Crystal Lake Soundtrack Season 1 (2026) Guide
Single mother Pam Voorhees has been unable to shake her grief after her young, sickly son Jason tragically drowned in the town lake almost a year before. When two strangers arrive at Pam’s door digging into her past, a disturbing chain of events are set into motion, leaving the townspeople of Crystal Lake wondering: just who is Pam Voorhees?
Produced by A24 for Peacock and crafted by showrunner Brad Kane, the psychological horror drama Crystal Lake (Season 1) delivers an unsettling, prestige prequel to the legendary Friday the 13th mythos. Anchored by a tour-de-force performance from Emmy nominee Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees, the series explores the suffocating aftermath of young Jason Voorhees' (Callum Vinson) tragic drowning in the tranquil town lake. As two inquisitive strangers dig into Pamela's secretive past, the idyllic summer facade of Camp Crystal Lake unravels, plunging the tight-knit community into a spiraling nightmare of guilt, small-town paranoia, and the tragic genesis of horror cinema's most iconic maternal vengeance.
Curated by music supervisors Sarah Bromberg and Stephanie Diaz-Matos alongside an ominous instrumental score by composer Giosuè Greco, the Crystal Lake Season 1 soundtrack establishes an eerie, sun-drenched acoustic atmosphere. The series' sonic dread is headlined by Blue Öyster Cult's legendary 1976 classic '(Don't Fear) The Reaper' in the official Peacock teaser and Andy Williams' vintage standard 'A Summer Place'. Across eight episodes, the soundtrack creates a chilling juxtaposition by scoring Pamela's fracturing sanity with poignant 1960s and 70s needle drops, from the raw psych-soul of Funkadelic's 'Can You Get To That' and Harry Nilsson's devastating 'Without You' to Blind Faith's 'Can't Find My Way Home', Bread, and Neil Diamond.
Episode 1 Songs (Oct 15, 2026)
Camp Crystal: Camp Crystal Lake's idyllic summer is cut short by Jason's death; as the town moves on, Pam continues looking for him; Levon invites her to Founder's Day, but it only triggers Pam's pain; as she runs from her present, Pam is soon met with her past.
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One Bad Apple
The Osmonds
Scene Context: Music playing while Pamela Voorhees (Linda Cardellini) is in the kitchen and finds a snake among the supplies
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Scene Context: Pamela and Jason Voorhees are lying in bed, with Pamela shown embracing nothing but a pillow.
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All Shook Up
Jeff Beck
Scene Context: Crystal Lake founder's day celebration
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Scene Context: Pamela and Jason watching the fireworks / Ending Credits Music
Episode 2 Songs (Oct 15, 2026)
Part 2: While on a date with Levon, Pam bumps into Rita and is invited to a weekend seminar with a self-help guru; Grace goes to a high school party only to be sent away by Claudette; something sinister takes revenge for Grace.
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Scene Context: Pamela dreaming
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Can I Get a Witness
Lee Michaels
Scene Context: Levon and Pamela bowling
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Scene Context: Pamela singing
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Can't Get You Out Of My Mind
Pat Hervey
Scene Context: Music playing in the bar
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Scene Context: Music playing by the bonfire where the young people are drinking
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Take Me Back Again
Fred Martin Revue
Scene Context: Lee painting little figures
Episode 3 Songs (Oct 15, 2026)
Part III: The townspeople go bear hunting against Levon's orders; Pam and Levon bond over the loss of their loved ones; Pam visits Grace at her apartment and suspects she is being abused, leading to a confrontation with her mother, Valerie.
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Red Red Wine
Scene Context: Lee and Pamela talking
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I Am...I Said
Scene Context: Singing in the diner
Episode 4 Songs (Oct 15, 2026)
A New Beginning: Pam visits Levon in the middle of the night; Willow arrives in town searching for her friends but soon fears she's being followed; Pam asks for her job back at the camp where a new group of counselors now work; Briana's research takes an unexpected turn.
