This guide currently identifies 68 songs heard in Zodiac (2007), with scene details and placement information where available.
Zodiac soundtrack songs
- Standing In the Safety ZoneThe Fairfield FourScene / details
(0:00) Opening; Darlene Ferrin picks up Mike Mageau on July 4, 1969, in Vallejo, CA.
- It's Goin' DownYung JocScene / details
(0:01) Darlene and Mike pull into a lover’s lane.
- The Hands of TimePerfect CircleScene / details
(0:02) The Zodiac follows Darlene and Mike to the lover’s lane; (repeats) End credits.
- AftermathsDavid ShireScene / details
(0:05) Zodiac calls Vallejo Police Dept. Mike and Darlene are found. After events at Lake Berryessa; Toschi investigates the Presidio crime scene.
- You Did (feat. The Designated Hitters)Kate Joy EarlScene / details
(0:06) Opening Titles; San Francisco; Graysmith takes his son to school then drives to work. The Zodiac’s first letter arrives at the Chronicle.
- Young GirlGary PuckettScene / details
(0:14) Robert follows Paul Avery to Morti’s bar.
- Young NorbitDavid NewmanScene / details
(0:15) Donald and Bettye Harden crack the Zodiac “408 cipher."
- Jean (Re-Recorded)OliverScene / details
(0:17) Bryan and Cecelia drive to Lake Berryessa.
- Bang BangVanilla FudgeScene / details
(0:25) The Zodiac takes a cab ride and murders cabbie Paul Stine at Washington St. and Cherry St. San Francisco.
- Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying (Remastered)José FelicianoScene / details
(0:26) San Francisco Police Department Inspectors Bill Armstrong and Dave Toschi drive to a cab driver murder scene near the Presidio.
- GraysmithDavid ShireScene / details
(0:34) The Chronicle receives another Zodiac letter. The publisher decides to print letter without including threats The Zodiac has made on school children. Robert worries about his son's safety.
- Law & DisorderDavid ShireScene / details
(0:39) Armstrong and Toschi interview two uniformed officers who may have seen The Zodiac near Presidio murder scene; The highway incident; Pascoe and Cheney interview.
- Graysmith ObsessedDavid ShireScene / details
(0:41) Armstrong and Toschi; Avery and Graysmith discuss The Zodiac case. Grace speaks with Toschi, Narlow, and Mulanax about the investigation.
- Tar SequenceLalo SchifrinScene / details
(0:43) Morning news show; Melvin Belli appears.
- I Only Want to Be With YouDusty SpringfieldScene / details
(0:50) At the bar, Paul and Robert drink together. Paul tries an Aqua Velva cocktail for the first time.
- Crystal Blue PersuasionTommy James & The ShondellsScene / details
(0:51) Paul and Robert drink while discussing cryptology.
- Kate Returns / Tuesday, TuesdayDavid NewmanScene / details
(0:53) Toschi calls Armstrong about a potential clue in one of The Zodiac’s letters.
- There Is No Christmas Like a Home ChristmasPerry ComoScene / details
(0:53) Toschi and Armstrong arrive at the home of Melvin Belli after Belli receives a letter from The Zodiac. Belli reads the letter aloud.
- MilkshakeKelisScene / details
(0:55) Traveling westbound on Highway 132 near Modesto, Kathleen Johns pulls her car over to the side of the road after a tailing motorist repeatedly flashes his lights and honks his horn.
- Shoppin' for ClothesThe CoastersScene / details
(1:00) Montage of newspaper headlines and Zodiac letters; Toschi, Armstrong, Avery, and Graysmith reading Zodiac letters.
- Arrivederci RomaMario LanzaScene / details
(1:06) Robert meets Melanie for the first time on a blind date at an Italian restaurant.
- HyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymisticIsaac HayesScene / details
(1:15) Graysmith cuts newspaper clippings. Armstrong and Toschi interview crackpot tipsters.
- SnowbirdAnne MurrayScene / details
(1:18) Toschi and Armstrong discuss Arthur Leigh Allen handwriting samples and child molestation charge.
- Looking for YouKirk FranklinScene / details
(1:28) Construction of the Transamerica Pyramid.
- Norbit Sneaks OutDavid NewmanScene / details
(1:30) Armstrong interviews Arthur Leigh Allen's sister-in-law.
- Trailer ParkDavid ShireScene / details
(1:32) Armstrong, Toschi, and the Santa Rosa Police Department arrive at the trailer park to serve a search warrant on Arthur Leigh Allen’s residence.
- Dare to DreamDavid ShireScene / details
(1:39) Robert meets Paul’s replacement. Golden Gate bridge. Armstrong tells Toschi of transfer request. Robert looks at his scrapbook of Zodiac newspaper clippings.
- Sweet HoneySlightly StoopidScene / details
(1:42) Robert visits Paul on his houseboat to discuss writing a book about The Zodiac.
- Avery & Graysmith, Toschi & ArmstrongDavid ShireScene / details
(1:44) Paul gets angry at Robert. Robert arrives home with cryptology books borrowed from library. Toschi returns to the corner of Washington and Cherry Sts.
