Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Album explained

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Album
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Various Artists
Cover:BTVS_-_The_Album_-_album_cover.jpg
Released:19 October 1999[1] [2]
Genre:Television Soundtrack
Length:65:11
Label:TVT Records
Producer:Patricia Joseph
Joss Whedon

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Album is a soundtrack album featuring music from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series.

The album is made up mostly of tracks by little-known artists, though some better known ones, such as Garbage and Alison Krauss, are also featured. A small part of the television show's original score is also included. Although the album was released in 1999, it contains music from Buffys first four seasons, although a few songs never appeared in an episode at all.

A follow-up, , was released in 2003.

Track listing

  1. Nerf Herder – "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme" (from seasons 1&2, though a re-recorded version is heard throughout the remainder of the series)
  2. Guided by Voices – "Teenage FBI"
  3. Garbage – "Temptation Waits"
  4. Velvet Chain – "Strong" (from "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date")
  5. Hepburn – "I Quit"
  6. Furslide – "Over My Head"
  7. Bif Naked – "Lucky" (from "The Harsh Light of Day")
  8. Black Lab – "Keep Myself Awake" (from "The I in Team")
  9. K's Choice – "Virgin State of Mind" (from "Doppelgangland")
  10. Superfine – "Already Met You" (from "Teacher's Pet")
  11. Face to Face – "The Devil You Know (God Is a Man)" (from "Where the Wild Things Are")
  12. Kim Ferron – "Nothing But You" (from "Beer Bad")
  13. Alison Krauss and Union Station – "It Doesn't Matter" (from "When She Was Bad")
  14. The Sundays – "Wild Horses" (from "The Prom")
  15. Four Star Mary – "Pain" (Slayer Mix) (from "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered", "Dead Man's Party" and "Living Conditions")
  16. Splendid – "Charge" (from "I Only Have Eyes for You")
  17. Rasputina – "Transylvanian Concubine" (from "Surprise")
  18. Christophe Beck – "Close Your Eyes" (Buffy/Angel Love Theme) (from "Becoming, Part 2")

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Original TV Soundtrack Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Album . AllMusic . 7 December 2021.
  2. Web site: Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Album . 2008-09-05 . GBVDB – Guided by Voices Database .