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This American Dream
David Isaac Feldstein
Scene Context: Fixing up and painting the camp cabins
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No Such Thing
David Feldstein
Scene Context: Rock music playing in the car
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I'm Into Something Good
Episode 5 Songs (Oct 15, 2026)
The New Blood: Camp Crystal Lake reopens for the summer despite the mounting death toll; tensions rise as Levon and Dorf clash over the murder suspects; Pam, worried she is losing Grace to the new staff, discovers troubling news that change everything.
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Lowlands
The Superwomen
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Hey, Little Man
The Happy Feeling
Scene Context: Children enjoying the day at camp
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Can't Find My Way Home
Blind Faith
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Down Man
Brainbox
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The Forest
Lynn Castle
Episode 6 Songs (Oct 15, 2026)
Kill Them, Mommy: Pam thinks Jason is alive; the counselors mourn Willow, but their ceremony soon takes a dark turn when an uninvited guest arrives; Briana receives a mysterious envelope just as the state police step in and take over the case at Crystal Lake.
Episode 7 Songs (Oct 15, 2026)
Friday…: A young Pam gives birth to Jason after a complicated pregnancy; Elias climbs the corporate ladder as Jason grows into a young boy; during his 4th birthday party, Jason shows alarming symptoms that lead Pam to question her life.
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Scene Context: Pamela singing on "television"
Episode 8 Songs (Oct 15, 2026)
The Final Chapter: Elias arrives in Crystal Lake determined to find Pam and Jason; Levon faces Elias in a tense exchange in an effort to protect Pam; Pam's world unravels as her past finally catches up to her.
Crystal Lake Season 1 Trailer Songs
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A Summer Place
Crystal Lake Peacock Serie Trailer Music
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Crystal Lake Peacock Original Trailer Song
From the eerie kitchen snake encounter scored to The Osmonds in 'Camp Crystal' to the climactic town revelations in the finale, SeekerTune provides the complete, scene-by-scene music directory for Crystal Lake Season 1. Explore our verified, chronological soundtrack timeline tracking every licensed pop, rock, and soul needle drop alongside Giosuè Greco's original compositions. Browse songs with exact timestamps, listen to 30-second audio previews, read contextual scene descriptions, and stream the full official tracklist directly on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music.
Main Cast
- Linda Cardellini Pamela Voorhees
- William Catlett Levon Brooks
- Devin Kessler Briana Brooks
- Cameron Scoggins Dorf
- Gwendolyn Sundstrom Grace
- Callum Vinson Young Jason Voorhees
- Danielle Kotch Claudette
- Bernadette Quigley Trudy
- Daniel Stewart Sherman Enos
- Joy Suprano Rita
Official Trailer
Complete Soundtrack List - All Songs Played in Every Episode
| Episode | Song Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| E1 | One Bad Apple | The Osmonds |
| E1 | Can You Get To That | Funkadelic |
| E1 | All Shook Up | Jeff Beck |
| E1 | Everything I Own | Bread |
| E2 | Without You | Harry Nilsson |
| E2 | Can I Get a Witness | Lee Michaels |
| E2 | You're Gonna Miss Me | Connie Francis |
| E2 | Can't Get You Out Of My Mind | Pat Hervey |
| E2 | Funk #49 | James Gang |
| E2 | Take Me Back Again | Fred Martin Revue |
| E3 | Red Red Wine | Neil Diamond |
| E3 | I Am...I Said | Neil Diamond |
| E4 | This American Dream | David Isaac Feldstein |
| E4 | No Such Thing | David Feldstein |
| E4 | I'm Into Something Good | Herman's Hermits |
| E5 | Lowlands | The Superwomen |
| E5 | Hey, Little Man | The Happy Feeling |
| E5 | Can't Find My Way Home | Blind Faith |
| E5 | Down Man | Brainbox |
| E5 | The Forest | Lynn Castle |
| E7 | Blue Skies | Ella Fitzgerald |