
Yellowjackets Soundtrack Season 2 (2023) Guide
The second season of Yellowjackets intensifies the harrowing dual-timeline mystery as the stranded 1996 soccer team faces a brutal, unforgiving winter in the Canadian wilderness, forcing them to make unfathomable and horrific choices to survive the starvation and psychological toll. Their desperate reality shifts from accidental cannibalism to structured, ritualistic human hunting, deeply altering the survivors' sanity and bond. Meanwhile, 25 years later in the present day, the adult survivors reluctantly reunite at Lottie's mysterious wilderness wellness commune, where they must confront the manifestations of their shared childhood trauma, a dangerous blackmail plot, and the terrifying realization that the dark force they left in the woods has followed them back into civilization.
Plunging headfirst into the subzero depths of an unforgiving Canadian winter, Yellowjackets Season 2 chronicles the stranded team's harrowing psychological descent as starvation transforms primal survival instincts into organized, blood-soaked ritualism. While the 1996 timeline confronts the shocking aftermath of Jackie's fate and the life-or-death gamble of the wilderness card draw, the present-day timeline reunites the adult survivors at Lottie Matthews' secluded purple-clad wellness compound in upstate New York. Enriched by the magnetic additions of Lauren Ambrose as adult Van, Simone Kessell as adult Lottie, and Elijah Wood as eccentric citizen detective Walter Tattersall, the second installment escalates into a gripping examination of inherited trauma, police scrutiny, and the inescapable gravitational pull of the forest.
Darker, heavier, and more ritualistic than its predecessor, the Yellowjackets Season 2 soundtrack amplifies the characters' descent into madness with haunting 1990s alternative anthems and exclusive recordings. Headlined by Florence + the Machine's brooding, bespoke cover of No Doubt's 'Just A Girl' and Alanis Morissette's re-recorded main title theme, the season delivers unforgettable needle drops—from Radiohead's claustrophobic 'Climbing Up the Walls' scoring the grotesque Feast of Jackie to The Smashing Pumpkins' furious 'Bullet With Butterfly Wings' driving the deadly hunt in 'It Chooses'. Spanning Nirvana's melancholic 'Something In the Way', The Cranberries' devastating 'Zombie', Garbage's '#1 Crush', and Craig Wedren and Anna Waronker's eerie 'Blood Hive 2' score, the music mirrors the visceral terror of survival.
Episode 1: Friends, Romans, Countrymen (Mar 26, 2023)
Two months into winter the survivors cope with falling rations, low morale and their latest disastrous attempt to freeze a teammate out of the game. Shauna explores the secondary market for Yellowjackets memorabilia, while Taissa, Misty and Natalie all seek out best friends, both old and new. For those of you keeping the stat book: Lottie Matthews comes in off the bench.
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Just A Girl (From The Original Series “Yellowjackets”)
Scene Context: Season 2 trailer released
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Scene Context: Natalie and Travis prepare to exit the cabin while the others remain asleep inside.
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No Return (Extended Version)
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
Scene Context: Introduction of the opening song.
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Scene Context: Following Callie's realization that Shauna disclosed information about Adam to Jeff, a sequence of events ensues.
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#1 Crush
Scene Context: Shauna and Jeff travel to Adam's art studio.
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The Glory of Love
Scene Context: Crystal exits the cabin while singing and is startled by Misty.
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Scene Context: Jeff listens to the radio in the car as Shauna burns Adam's belongings.
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Scene Context: Lottie delivers a message from Travis to Natalie, and then Travis and Lottie search together. Shauna discovers new items, and Callie locates Adam's identification. End credits.
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A Night in Rio
Graham de Wilde
Scene Context: Jeff is at a furniture store, examining various pieces.
Episode 2: Edible Complex (Apr 2, 2023)
The Yellowjackets barely made it through summer in the woods, but now as winter begins to bite, we’ll see if hunger and desperation turn into full-on psychosis. While there may or may not be a dark and powerful force inhabiting the wilderness, their survival could depend upon what they choose to believe. Meanwhile, twenty-five years later, each survivor must ask themselves – Is the darkness coming for them, or is it coming from them?
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No Return (Extended Version)
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
Scene Context: Opening credits and introductory music.
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No Room for a Nihilist in Hollywood
Peachy!
Scene Context: Kyle and Callie converse in his bedroom prior to the commencement of the song.
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Inertia Creeps
Scene Context: Taissa prepares several coffees and then engages in various activities.
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Scene Context: Jen challenges Callie to initiate a conversation with a man at the bar while they are in a pub.
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Scene Context: The team exits to examine Jackie's burnt remains and proceeds to transform them into a meal.
Episode 3: Digestif (Apr 9, 2023)
The girls experience an unusual hangover. Shauna learns the thrill of peer-to-peer car rentals. Natalie audits Lottie’s class in emotional apiology. Tai reflects, Misty hits the high seas, and you’ve never attended a baby shower like the one the Yellowjackets throw here.
