Music in Dollhouse
Dollhouse is an American television series created by Joss Whedon. Unlike Whedon's previous works, Dollhouse does not have a heavy focus on music (either popular songs or original music by the show's composers). While several songs have been used in the show, an official soundtrack has yet to be released.
The Dollhouse theme song is "What You Don't Know," performed by Jonatha Brooke. It was written by Brooke and Eric Bazilian. As of May 5, 2009, the song has been available for purchase on iTunes. However, it is a different mix of the version that was used in the Dollhouse music video that was a limited-time promotional iTunes download. A MP3 download of the music video version has since circulated the internet. A shortened sample of the song is used for the opening and closing credits of Dollhouse.
The Dollhouse promotional advertisements featured the songs "Massive Dose" by Sonic Librarian, a cover of "Cobrastyle" performed by Robyn, and "Boys Wanna Be Her" by Peaches.
The show's music score is composed by both Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen. No official releases of incidental music from the show have been released.
Season One
The following songs were featured during Dollhouse's first season
Episode |
Title |
Song |
Artist |
Featured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
All |
Theme Song |
What You Don't Know |
Jonatha Brooke |
Opening and closing credits |
1 |
Ghost |
Into the Fold |
The Duke Spirit |
Echo/Alice and Matt's motorcycle race |
1 |
Ghost |
Just Dance (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix) |
Lady Gaga |
Echo/Alice and Matt dance at the club |
1 |
Ghost |
Civilization |
Front Line Assembly |
Echo/Alice leaves the club to return to the Dollhouse |
1 |
Ghost |
K.O. |
The DNC |
Ballard follows Lubov into a club |
1 |
Ghost |
The Way You Like It |
The DNC |
Ballard interrogates Lubov in the club |
2 |
The Target |
Get Out |
The Vines |
Echo/Jennie and Richard go white-water rafting |
2 |
The Target |
Leave It On |
Delorentos |
Ballard phones Lubov for information |
3 |
Stage Fright |
Superstar (Smash It) |
Kimberly Cole |
Reccurs throughout the episode |
3 |
Stage Fright |
Freedom |
Eliza Dushku & Jamie Lee Kirchner |
Echo auditions; reprised for the closing scene |
3 |
Stage Fright |
The High |
Light FM |
Ballard meets with Lubov at a party |
3 |
Stage Fright |
Overdose |
Kimberly Cole |
Echo, Rayna and entourage arrive at a club |
3 |
Stage Fright |
Blow the Lights Out |
Kimberly Cole |
Sierra/Audra meets Rayna |
3 |
Stage Fright |
Make Your Move |
Jamie Lee Kirchner |
Echo searches for Rayna's stalker |
4 |
Gray Hour |
Treat 'Em Well |
The Sylvias |
Echo is imprinted as a midwife |
4 |
Gray Hour |
All Over Me |
Lara D |
Echo/Taffy parties in the hotel lobby |
4 |
Gray Hour |
I Go to Sleep |
Sia |
Closing scene |
5 |
True Believer |
Moody Liz |
Daxton |
The cult's bus arrives in town |
5 |
True Believer |
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms |
Traditional Christian hymn |
The cult members buy groceries |
6 |
Man on the Street |
Memory Box |
Alessi's Ark |
Ballard and Mellie discuss the Dollhouse case |
6 |
Man on the Street |
Concerto for Oboe & Orchestra No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 9: Adagio |
Tomaso Albinoni |
Mellie is attacked in Ballard's apartment |
6 |
Man on the Street |
Sweet Dream |
Greg Laswell |
Closing scene |
7 |
Echoes |
Fantaisie Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66 |
Chopin |
Boyd plays the piano after exposure to the memory [...] |
7 |
Echoes |
Portions for Foxes |
Rilo Kiley |
Caroline discusses the Rossum Corporation with her friends |
7 |
Echoes |
For Everything a Reason |
Carina Round |
Closing montage |
8 |
Needs |
Lonely Ghosts |
O+S |
Closing montage |
9 |
A Spy in the House of Love |
N/A |
N/A |
No commercial music was used in this episode |
10 |
Haunted |
N/A |
N/A |
No commercial music was used in this episode |
11 |
Briar Rose |
Heartbroken, In Disrepair |
Dan Auerbach |
Ballard tracks down Stephen Kepler |
12 |
Omega |
My Baby Loves Lovin' |
White Plains |
Echo and Alpha in the car with their hostage |
12 |
Omega |
In Dreams |
Roy Orbison |
Whiskey pole dances as Alpha tortures the client, Lars |
12 |
Omega |
Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime |
Beck |
Closing montage |
13 |
Epitaph One |
Remains |
Maurissa Tancharoen with Jed Whedon |
Closing montage |
Season Two
The following music was used during Dollhouse's second and final season.
