This sequence runs a healthy nine minutes long foreshadowing what will become six seasons of incredibly compelling television with a unique approach to song and score. A chase ensues as the underscore seamlessly evolves into Fleetwood Mac’s “Tusk” before you ever realize the music has changed. During the first episode’s teaser, eerily familiar percussive underscore begins as we meet Elizabeth and Phillip for the first time, both undercover and on a mission. Records, whose music supervision credits include “Glee” and “Jack Ryan,” and Amanda Krieg Thomas, who has worked on “9-1-1” and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” pick 10 defining uses of song in the FX drama series.Īt the earliest possible moment in the series, “The Americans” defined its ambitious approach to music with this sequence. Bloom, currently a senior VP at Warner Bros. The show’s longtime music supervisors, P.J. “ The Americans” has earned much praise for its effective use of music to propel storylines.
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