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When I Go Walking
Popecoke
Scene Context: Natalie exits the house in the woods after observing Lottie and Trinity.
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Scene Context: Misty exits her vehicle and is approached by Walter at the docks.
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Take Me Down
Sonica Disturbia
Scene Context: On the way to taking Shauna home, Jeff unexpectedly turns towards Colonial Williamsburg.
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Scene Context: Ben recalls his relationship with Paul.
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Past Not Forgotten
The Parachute Men
Scene Context: Shauna and Jeff are at a cafe.
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Bells for Her
Scene Context: Lottie is shown crying after finding that all her bees have died; blood is present in the beehives. End credits.
Episode 4: Old Wounds (Apr 16, 2023)
Relive your youth by hitting the road! Take a roadtrip with your child! Go on vacation with a new friend! Hitchhike, if you must! Just make sure you pack a good playlist for the ride. Some recommendations from us: “Anything You Can Do,” “You Get What You Give,” “Instinct,” a famous composition by Frank Comstock, but absolutely not anything from “Starlight Express”.
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Rainbow Tour
Scene Context: After a disagreement with Walter during their car journey, Misty inserts a cassette and plays a song.
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Just Get over It
James Donald Davies & Martin Jackson
Scene Context: Natalie rides in a car with Lisa; soft music plays in the background.
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Baptism / The Light
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
Scene Context: Lottie exits the abandoned airplane and goes outside.
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Won't Waste a Day
Scene Context: Natalie and Lisa converse at the bar while soft background music plays.
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Angst In My Pants
Sparks
Scene Context: Misty and Walter check into the hotel and choose to stay in separate rooms.
Episode 5: Two Truths and a Lie (Apr 23, 2023)
Okay, Fellowjackets, rise and shine and don’t forget your booties because it’s coooold out there. Misty makes a leap of faith for her bestie, Natalie and Lottie play a game of surrender, Shauna finds herself unexpectedly randy, and Tai seeks out a movie recommendation.
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What's Up (4 Non Blondes Mix Dance Mix)
DJ Miko
Scene Context: Vanessa retrieves a snack, a soda from the refrigerator, gathers the videotapes, and sorts through the mail before opening the store.
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Scene Context: Vanessa retrieves a snack and a soda from the refrigerator, collects the videotapes, and sorts through the mail before opening the store.
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Big Mouth
Necking
Scene Context: The band performs a live rendition of the song at the bowling alley.
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Scene Context: The episode's final scene commences with a song that plays continuously through the end credits.
Episode 6: Qui (May 7, 2023)
Trapped inside on a snow day, the Yellowjackets revisit the highlights, humiliations and traumas of “Health Class.” Tai and Van help each other kindly rewind, Misty explores joining a classic Cosmic American tribute band, Lisa helps Natalie carp the day, and Shauna gets a pop-quiz on her cookie-reading assignment.
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Scene Context: Young Misty asks the professor about normal blood loss during childbirth. In the present, Misty assists Shauna during her delivery.
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Your Woman
White Town
Scene Context: Upon entering, Taissa confronts Van about failing to wake her up, and they discuss her condition involving multiple personalities.
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Rescue Me
Scene Context: Ben covers his ears to block out Shauna's screams.
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Sorted For E's & Wizz
Pulp
Scene Context: Taissa discusses financial concerns with Van, indicating that current sales might not cover the business expenses.
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Pitseleh
Scene Context: Shauna delivers a baby boy and holds him. Taissa and Van engage in conversation during a car journey.
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F***k Tha Police
Scene Context: Jeff listens to the song while seated in the car and then answers Shauna's phone when Taissa calls.
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Cinematic Drone
Alan Fillip
Scene Context: Students in Teacher Ben's class view a video covering pregnancy and birth.
Episode 7: Burial (May 14, 2023)
Sometimes the best therapy is cranking the hits to eleven, so today we’re exploring the hardcore kid-care revival movement, 11 o’clock theatrical birdcore numbers, some late hits of the renovationwave era (call us about a spinoff!), flower duets, and a classic live record. Out in the wilderness, Coach Scott does a great Karl Havoc impression for an unimpressed Misty.
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Something In the Way
Scene Context: Taissa urges Shauna to stay hydrated following her recent childbirth and subsequent miscarriage. The team confronts the challenges of the winter season.
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Scene Context: Lottie proposes returning home, but Natalie convinces her to join the others for a drink at the cult location.
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6 Underground (Nellee Hoopers Edit)
Scene Context: Misty discusses her relationship with Walter.
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Scene Context: Van turns up the volume when she hears the song, and they begin dancing around the fire.
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Dream Girl Evil
Scene Context: End credits song plays.
Episode 8: It Chooses (May 21, 2023)
Shhh, it’s only going to get worse from here. Despite the whole “winter never’s gonna end” thing, the 1996 New Jersey state girls soccer champions decide to start their spring training early with an impromptu cardio session. Callie encounters an old flame, Van proves goalies never say die, most of the adults intentionally commune in the sharing shack, and, Lottie, baby, I hear the blues are calling for tossed salad and scrambled eggs. Mercy!
