The first season is driven by two strong protagonists - a pair of unforgettable detectives obsessed with the same case. It is, first of all, wildly, ambitiously different: While it once again explores the failures of modern masculinity, it does so through a different lens, de-emphasizing the murder-mystery conventions in favor of a multicharacter urban drama. Ray has close ties to the career criminal Frank Semyon (Vince Vaughn), and their lives are upended by the murder of a double-dealing city manager named Ben Caspere - a case that also ensnares the highway patrol officer Paul Woodrugh (Taylor Kitsch) and criminal investigator Antigone Bezzerides (Rachel McAdams) within a tangled web that also involved a high-speed rail boondoggle, a deadly shootout at a meth lab and secret sex parties of the political elite.Īssessing the show’s second season is easier if you put aside the expectations set by the first. Season 2 stars Colin Farrell as Ray Velcoro, a cop in a fictional California city named Vinci (modeled after Vernon). (You heard right.) And its tableau of political corruption feels even more relevant today than it did in 2015. It was ambitious, complex television, anchored by strong performances and expert direction. I.With the third season already receiving positive buzz, Season 2 of “True Detective” is likely to disappear into the history books of prestige TV. Istwa) by The Hat, Father John Misty & S. Green True Detective (Season 1) – Episode 8 “Form and Void” s01e08 Red Light (featuring Ravenbird) by Vincent and Mr. Les Champs Élysée by Bobby Charles True Detective (Season 1) – Episode 7 “After You’ve Gone” s01e07ĭid she jump or was she pushed by Richard and Linda Thompsonįault Line by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Sign of the judgement by Cassandra Wilson Variations Goldberg, BWV 988: Aria by Glenn Gould Too Many Tears In My Eyes by Ike & Tina TurnerĮvery Man Needs a Companion by Father John Misty Tired of Waiting for You by The Kinks True Detective (Season 1) – Episode 6 “Haunted Houses” s01e06 The Brain Center At Whipples by Melvins True Detective (Season 1) – Episode 5 “The Secret Fate of All Life” s01e05 Sur Le Borde de L’Eau (On the Water’s Edge) by Blind Uncle Gaspard Illegal Business by Boogie Down Productions Honey Bee (Let’s Fly to Mars) by Grinderman Kingdom of Heaven by The 13th Floor ElevatorsĬredits True Detective (Season 1) – Episode 3 “The Locked Room” s01e03ĭoes My Ring Burn Your Finger by Buddy Millerįar From Any Road (Main Title Theme from “True Detective”) by The Handsome Familyīeginning of show True Detective (Season 1) – Episode 4 “Who Goes There” s01e04 Playing when Rust Cohle and Martin Hart are driving to the church. If I Live or If I Die (Bonus Track) by Cuff the Duke When Rust Cohle and Martin Hart are driving to the whorehouse. You Better Run to the City of Refuge by C.J. Train Song (Columbia Single, 1966) by Vashti Bunyan
Rocks and Gravel by Bob Dylan True Detective (Season 1) – Episode 2 “Seeing Things” s01e02 Sign of the Judgement by The McIntosh County Shoutersĭetectives Cohle & Hart drives to Marie Fontenot’s house. True Detective (Season 1) – Episode 1 “The Long Bright Dark” s01e01 True Detective Season 1 Soundtrack List (2014) – tracklist for every season ordered by episodes, as the music appears in the show, including all songs.