Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police procedural series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons (122 episodes) on NBC from 1993 to 1999, and was succeeded by a TV movie, which also acted as the de-facto series finale. The series was originally based on David Simon's book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. Many of the characters and stories used throughout the show were based on events depicted in the book, which was also used for Simon's own series, The Wire on HBO.
Homicide featured an ensemble cast, with starring roles given to Richard Belzer, Daniel Baldwin and Ned Beatty. However, Andre Braugher (as Frank Pembleton) emerged as the series' breakout star. The show won Television Critic's Awards for outstanding drama in 1996, 1997, and 1998. It also became the first drama ever to win three Peabody Awards for best drama in 1993, 1995, and 1997.
Chris Tergesen became music coordinator during the second season, and more music is featured than in the previous episodes as a result.
A commercial soundtrack CD was never release, but this torrent has surfaced, and I share it with you. In contains several tracks from the soundtrack of the show and some audio clips from episodes. Homicide Life on the Streets was ground breaking in many areas, story acting and editing. The inclusion of popular rock music as part of its episodes was another area where the show broke new ground.
101 - Homicide-Life on the Street Theme
102 - Seal - Killer
103 - Tori Amos - Crucify
104 - Peter Gabriel - No Self Control
105 - Iguanas - Boom Boom Boom
106 - Faith No More - Evidence
107 - Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover
108 - Dada - Feel Me Don't You
109 - John Hiatt - Blue Telescope
110 - Nina Simone - Sinnerman
111 - Dawn Penn - You Don't Love Me (No No No)
112 - Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick
113 - Buddy Guy with Bonnie Raitt - Feels Like Rain
114 - Heather Nova - Walking Higher
115 - Spinners - Working My Way Back to You
116 - Third Eye Blind - God of Wine
117 - Lisa Germano - The Darkest Night of All
201 - Collective Soul - Bleed
202 - Ani DiFranco - Shameless
203 - Barenaked Ladies - What a Good Boy
204 - Reverend Horton Heat - Your Wildest Dreams
205 - Big Walter Horton - Trouble in Mind
206 - Counting Crows - Raining in Baltimore
207 - Joan Armatrading - Down to Zero
208 - Cowboy Junkies - This Street, That Man, This Life
209 - John Lee Hooker with Van Morrison - I Cover the Waterfront
210 - Tom Waits - Cold Cold Ground
211 - Better Than Ezra - One More Murder
212 - Edwin Hawkins Singers - Im Going Through
213 - Belly - Full Moon, Empty Heart
214 - Drifters - Save the Last Dance for Me
215 - Suzanne Vega - Blood Makes Noise
216 - Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
217 - Smashing Pumpkins - Crestfallen
218 - Jimmy Scott - There's No Disappointment in Heaven