Music of Heroes

The music of the Heroes television series was composed by Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman of the duo, Wendy & Lisa. Some of the scores feature the voice of L. Shankar (credited as Shenkar).^[1] The score album and the soundtrack album were released via La-La Land Records. The soundtrack of the series contains some songs, including old ones.

Heroes: Original Soundtrack

Heroes: Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	March 18, 2008
Recorded	Various dates
Genre	Pop, Alternative rock
Label	Adrenaline Music
Producer	Errol Kolosine[2] Tim Kring[2] Arkush[2]
Heroes soundtrack chronology
Heroes: Original Soundtrack Heroes: Original Score

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Heroes: Original Soundtrack is the official Heroes soundtrack. It was released on March 18, 2008 by The NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music & Consumer Products Group. It contains recordings from Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, and contributions from Panic! at the Disco, Wilco, Imogen Heap, Bob Dylan, Nada Surf and David Bowie, among other artist and bands. The disc also includes the Heroes theme. The disk does not contain, however, "Eyes" by Rogue Wave, which was featured in the first and fourth episode. The B-side features 45 minutes of nonstop narrative by Sendhil Ramamurthy who plays Mohinder Suresh on the show.

On February 29, 2008, NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music & Consumer Products Group released five music videos created by Heroes producer/director Allan Arkush, each combining show footage with songs from the soundtrack. The music videos were released on Zune and MSN.^[4][5][6]

On April 14, 2009, a second soundtrack named Heroes: Original Score of the Television Series was released via La-La Land Records, containing the original score by Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, and featuring the voice of Shenkar.^[1]

Track listing

Track	Title	Contributing artist
1.	Heroes Title	Wendy & Lisa
2.	Fire and Regeneration	Wendy & Lisa feat. Shankar
3.	He's Frank	Brighton Port Authority feat. Iggy Pop
4.	All for Swinging You Around	The New Pornographers
5.	Glad It's Over	Wilco
6.	Nine in the Afternoon	Panic! at the Disco
7.	Weightless	Nada Surf
8.	Natural Selection	Wendy & Lisa
9.	ABoneCroneDrone 3 (Excerpt)	Sheila Chandra
10.	Chills	My Morning Jacket
11.	Jealousy Rides With Me	Death Cab for Cutie
12.	Not Now, But Soon	Imogen Heap
13.	Homecoming	Wendy & Lisa
14.	All Things Must Pass	The Jesus and Mary Chain
15.	Man in the Long Black Coat	Bob Dylan
16.	Maya's Theme	Cucu Diamantes & Yerba Buena
17.	Keeping My Composure	The Chemical Brothers feat. Spank Rock
18.	"Heroes"	David Bowie

Absent from official soundtrack

The following tracks and pieces featured in the show are absent from the official soundtrack. Note that Season 3 and later were broadcast after the release of the official soundtrack.

Season 1

• "Eyes" by Rogue Wave, which was featured in the first and fourth episode.
• "Ooh La La" by Goldfrapp, which was featured in episode 20, "FIVE YEARS GONE".

Season 2

• "Peter Piper" by Run DMC, featured in episode 1 of season 2, playing on West's car radio
• "Boyz" by M.I.A., which was featured in episode 5 of season 2.
• "We Interrupt This Programme" by Coburn, which was featured in the 8th episode of season 2.

Season 3

• "Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf, which was featured in episode 16 of season 3.
• "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads, also featured in episode 16 of season 3.
• "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac, which was featured in episode 18 of season 3.
• "We Gotta Get out of This Place" by "The Animals", which was featured in episode 21 of season 3.
• "Runaway" by Del Shannon, also featured in episode 21 of season 3.

Season 4

• "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder, featured in episode 1 of season 4.
• "An Honest Mistake" by The Bravery, also in episode 1.
• "Grapevine Fires" by Death Cab for Cutie, featured in episode 2.
• "Bad Body Double" by Imogen Heap, in episode 3.

Heroes: Original Score

Heroes: Original Score from the Television Series
Soundtrack album by Wendy & Lisa
Released	April 14, 2009
Recorded	Various dates
Genre	Soundtrack, Ambient
Label	La-La Land Records
Heroes soundtrack chronology
Heroes: Original Soundtrack Heroes: Original Score

Heroes: Original Score from the Television Series is a soundtrack album from the NBC TV series Heroes. It was released on April 14, 2009, via La-La Land Records, and contains the score written by Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman (primarily music written for the first season), and features the voice of Shenkar.^[1] Heroes executive producer Allan Arkush contributes to the liner notes. The score album includes the four cues featured on the song album, "Heroes Title," "Fire and Regeneration," "Natural Selection" and "Homecoming" - the latter two are included in the suites for Mohinder and Claire, respectively.

Track listing

Track	Title	Time
1.	Heroes Title*	0:14
2.	Peter*	6:12
3.	Claire	6:43
4.	Hiro	7:30
5.	HRG*	6:24
6.	Mohinder	7:59
7.	Sylar*	5:30
8.	Jessica / Niki / Gina	5:55
9.	Kirby Plaza*	5:41
10.	Fire and Regeneration*	2:21
Total playing time		54:49

(*) Featuring the voice of Shenkar

References

1. "Heroes on La-La Land Records". La-La Land Records. 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
2. Nordyke, Kimberly (2008-02-28). "Wilco, Panic, Bowie Set For 'Heroes' Soundtrack". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
3. Collar, Matt. "Review: Heroes: Original Soundtrack". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
4. Heroes soundtrack, music videos on the way - Today's News: Our Take | TVGuide.com
5. "Dylan, Bowie on "Heroes" soundtrack". Reuters. 2008-02-28.
6. "Heroes soundtrack taps Bob Dylan, Wilco – Heroes – Television News – News + Notes – Entertainment Weekly". Entertainment Weekly.