The Down Cemetery Road soundtrack includes songs by Michelle Gurevich, Dizzy Gillespie and PJ Harvey. This info article contains composer and music supervisor details for Morwenna Banks’ Apple TV series. Visit the Soundtracks of Television section for more soundtrack song time codes and track listings.

Down Cemetery Road stars Emma Thompson as Zoë Boehm, a private investigator. Ruth Wilson co-stars as Sarah Trafford, a woman who investigates a deadly gas explosion. The storyline follows the main players as they team up to research a political conspiracy. Composer Laura Karpman (American Fiction) scored the Apple TV series; music supervisors Sarah Giles (All of You) and Kaya Pino (All of you) selected the featured needle-drops. In addition, Michelle Gurevich recorded the theme track, “Woman’s Touch” Here’s every song in Down Cemetery Road, an adaptation of Mick Herron’s 2003 novel.

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• “Every Time the Sun Comes Up (Alternate Version” by Sharon Van Etten (00:02): Sarah identifies a Christina Starck painting. The Down Cemetery Road soundtrack song continues during a transition sequence. Sarah rides a bicycle and talks with a young girl.
• “New-Ma” by Lee Morgan (00:29): Sarah arrives at Oxford Investigations. The Down Cemetery Road music plays from a speaker system. Sarah meets Zoë for the first time.
• “Lullaby of Birdland” by Sarah Vaughan (00:37): Joe (Adam Godley) works in his office at Oxford Investigations. Music plays from a speaker system. Joe chats with his wife/business partner, Zoë.
• “Pops’ Confessin'” by Dizzy Gillespie (00:50): Sarah arrives at Oxford Investigations. She discovers Joe’s corpse. The Down Cemetery Road music scores the episode’s final moments and end credits.

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• “TBA” by TBA (00:07): Zoë talks to her cat Betty during an interior scene. The Down Cemetery Road soundtrack song plays from a speaker system. Zoë listens to a voicemail from her mother-in-law.
• “Big Exit” by PJ Harvey (00:52): Sarah gets attacked by Amos (Fehinti Balogun). Downey (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) shows up and fires a gun. The track scores the episode’s end credits.

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Down Cemetery Road airs weekly on Apple TV+. New episodes premiere every Wednesday through December 10, 2025. This article about Down Cemetery Road soundtrack will be updated as the series progresses.