The Fall of the House of Usher soundtrack includes music by Pink Floyd, Nine Inch Nails and Bonnie Tyler. This info article contains spoilers and song details for Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix miniseries. Visit the Soundtracks of Television section for more Vague Visages music guides.
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The Fall of the House of Usher stars Carla Gugino as Verna, a mysterious woman with the ability to influence powerful entrepreneurs. Bruce Greenwood co-stars as Roderick Usher, a despised business mogul who discusses his career with an investigator. The storyline follows the Usher family patriarch as he reveals how and why his children suddenly died. The Newton Brothers (Doctor Sleep) scored the Netflix miniseries; music supervisor Justine von Winterfeldt (In the Dark) picked the featured needle-drops. Here’s every song in The Fall of the House of Usher, an adaptation of various stories by Edgar Allan Poe.
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The Fall of the House of Usher Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 1 “A Midnight Dreary”
- “Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2″ by Pink Floyd (00:00): The Fall of the House of Usher soundtrack song scores the opening sequence. A New Year’s scene begins in 1980. Verna breaks the fourth wall and smiles.
- “New York Groove” by Ace Frehley (00:45): Roderick talks to Auguste (Carl Lumbly) about the past. The music continues during a transition scene. A 1980 New Year’s sequence resumes.
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The Fall of the House of Usher Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 2 “The Masque of the Red Death”
- “10,000 Emerald Pools” by Børns (00:40): An interior scene begins. Camille L’Espanaye (Kate Siegel) receives a guest and turns off her television. The Fall of the House of Usher soundtrack song plays from a speaker system.
- “Me & U” by Madeaux (00:43): The track plays during a nightclub scene. A bouncer delivers instructions. Prospero (Sauriyan Sapkota) wears a mask and observes the crowd.
- “Wicked Game” by The Newton Brothers feat. Daisy Gray (00:47): A club scene continues. Verna arrives with a mask on. She sits on a bed and talks to Prospero.
- “Midnight” by Siobhan Sainte (00:52): Prospero chases after Verna. The Fall of the House of Usher soundtrack song kicks in as he pops a pill. Prospero puts on a mask and navigates his club.
- “Closer (Precursor)” by Nine Inch Nails (00:53): A club scene continues. Verna delivers instructions to a woman. Prospero and several club patrons get electrocuted.
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The Fall of the House of Usher Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 3 “Murder in the Rue Morgue”
- “Trop Vite” by Miel De Montagne (00:17): Leo (Rahul Kohli) offers a gummy to Camille. The Fall of the House of Usher soundtrack song plays during a transition scene. Leo snorts cocaine.
- “described descent” by penny p. (00:19): An interior scene continues. Camille calls Leo “Xbox Gatsby.” Music plays from a speaker system.
- “I Wish I Knew the Man I Thought You Were” by Karen Black & Cass McCombs (00:31): Young Roderick (Zach Gilford) talks to Rufus (Michael Trucco). The track continues during a transition scene. Young Roderick drinks a Budweiser at his home.
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The Fall of the House of Usher Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 4 “The Black Cat”
- “We Built This City” by Starship (00:44): Tamerlane (Samantha Sloyan) watches a fitness video. Bill-T (Matt Biedel) promotes his brand.The Fall of the House of Usher soundtrack song is featured as a fitness video concludes.
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The Fall of the House of Usher Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 5 “The Tell-Tale Heart”
- “Listen to the Music” by The Doobie Brothers (00:00): The Fall of the House of Usher soundtrack song accompanies the opening sequence. Young Roderick visits a night club. He talks to Verna.
- “Total Eclipse of the Heart” by Bonnie Tyler (00:13): Victorine (T’Nia Miller) argues with Alessandra (Paola Núñez). Music plays from a speaker system. The track plays again at 00:52.
- “Hard on the Heart” by Kingsborough (00:48): Roderick visits Victorine. He asks her to lower the volume on a speaker system. Roderick apologizes to Victorine.
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The Fall of the House of Usher Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 6 “Goldbug”
- “Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, ‘Tempest’: Allegretto” by Ludwig van Beethoven (00:00): An interior scene begins. The Fall of the House of Usher soundtrack song plays as Tamerlane grabs a green outfit. She washes her face during a bathroom scene.
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The Fall of the House of Usher Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 7 “The Pit and The Pendulum”
- “TBA” by TBA (00:20): Lenore (Kyliegh Curran) talks to her father, Frederick (Henry Thomas). The Fall of the House of Usher soundtrack song plays from a speaker system. Lenore inquires about her mother’s health.
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The Fall of the House of Usher Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 8 “The Raven”
- “Knock on Wood” by Amii Stewart (00:14): Roderick continues a conversation with Auguste (Carl Lumbly). The Fall of the House of Usher soundtrack song continues during a transition scene. A 1980 sequence begins.
- “TBA” by TBA (00:15): Rufus talks to Young Roderick and Young Madeline. The characters toast to Fortunato. Young Roderick observes Young Madeline and Rufus.
- “Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 1″ by Pink Floyd (00:25): Young Roderick and Young Madeline execute a death plan involving Rufus. They discuss their next steps. Young Roderick and Young Madeline meet with Verna.
- “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot (00:28): A restaurant scene continues. Verna makes a proposal to Young Roderick and Young Madeline. The Fall of the House of Usher soundtrack song plays from a speaker system.
Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.
Categories: 2020s, Drama, Horror, Netflix Originals, Soundtracks of Television, Streaming Originals
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