Listen: True Detective Soundtrack Mixtape

March 19, 2014

I think we can all agree that True Detective was one of the best crime dramas to ever hit the airwaves. Creepy, weird, sexy, sad and violent, the show’s first season run had everything. While the lion’s share of the greatness rests on the shoulders of Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, writer Nic Pizzolatto and director Cary Joji Fukunaga, we can’t forget about T-Bone Burnett. His incredible music placement added so much of the atmosphere that True Detective counted on.

Sad thing is, there’s no complete soundtrack to the show. Well, don’t say we here at CraveOnline aren’t looking out for you. We have compiled a list of all the songs on the show, and while some of these are on Spotify, some are not. But those up on the technological edge are included here for your listening – and reminiscing – pleasure!

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