The Watcher soundtrack includes music by Richard Wagner, Ludwig van Beethoven and Bobby Pickett. This info article contains spoilers and song details for Ian Brennan and Ryan Murphy’s 2022 Netflix series. Visit the Soundtracks of Television section for more Vague Visages music guides.
The Watcher stars Naomi Watts as Nora Brannock, an artist who moves into a New Jersey dream home. Bobby Cannavale co-stars as Dean Brannock, Nora’s husband who desperately wants to protect his family at all costs. The storyline follows the main protagonists as they investigate suspicious activity in their neighborhood. Composers Morgan Kibby (Two Sentence Horror Stories) and David Klotz (The Prom) scored the Netflix miniseries; music supervisor Amanda Krieg Thomas (The Patient) picked the featured needle-drops. Here’s every song in The Watcher, an adaptation of Reeves Wiedeman’s 2018 story “The Haunting of a Dream House.”
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- “Gotterdamerung: Prologue — Einleitung” by Richard Wagner (00:14): The Watcher soundtrack song scores an interior sequence. Ellie (Isabel Gravitt) hears music and walks around her home. Dean makes a joke during a sexual encounter with Nora.
- “Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major” by Ludwig van Beethoven (00:41): Ellie plays a piano. The music continues during a transition sequence. Maureen (Margo Martindale) stands next to Mitch (Richard Kind).
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The Watcher Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 2 “Blood Sacrifice”
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The Watcher Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 3 “Götterdämmerung”
- “Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris’’ Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers (00:29): Theodora (Noma Dumezweni) tells a story about John Graff (Joe Mantello) to Dean. The Watcher soundtrack song scores a Halloween party sequence. John lashes out at his daughter, Pat Graff (Samantha Blaire Cutler).
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The Watcher Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 4 “Someone to Watch Over Me”
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The Watcher Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 5 “Occam’s Razor”
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The Watcher Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 6 “The Gloaming”
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- “Tearing Me Up” by Bob Moses (00:00): Nora attends an art gallery event. She talks about Dean with a friend. The Watcher soundtrack song plays from a stereo system.
Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.
Categories: 2020s, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Netflix Originals, Soundtracks of Television, Streaming Originals
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