True Detective Music
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True Detective season 1 episode 2 soundtrack

Seeing Things, 10 songs

Under pressure to land a suspect in the Lange murder, Quesada warns Hart and Cohle that they might be replaced by three detectives from a new task force. The pair lobbies for extra time to follow up on a lead that takes them from a rural cathouse to an incinerated church. With his marriage to Maggie already strained by work, Hart finds respite away from home.

  • Far From Any Road (Main Title Theme from "True Detective") — The Handsome Family
    Intro
  • Train Song (Columbia Single, 1966) — Vashti Bunyan
    Lisa Tragnetti entertains a drunk Hart
  • You Better Run to the City of Refuge — C.J. Johnson
    Rust Cohle and Martin Hart are driving to "The Ranch"
  • Meet Me in the Alleyway — Steve Earle
    Detective Cohle local people with pic of victim.
  • If I Live or If I Die (Bonus Track) — Cuff the Duke
    Rust Cohle and Martin Hart are driving to the church.
  • Kingdom of Heaven — 13th Floor Elevators
    Cohle and Hart discover the church mural; End Credits.
  • One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer — John Lee Hooker
    Hart calling Lisa Tragnetti on the phone asking her to come over.
  • Unfriendly Woman — John Lee Hooker
    Hart in bar drinking with other detectives.
  • Sign of the Judgement — The McIntosh County Shouters
    Rust beats the hell out of the two mechanics
  • Nevermind — Leonard Cohen

Theme Song

Far From Any Road
The Handsome Family