The Ghosts of Beirut soundtrack includes music by Farid El Atrache, Tele Music and Fernando Velázquez. This info article contains spoilers and song details for Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz’s 2023 Showtime series. Visit the Soundtracks of Television section for more Vague Visages music guides.

Ghosts of Beirut stars Dermot Mulroney as Robert Ames, a CIA official who negotiates a deal between Lebanon and Israel during the early 80s. Dina Shihabi co-stars as Lena Asayran, a CIA agent who investigates a notorious terrorist. The storyline explores the events that led to a 1983 bombing at the U.S. embassy in Beirut. Composer Fernando Velázquez (God’s Crooked Lines) scored the Showtime TV+ series; music supervisor Doug Bernheim (Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta) picked the featured needle-drops. Here’s every song in Ghosts of Beirut.

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• “Alby We Moftaho” by Farid El Atrache (00:09): The Ghosts of Beirut soundtrack song accompanies an 80s flashback sequence. Ali Reza Asgari (Omar Lotfi) smokes a cigarette in 1982. Imad (Amir Khoury) talks to Mustafa (Salim Benmoussa).
• “Le Stifflet Du Baron” by Tele Music (00:14): Imad shops in a store. Saada (Hiba Bennani) tries on clothing and looks at her reflection in a mirror. Music plays from a speaker system.

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• “Ya Ahbabina (Vox)” by Zaharia Ibrahim & Al Arish Group (00:20): The Ghosts of Beirut soundtrack song accompanies an exterior scene. Chet (Rafi Gavron) drives a vehicle. Music plays from a speaker system.
• “Bhebek” by Joseph Salame (00:28): A barber shop scene begins. Music plays from within the establishment. Steve (Robert Kazinsky) interviews a man about Radwan.
• “Ragaa Aabalady” by Found Shaabyia (00:32): Chet finishes a conversation with William (Garret Dillahunt). He sits at a restaurant table. Arabic music plays from the speaker system.

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Ghosts of Beirut airs weekly on Showtime. New episodes premiere every Friday through June 9, 2023. This article about the Ghosts of Beirut soundtrack will be updated as the series progresses. The supporting cast includes Navid Negahban (Homeland, Aladdin), Ned Bellamy (Being John Malkovich, Twilight), Garret Dillahunt (No Country for Old Men, 12 Years a Slave), Hiba Bennani (Girlsquad, Prométhée) and Hisham Suliman (Munich, Fauda).

Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.