship.
Steve and Jensen
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Learn More About Steve Carlson
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- Steve Carlson's official website.
- The Steve Carlson Band
- The official website for the Steve Carlson Band, which Carlson founded with bassist Steve Dress, drummer Timothy Jimenez, and saxaphonist David Olivas.
- KANE
- The official website for KANE, Carlson's band with actor and fellow musician Christian Kane (Angel), another friend of Jensen Ackles.
Jensen Singing At the Asylum Convention
Jason later wrote: I knew people would be waiting to see Jensen sing as well, so I spoke to him about it earlier in the week, and he just said "we'll see." which I understood totally, it's tough to just jump infront of 700 people! when he got there before the show he gave me the negative, he was super tired, still a bit jet-lagged, etc, which, again, was fine with me, he had been working all day, I only had to work for the next hour. When I started "Crazy Love" I was trying to explain why he WASN'T going to sing, but it didn't work. lol. everyone just started clapping and screaming for him, so I looked over like, "sorry about that bud." but he came up and did his thing, and sounded great. ( i know ya'll couldn't hear him that well, but he was right in my ear and he was spot on.) so it was definitely nice of him to get up for everyone, and I'm glad he did.
Jason has since persuaded Jensen to record a version of the song together. It can be downloaded on his MySpace page. (Crazy Love JJ)
Jason Manns/Jensen Ackles Singing
Jensen Ackles joining Jason Manns on stage in Coventry to sing "Crazy Love" May 2007
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Jared, Jensen, and Jeffrey talk about their favorite music
In an October 2006 interview, People Magazine asked Jeffrey Dean Morgan:
People: Do you guys like '70s metal as much as your characters?
Morgan: The '70s metal is more my deal, but I think they like more the dance mix and techno, especially Jared - he really likes his techno pop (laughs). Jensen is the one with the record collection - Yanni, Barry Manilow.
Given the playful relationship shared by "JCubed," this fan thinks Jeffrey was probably kidding about Yanni and Barry Manilow. But who knows?
In an extremely, um, illuminating interview with the Norwegian magazine TOPP, Jensen ribs Jared about the number of downloaded tracks he has on his iPod and Jared lists some of his favorite musicians as Pearl Jam, Griffin House, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, AC/DC, and Led Zeppelin. Jensen says, "I'm more of a fan of singer/songwriters. I like Jeff Buckley, Jack Johnson..." (Jensen once listed Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" as his favorite song.)
More recently, in an October 2007 Variety interview, Jensen listed "Three songs that mean a lot to me" as "El Paso," by Marty Robbins, "Texas Flood," by Stevie Ray Vaughan, and "Home," by Marc Broussard, and said the "Song currently playing in my iPod" is "Staggolee," by Pacific Gas & Electric.
In an interview with SFX, Jared listed the contents of his iPod as:
Ten songs on my iPod... 'Little Wing' by Steve Ray Vaugh....I know it's a Jimi Hendrix song, but I love is cover of it. 'State of Love and Trust' and 'Rearview Mirror' by Pearl Jam. 'February Stars' by Foo Fighters. 'Untitled # 1' by Sigur Ros. 'Fake Plastic Trees' by Radiohead...how many is that?...But who's counting? [laughs] 'Taylor' y Jack Johnson. 'Vodoo Child' by Jimi Hendrix...I like this question! I really do! 'Round Here' by Counting Crows. And...'Amsterdam' by Coldplay
Other Talented Cast Members
Dead in the Water Quote
Dean: All right, if you're gonna be talking now, this is a very important phrase, so I want you to repeat it one more time.
Lucas: Zeppelin rules!
The Man Behind the Show
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Eric Kripke
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Eric Kripke is an American film and television writer, director, and producer, best known as the creator of the television show Supernatural, starring Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki.
More Supernatural Music Talk From Eric Kripke
He also said budgetary restrictions were the reason for the comparative lack of classic rock in season three. He said they always go over budget and when they do, the music is often the first thing that has to go.
Supernatural Promos, Previouslies, and Clips
Warning: spoilery.
Supernatural Trivia
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Medal of Honor Rising Sun Soundtrack
Winner of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Award for Best Original Score (2004)
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Saint Sinner
Winner of the MovieMusic Award for Best Score For Television (2003) and the Cinemusic Award for Best New Composer (2002)
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I Can't Breathe
What songs remind you of the show?
Suggest a song to be added to the list above.
hey, i don't know what the song is. I'm in Australia, and there was a song on a supernatural add on TV that i really like the sound of, i've been trying to find out what it is, but i can't find it....i last saw it on the 8th of june 2008 on Australian tv. If you know what the song is, e-mail me at cramjamin@hotmail.com
cheers :)
Marek
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Wow really great lens. Come visit my lenses. Posted February 14, 2008 |
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kathysart
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i love deans car too. '67s are niiicee. im getting a 69'impala this summer from my uncle, im pretty excited. just for the hell of it, i think i should crank some zeppelin and acdc in that puppy. ive always been a fan of the mullet rock. haha this is awesome thanks for putting the songs on here. xox.
Posted January 05, 2008
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Aika
a superb fan of Supernatural, been watching since Season 1. 5 stars! Posted December 03, 2007 |
Supernatural Music Links
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