- Are You Done?David ShireScene / details
(2:02) Robert phones Wallace to request a sample of Rick Marshall’s handwriting; Melanie is angry at Robert for appearing on television.
- Queen of WhoresDavid NewmanScene / details
(2:05) Robert speaks with Toschi’s wife on the phone.
- Deacon BluesSteely DanScene / details
(2:08) One of Graysmith's sons asks him about Zodiac coded letter. Avery sees Graysmith interviewed on TV.
- Closer & CloserDavid ShireScene / details
(2:20) Graysmith, outside the Vallejo Police Department in the rain, pleads with Jack Mulanax to let him in; He goes to Toschi's house to share information about the investigation.
- LowdownBoz ScaggsScene / details
(2:25) Robert and Toschi discuss Zodiac suspect Arthur Leigh Allen in an all-night diner.
- ConfrontationDavid ShireScene / details
(2:28) Robert and Toschi talk; Toschi leaves the diner. Graysmith parks car in front of Ace Hardware Store where Arthur Leigh Allen works.
- Baker StreetGerry RaffertyScene / details
(2:30) At the store as Robert stares at Arthur Leigh Allen; Graysmith walks away.
- Hurdy Gurdy Man (Single Version)DonovanScene / details
End notes. End credits.
- Graysmith's Theme (Piano Version)David ShireScene / details
End credits.
- (I Know) I'm Losing YouRod StewartScene / details
Official Trailer Music
- Spooky NightsThomas Chase JonesScene / details
Scene description not yet available.
- Graysmith's ThemeDavid ShireScene / details
End credits
- A Horse with No NameAmericaScene / details
(DVD Directors Cut) Blackout music montage.
- Killing Me Softly With His SongRoberta FlackScene / details
(DVD Directors Cut) Blackout music montage.
- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (Single Version)The TemptationsScene / details
(DVD Directors Cut) Blackout music montage.
- At SeventeenJanis IanScene / details
(DVD Directors Cut) Blackout music montage.
- You Ain't Seen Nothing YetBachman Turner OverdriveScene / details
(DVD Directors Cut) Blackout music montage.
- Pick Up the PiecesAverage White BandScene / details
(DVD Directors Cut) Blackout music montage.
- Love RollercoasterOhio PlayersScene / details
(DVD Directors Cut) Blackout music montage.
- Toschi's Theme (Unused)David ShireScene / details
Scene description not yet available.
- The Unanswered QuestionCharles IvesScene / details
[Instrumental] Before Zodiac kills the cab driver.
- Walk It OutUnkScene / details
Scene description not yet available.
- Soul SacrificeSantanaScene / details
(0:07) title credit
- Young GirlGary Puckett, The Union GapScene / details
(0:14) Robert follows Paul Avery to Morti’s bar.
- A Horse with No NameAmerica, George MartinScene / details
(DVD Directors Cut) Blackout music montage.
- Easy To Be HardThree Dog NightScene / details
First song on the night of July 4, 1969 in Vallejo, CA. Darlene picks up Mike at his driveway.
- Sky PilotEric Burden & The AnimalsScene / details
Darlene parks the car at a lovers’ lane and begins flirting with Mike. A group of teenagers set off fireworks at the lane, startling Darlene and Mike.
- Hurdy Gurdy ManDonovanScene / details
Mike and Darlene notices the car from the fast food driveway earlier. The car then drives away but returns shortly after. A man gets out of the car with a flashlight and shoots Mike and Darlene multiple times.
- It's Not For Me To SayJohnny MathisScene / details
A couple reads the newspaper about the Zodiac letters and attempts to decipher the letter.
- JeanOliverScene / details
Song as law student Bryan Hartnell drives his girlfriend, Cecelia Shepard, to Lake Berryessa in Napa County.
- Don't Let The Sun Catch You CryingJosé FelicianoScene / details
David Toschi and Bill Armstrong drives to the crime scene.
- BernadetteThe Four TopsScene / details
At a bar. Avery makes fun of Graysmith for a bit before asking him about the drink.
- SolarMiles DavisScene / details
Toschi talks to his partner, Armstrong, over the phone about one of the Zodiac letters.
- (I Never Promised You A) Rose GardenLynn AndersonScene / details
Kathleen Johns Is driving her car on the highway with her baby when a man beeps his car for her to pull over.
- I Want to Take You HigherSly & The Family StoneScene / details
Montage of newspaper headlines and Zodiac letters accompanied by voiceovers of Toschi, Armstrong, Avery, and Graysmith reading Zodiac letters.
- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)Marvin GayeScene / details
During the video of the high-rise building getting built in high speed.
- Brother LouieStoriesScene / details
Music coming from Pauls house/boat
- Mary's BluesJohn ColtraneScene / details
Robert speaks with Toschi’s wife on the phone. He learns that Toschi has been accused of forging a Zodiac letter.
- Johnny Mann SingersThe Sound of the CityScene / details
Scene description not yet available.

