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When We Rise season 1 episode 1 soundtrack

Part I, 11 songs

A young peace activist escapes his repressive life in Phoenix and heads to San Francisco, hoping to find refuge and community, but finds that the struggle for survival is just as difficult as it was back home. Elsewhere, NOW purges lesbians from its ranks.

  • I'd Love to Change the World (2004 Remaster) — Ten Years After
    Beginning of the episode
  • Nothing Changes (feat. The Haden Triplets) — Anaïs Mitchell
    Roma leaves Togo for the US.
  • Do What You Want — OK Go
    Cleve going through his fathers books
  • California — Who Is Fancy
    Cleve narrating
  • Ooh La La — Tim Myers
    Cover used in the show. Plays when Cleve Jones gets the bike messenger job.
  • Ooh La La — Faces
    Cover used in the show. Plays when Cleve Jones gets the bike messenger job.
  • Loneliness Ends With Love — Al Lerner featuring Margaret Whiting
  • Pusherman — Curtis Mayfield
    Roma and Jean have sex.
  • Empire building — Laura Gibson
    At the protest when the police come after them.
  • Empire Builder — Laura Gibson
    At the protest with Roma when the police attack.
  • Open Hands (feat. Trent Dabbs) — Ingrid Michaelson
    Final scenes as Diane comes back from Togo to find Roma, and Cleve writes to Scott about his decision to stay in San Francisco.
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