Episode |
Title |
Song |
Artist |
Featured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Vows |
Hunt Quartet - Adagio |
Joseph Haydn/Extreme Music |
Echo/Roma Klar walks down the aisle |
1 |
Vows |
Lark Quartet - Adagio Cantabile |
Joseph Haydn/Extreme Music |
Echo/Roma and Martin Klar dance at the reception |
1 |
Vows |
Hazy |
Rosi Golan (featuring William Fitzsimmons) |
Echo/Roma and Martin's wedding night |
1 |
Vows |
The World |
Earlimart |
Closing montage |
2 |
Instinct |
Rock-a-Bye, Baby |
Eliza Dushku |
Echo sings a lullaby to the baby |
3 |
Belle Chose |
Going Up? |
Steven Sechi |
Terry plays with his "dolls" |
3 |
Belle Chose |
Twee for Two |
MusicBox |
Ballard takes Echo/Kiki to the wardrobe |
3 |
Belle Chose |
Keep My Heart |
APM |
Echo/Kiki and Professor Gossin dance in his office |
3 |
Belle Chose |
Let It Go |
Megha Maan |
Victor/Terry hunts for a new "Aunt Sheila" |
3 |
Belle Chose |
House of Dolls |
Torin |
Topher attempts to remote-wipe Victor/Terry |
3 |
Belle Chose |
A Lady Sleeps |
Bobby LaVell |
Echo/Terry kills Professor Gossin |
3 |
Belle Chose |
Remedy |
Little Boots |
Victor/Kiki dances at a night club |
4 |
Belonging |
Soul People |
Maimon and the Mongoose Band |
Priya sells her artwork on the boardwalk |
4 |
Belonging |
Piano in Partyland |
APM Music |
Priya talks to a socialite who likes her artwork |
4 |
Belonging |
Piano Cocktail |
APM Music |
Priya speaks to Echo and Victor and fights with Nolan |
4 |
Belonging |
Drones |
Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen |
Priya is brought to the Dollhouse; Sierra leaves the Dollhouse; Topher has a crisis of conscience |
4 |
Belonging |
Travelling Woman |
Bat for Lashes |
Closing scene |
5 |
The Public Eye |
A Tribute to Erik Satie |
Gregor F. Narholz/Sonoton Music |
Bennett Halverson talks AbOUT Rossum's plans for both Daniel Perrin and Echo |
5 |
The Public Eye |
Reflections of Satie |
David Mitcham/Carlin Music |
Bennett and Cindy talk about the Disruptor |
6 |
The Left Hand |
Me in You |
Kings of Convenience |
Daniel Perrin remembers meeting Cindy |
7 |
Meet Jane Doe |
A Shade of Difference |
Bozo Darnell |
Echo tries to help Galena at a grocery store |
8 |
A Love Supreme |
One Life Away |
M Ward |
Alpha murders one of Echo's previous romantic clients |
8 |
A Love Supreme |
Your Ghost |
Greg Laswell |
Closing scene |
9 |
Stop-Loss |
Bad Romance |
Lady Gaga |
Tony thinks he sees Sierra at a night club |
10 |
The Attic |
Pearl Island |
Bruton Music |
Echo meets the Japanese man in the Attic |
10 |
The Attic |
Kuro Kami |
KPM Music |
Echo questions the Japanese man about the whereabouts of Tony and Priya |
10 |
The Attic |
Yukata |
Bruton Music |
Echo interrogates the Japanese man about weaknesses in Rossum's mainframe |
10 |
The Attic |
No, I Don't Remember |
Anna Ternheim |
Closing montage |
11 |
Getting Closer |
Time You'll Never Get Back |
Williamson |
Caroline helps to give Bennett a makeover in a flashback |
12 |
The Hollow Men |
N/A |
N/A |
No commercial music used in this episode |
13 |
Epitaph Two: Return |
Peace |
Apocalyptica |
Echo and her allies battle the butchers in the streets of Los Angeles |
13 |
Epitaph Two: Return |
Everywhere I Go |
Lissie |
Ending montage and final scenes of Dollhouse |