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The Haunting Music of Dexter
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DEXTER OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK:
"Dexter: Music from the Showtime Original Series" was released on August 28, 2007 and features 25 tracks:
Dexter Soundtrack1. Dexter Main Title (Right click, save as) - Rolfe Kent (01:39)
2. "Tonight's the Night" - Monologue: Michael C. Hall (01:07)
3. Conoci La Paz - Beny Moré (03:02)
4. Uruapan Breaks - Kinky (02:21)
5. Flores Para Ti - Raw Artistic Soul, feat. Rafael Cortez (05:16)
6. "Blood" - Monologue: Michael C. Hall (00:58)
7. Con Mi Guaguanco - Ray Armando (07:12)
8. Perfidia - Mambo All-Stars (02:36)
9. "Sometimes I Wonder" - Monologue: Michael C. Hall (00:29)
10. Born Free - Andy Williams (02:25)
11. Dexter Main Title - Kinky (01:40)

Tracks 12-25 composed by Daniel Licht:
12. Escalation (02:08)
13. Shipyard (02:03)
14. Deborah Loves Rudy / The House (03:11)
15. I Can't Kill (02:21)
16. Voodoo Jailtime (02:57)
17. New Legs (02:01)
18. Photo Albums (03:22)
19. Courting the Night (01:21)
20. Hide Your Tears (01:35)
21. Wink (02:07)
22. Astor's Birthday Party (02:00)
23. Epilogue / Bloodroom (03:43)
24. Blood Theme (02:25)
25. Die This Way [Bonus Track] - Composers: Jon & Daniel Licht,
Performer: Jon Licht (03:55)
The ITunes release includes five additional bonus tracks of Daniel Licht's cues from Seasons 1 & 2:
"Fight or Flight" - 1:41
"Nowhere to Hide" - 1:43
"The Ice Truck Killer" - 2:56
"The Fortune" - 1:17
"Second Season Suite" - 2:01

ABOUT THE COMPOSERS:
Rolfe Kent Main Title Composer, Rolfe Kent:
Mr. Kent was born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK, 1963, and moved to Los Angeles in 1991. He was nominated by the Emmys for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for "Dexter" and has been the recipient of awards for his compositions.

Other Work
:

Dexter (2007 TV) Nominated Emmy Award - Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
Sideways (2005 Film) Won BMI Film Award
Mean Girls (2005 Film) Won BMI Film Award
Legally Blonde 2: Red White & Blonde (2004 Film) Won BMI Film Award
Freaky Friday (2004 Film) Won BMI Film Award
Legally Blonde (2002 Film) Won BMI Film Award
Official Website: http://www.rolfekent.com
Wikipedia.Org: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolfe_Kent
Notes: Features a free mp3 of "Dexter Theme" available for download.


Daniel LichtSeries Composer, Daniel Licht:
Mr. Licht is a multi-instrumentalist who was born in Detroit and currently resides in Los Angeles. A former protégé of Christopher Young, he has been composing for 20 years and was recently awarded the BMI TV Music Award for "Dexter" along with Mr. Kent.

Per liner notes of the "Dexter" Soundtrack, Mr. Licht plays electric/acoustic/bowed guitars; electric bass; piano; ethnic flutes; misc percussion; computer sound design; gamelan (a set of instruments of Indonesian origin, ie. xylophones, gongs, that are tuned to coincide with each other).

Other Work
:
Dexter (2007 TV)
Kitchen Confidential (2005-2006 TV)
Jake in Progress (2005-2006 TV)
Icon (2005 TV)
Permanent Midnight (1998 Film)
Thinner (1996 Film)
Hellraiser:Bloodline (1996 Film)
Children of the Corn III (1995 Film)

