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Boardwalk Empire season 1 episode 1 soundtrack

Boardwalk Empire, 17 songs

January 1920. On the eve of Prohibition, Atlantic City's Treasurer, Nucky Thompson, condemns alcohol at a Women's Temperance League meeting, where he is noticed by Margaret Schroeder, a pretty, pregnant housewife who comes to him for help in getting her abusive husband Hans a job. Later that evening, the duplicitous Nucky privately tells his ward bosses about the opportunity to make huge profits selling bootleg liquor. At a countdown-to-midnight blast at Babette's Supper Club, he assures Jimmy Darmody, a recently returned WWI vet, that his appointment as "Man Friday" to the new Chief Clerk of the Fourth Ward, Paddy Ryan, will lead to bigger things. Jimmy, meanwhile, has higher aspirations and ends up making an alliance that could have dire consequences for both him and Nucky.

  • So Long Oo Long (How Loing You Gonna be Gone?) — Seabreeze Park Wurlitzer Band Organ
    Whiskey is loaded onto a boat; festivities on the boardwalk.
  • Battle Hymn of the Republic/Livery Stable Blues/Taps/Tiger Rag — Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
    Countdown to Prohibition.
  • Fascination — Craig Duncan
    Van Alden watches the mobsters; Margaret waits for Nucky.
  • Tenting in the Old Campground — Seabreeze Park Wurlitzer Band Organ
    Margaret gets money from Nucky.
  • Some of These Days — Sophie Tucker
    Nucky walks by the baby incubators storefront.
  • String Quartet No. 5 in F Minor — Boardwalk Empire String Quartet
    Mobster dinner.
  • By The Waters of Minntonka — Zez Confrey
  • Good Morning, Judge — Sophie Tucker
    Hans beats Margaret.
  • Don't Take Away Those Blues — Flo Bert
    Nucky is told about Margaret.
  • An Old Fashioned Garden — Olive Kline
    Nucky visits the Commodore.
  • Avalon — Al Jolson
    Capone drives down the highway; Nucky visits the palmist.
  • Sunset Medley (A Bunch of Blues / Babes in the Woods) — W. G. Haenschen & T. T. Schiffer
    Capone drives to Chicago; Eli grabs Hans; Nucky gets ready.
  • I Never Knew I Had A Wonderful Wife — Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, Stephen De Rosa
    End credits.
  • Whispering — Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
    Nucky, Colossimo and Rothstein arrive at the restaurant. Van Alden and Sebso spy them.
  • Cavalleria Rusticana, Siciliana: O Lola (Remastered) — Enrico Caruso
    Colosimo in his restaurant.
  • Look For The Silver Lining — Marion Harris
    End credits.
  • Clarinet Marmalade Blues — The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
    Nucky drives to Doyle's; Doyle and Jimmy fight.
Season 1 Episode 2

Theme Song

Straight Up and Down
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
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