The All the Light We Cannot See soundtrack includes music by Claude Debussy, Tino Rossi and Duke Ellington. This info article contains spoilers and song details for Steven Knight and Shawn Levy’s 2023 Netflix miniseries. Visit the Soundtracks of Television section for more Vague Visages music guides.

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All the Light We Cannot See stars Aria Mia Loberti as Marie-Laure, a French woman who delivers coded radio broadcasts during World War II. Louis Hofmann co-stars as Werner, a German military officer who specializes as a code breaker. The storyline follows the main protagonists as they try to survive. Composer James Newton Howard (King Kong) scored the Netflix miniseries; music supervisor Maggie Phillips (Fargo) picked the featured needle-drops. Here’s every song in All the Light We Cannot See, an adaptation of Anthony Doerr’s 2014 novel.

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All the Light We Cannot See Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 1

• “J’attendrai tornerai” by Tino Rossi (00:10): The All the Light We Cannot See soundtrack song accompanies an exterior scene. Reinhold (Lars Eidinger) drinks a glass of wine at La Bouche En Folie. Documents swirl around outside the building.
• “Clair de lune” by Claude Debussy (00:32): Young Werner (Lucas Herzog) sits in a tent. He talks to Young Jutta (Annabelle Berridge). Music plays from a radio.

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All the Light We Cannot See Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 2

• “It Don’t Mean a Thing” by Duke Ellington (00:18): Werner and Seidler (Ed Skrein) enter a home in Essen. The All the Light We Cannot See soundtrack song plays from a gramphone. A woman turns the music off.
• “Clair de lune” by Claude Debussy (00:28): Marie-Laure sits by a fire with Daniel (Mark Ruffalo). She changes the radio dial. The Professor talks about Sophocles.
• “Quand un petit oiseau” by Fred Adison & René Lacoste (00:33): Daniel looks at a vehicle. The music continues during a transition scene. Daniel teaches Marie-Laure how to drive.

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All the Light We Cannot See Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 3

• “Mamatschi” by Mimi Thoma (00:21): Etienne (Hugh Laurie) finishes a conversation with Werner. The All the Light We Cannot See soundtrack song continues during a transition scene. Reinhold listens to a record.

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All the Light We Cannot See Soundtrack: Every Song in Episode 4

• “TBA” by TBA (00:04): The music is featured during an interior scene. Marie-Laure talks to Madame Manes (Marion Bailey). The track plays from a gramphone.
• “Clair de lune” by Claude Debussy (00:25): The music plays during an exterior scene. Werner lays on the ground after a blast. The All the Light We Cannot See soundtrack song plays again at 00:37.

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