Official Website: http://danlicht.com
Notes: Features links to audio/video clips of Dexter; however, some clips are non-functioning.
Official MySpace: http://myspace.com/danlichtdexter
Notes: Standalone Player features four unreleased cues (streaming only) not on the soundtrack:
"Photos" - 1:49
"On the Move" - 1:15
"Harry's Rule" - 1:18
"Dexter Theme" - 1:08
DEXTER'S GREATEST "HITS"
Artist: Unknown
Label: Released on Showtime
Length: 3:00 Minutes
Title: Dexter's Greatest "Hits" AKA 56 Lines About 13 Psychos
Summary: A collection of Dexter's greatest "hits" from Season One.
Lyrics: TBA
View The Video: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JVlclv-Ts4k , http://dexteronshowtime.imeem.com/video/BpxleHhB/dexter_greatest_hits/

The music in the infamous Dex/Lila love scene is by the talented Jon Licht, nephew of Daniel Licht. Collaborated on several Dexter pieces, and also wrote "Long Way Home" (Dex and Lila on the "found art" quest". Go here and check out "More Love" in the music section (not available for download): http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=144736282


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dadams2379 The song on the Dexter Commercial 3 Aug 24 2008, 6:43 AM EDT by Morg@n
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Me and my girl thought that secret song was just too cool. Does anyone know what it is or where I can find it???
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SimplyAgrestic "Dark Passenger" unofficial fan soundtrack 0 Aug 11 2008, 2:28 PM EDT by SimplyAgrestic
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If anyone is interested, I just finished making an unofficial Dexter fan soundtrack, "Dark Passenger: Music From and Inspired By Dexter." Here are some mirror links to download it (it's in WinRAR format).

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7Z9F5NX0
http://rapidshare.com/files/135864026/Dark_Passenger_Soundtrack.rar.html
http://www.badongo.com/file/10765858
http://depositfiles.com/files/7092180

Tracklist available now, artwork (hopefully) available soon at http://flickr.com/photos/simplyagrestic/

Here's part of the readme.txt:

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Dark Passenger: Music From and Inspired By Dexter

This is a fan-made, unofficial soundtrack to my favorite television show, Showtime's "Dexter." The score provided by Daniel Licht is amazing, and combined with the Latin music used in the show, the viewer truly gets a genuine Miami feel. Having said that, over the past year or so, I have stumbled upon various songs from other genres that I think fit well with the inner workings of Dexter's troubled mind. Interspaced throughout are some of my favorite tracks from Daniel Licht's score, as well as snippets of dialog from the show itself. I hope you all enjoy...
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Visable1 The importance of Chopin's nocturne?? 5 Jul 21 2008, 3:18 PM EDT by jwnelson11
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This detail from the last episode is bugging me. The references made by Lundy as well as by Deb talk about it in conjunction with "a peaceful place" and the particular Nocturne that Deb loads on her IPod is indeed very much melodic and calming but, Lundy talks about Chopin as if all his works are that way when in fact, while they do start off melodic and soothing in the first movements, generally move forward gradually building to a fever pitch of drama that always reminds me of Procofiev on occasion. Nerveous music. Very much appropriate for Dexter's life really as we all know that he puts on a calm, soothing, charming and relaxing facade for those around him but, he always ends up brutally dismembering a victim eventually.

I can't help thinking that the writters are giving us a hint at things to come but, I can't quite put my finger on what that will be. The trailers for next weeks episode make it clear that Dexter is fearful for Rita's safety. IS it from Lila? Doaks? Is Lila the nocture? Soothing him in early episodes, drawing him into her world with promises of it being a safe place where he can be himself when in reality, she will build to a fever pitch of violence and drama (already too obvious from her setting her apartment on fire out of obvious jealousy that Dexter was spending time Rita and her son?

I've given a great deal of thought to movies this nocturne is heard in. Nothing is jumping out at me. Still I feel like this bit of music is significant.
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SirFabix cha cha cha. Name of the song - episode 1 0 Jun 8 2008, 2:26 PM EDT by SirFabix
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... the only lyric it has is "cha-cha-cha"

Does anybody know the name of the song??
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chefcremebrulee dex, lies and videotape 12 May 16 2008, 3:42 AM EDT by Nova_PL
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Doe anyone know the name of the band who's music is used in the Dexter and Lila sex scene?
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