NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack

Product Review

This specially produced 2-CD soundtrack from the hit television series, NCIS, stands apart from TV soundtracks that merely compile a selection of songs that were heard in a series' previous episodes. Instead, this collection features brand new tracks from Blue October, Dashboard Confessional, Oasis, Seether, Jakob Dylan, The Airborne Toxic Event, Saving Abel, Perry Farrell, Will Dailey, Skold vs. KMFDM, Collide and electronica pioneers Nitzer Ebb, all set for prominent placement in NCIS episodes beginning in February 2009, coinciding with the release of this soundtrack.

The album also features recent tracks from Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Sharon Little, Keaton Simons and Android Lust - all utilized in recent NCIS episodes - as well as the show's original theme (available commercially for the first time) and a brand new theme remix from industrial music giants, Ministry. NCIS show producers listened to literally dozens of submitted tracks before choosing the ones best suited for upcoming storylines, and from which the show's writers could draw upon for inspiration. As NCIS Executive Producer Shane Brennan explains, ''We've put the same amount of attention and care into the creation of our soundtrack that we do with our show every week. We listened to countless tracks to find the tunes that would not only fit into particular episodes, but would actually help drive our storylines. We couldn't be more thrilled that so many great artists share our vision for integrating music into television and have agreed to offer up new music for our soundtrack. We think the fans will be getting something truly special as a result.''

The soundtrack also features show stars Pauley Perrette (Abby Sciuto), who performs the self-composed ''Fear'' under the moniker Stop Making Friends, and Cote de Pablo (Ziva David), whose memorable performance of Tom Waits' ''Temptation'' from a recent episode is included on the soundtrack. Perrette has an extensive background in music, owning her own independent record label and fronting several bands, and it is her character, Abby, whose music sensibilities in the show serve as the basis for the soundtrack's ''Abby's Lab'' disc.

Title Tracks for NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack

1. Kangaroo Cry (Blue October)
2. Even Now (Dashboard Confessional)
3. After All (Saving Abel)
4. No Matter What (Jakob Dylan)
5. Troubled Land (John Mellencamp)
6. Boy With The Blues (Oasis)
7. Things Have Changed (Bob Dylan)
8. Tomorrow Still Comes (Will Dailey)
9. Peppermint & Glue (Sharon Little)
10. Mama Song (Keaton Simons)
11. Temptation (Cote de Pablo)
12. NCIS Theme (Numeriklab)
13. NCIS Theme Remix (Ministry)
14. No Shelter (Seether)
15. Nasty Little Perv (Perry Farrell)
16. Love Is Like (Skold vs. KMFDM)
17. I Don't Want To Be On TV (The Airborne Toxic Event)
18. Promises (Nitzer Ebb)
19. Fear (Stop Making Friends (Pauley Perrette))
20. Hole Solution (Android Lust)
21. Head Spin (Collide)
22. Satellite 2009 (Solamingus)

Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful

Diverse Sample of Easy to Listen to Songs Featured on Show, March 6, 2009

M. Mierzwa (Davis, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack (Audio CD)

The NCIS Soundtrack is not a "score" but rather a collection of songs featured (in part) in episodes of the hit TV series NCIS. Though I bought this double CD set knowing that all the songs featured vocals, I would honestly like to also have a CD of the series score (similar to the BSG soundtracks such as in Battlestar Galactica: Season Two). The first disk does feature an extended version of the theme song for the series (and it is great), and the second disk features a guitar-based industrial cover of the theme by Ministry.

As a fan of industrial, gothic, and dark wave music, I'm more partial to the second disk "Abby's Lab", which features some well known and lesser known g/i (goth / industrial) artists. Ministry's remix of the theme song retains enough of the original that I could make the connection between the two...Read more

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Numeriklab and Cote de Pablo, February 11, 2009

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This review is from: NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack (Audio CD)

It seems that I find myself listening to the NCIS theme song by Numeriklab and Temptation a excusive by Cote de Pablo.
When you first listen to the theme song you think that you know the song, but where the song ends in the opening credits is just the first verse.
Cote de Pablo did a great job preforming Temptation, If you do not listen to it you will not believe how great see sings.
I have yet to listen to the second disc and most of the first disc, but Temptation and the NCIS theme song is all that is needed to make it great in my mind

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

Not enough Abbi, July 14, 2009

Marque Lampert (Portland Or) - See all my reviews

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I ordered this in hopes of getting more of the music they play during the sequences in Abbi's lab. Unfortunately that music just isn't there. I would have appreciated knowing the tittles to the pieces on the disc before I ordered,or maybe being able to listen to parts of pieces would have helped. I do like the second disc and probably would have bought that one alone. But a sample of the top songs on a disc would really help.(Abbi's lab is the name of one of the selections on the primary disc)