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
SourceRating
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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

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

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