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Not While I'm Around
Scene Context: Walter solves a puzzle while listening to music and subsequently reads news reports about a body discovered near Pottersville Road.
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Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Scene Context: Natalie draws the Queen of Hearts card and confronts Shauna; Travis intervenes, enabling Natalie's escape.
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Poor Sucker
Scene Context: Javi attempts to assist Natalie in hiding but drowns in a frozen lake. His body is later recovered.
Episode 9: Storytelling (May 28, 2023)
Heavy is the head that wears the antler crown is a lesson you don’t learn until much later in life… if you ever even learn it at all. Everything’s about to get really wild(erness), and we’re so excited (so excited!) and so, so scared to find out who paid attention to what lessons and when. So, on the count of three, you may pick up your pencil, open your testing booklet, and start this finale exam. One… Two…
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Scene Context: Natalie and the group transport Javi's body to the cabin and suspend it from a tree branch.
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Sad but True
Scene Context: Natalie burns a playing card as Shauna prepares the knives.
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Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music)
Scene Context: Walter sings while preparing dinner in the kitchen shortly before the detective's arrival.
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God Is Alive Magic Is Afoot
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Scene Context: The scene begins with a song playing as Taissa makes a phone call to update someone about Charlotte Matthews. The music continues into the subsequent scene where the group assembles around a fire.
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The Killing Moon
Scene Context: Natalie is appointed as the group leader, and the others kneel before her.
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Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Scene Context: Natalie is injected with a needle and subsequently collapses on the ground. Upon the arrival of the police, her death is declared.
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The Killing Moon
Scene Context: The group exits the burning cabin before it is fully destroyed.
Blood Hive 2 (Original Score from the TV Series Yellowjackets)
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Snarly
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Crash
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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CuXt Leader
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Mink Trees
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Bloody Honey Hands
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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No Reason
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Postmortem
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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How Did You Survive?
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Steve Meets Biscuit
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Fork Meets Flesh
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Love You Too
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Ceremonial Drums / Buried Alive
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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What You’re Hungry For
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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What’s Good for Baby
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Javi’s Gone
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Lottie’s Presence
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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What She Would Have Wanted
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Here for My Minivan / Sweaty When You Kill Them
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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There Is No Safe
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Taisa’s Troubles / Change for Gas
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Making a Map
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Queen of Blood
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Happy Wife, Happy Life
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Lottie’s Morning Thing
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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The Black Box / Not My Bestie
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Strawberries
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Javi’s Friend-I Hear The Wind
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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We Weren’t Alone Out There-Darkness in Us
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Definitely Keep Pushing
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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We Need to Feed
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Fish Out of Water
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Mother’s Milk
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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A Nutritional Baby
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Death Lullabye
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Can’t Have Another Death on My Hands
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Sharing Shack
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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I Have Information
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Queen of Hearts
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Javi
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Dr. Brand
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Forgiveness / In My Place
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Prey Before You Eat
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Backstabber
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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Killed My Best Friend
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
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How Could It Not Have Been?
Craig Wedren , Anna Waronker
Whether you are looking for the visceral song accompanying the snow-covered feast in 'Edible Complex', the frantic heartbeat of the woods in 'Qui', or the devastating aftermath of the compound ritual and cabin blaze in 'Storytelling', SeekerTune provides the definitive Yellowjackets Season 2 music directory. Explore every needle drop across all nine episodes with precise scene contexts, 30-second audio previews, and direct streaming links for Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music, capturing the full emotional weight of Showtime's survival masterclass.
Main Cast
- Melanie Lynskey Shauna Sadecki
- Tawny Cypress Taissa Turner
- Sophie Nélisse Teen Shauna Shipman
- Jasmin Savoy Brown Teen Taissa Turner
- Sophie Thatcher Teen Natalie Scatorccio
- Sammi Hanratty Teen Misty Quigley
- Warren Kole Jeff Sadecki
- Christina Ricci Misty Quigley
Official Trailer
Complete Soundtrack List - All Songs Played in Every Episode
| Episode | Song Title | Artist |
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| E1 | Just A Girl (From The Original Series “Yellowjackets”) | Florence + the Machine |
| E1 | Seventeen | Sharon Van Etten |
| E1 | No Return (Extended Version) | Craig Wedren, Anna Waronker |
| E1 | Drown | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| E1 | #1 Crush | Garbage |
| E1 | The Glory of Love | Jimmy Durante |
| E1 | Last Resort | Papa Roach |
| E1 | Cornflake Girl | Tori Amos |
| E1 | A Night in Rio | Graham de Wilde |
| E2 | No Return (Extended Version) | Craig Wedren, Anna Waronker |
| E2 | No Room for a Nihilist in Hollywood | Peachy! |
| E2 | Inertia Creeps | Massive Attack |
| E2 | Little Queenie | SadGirl |
| E2 | Climbing Up the Walls | Radiohead |
| E3 | When I Go Walking | Popecoke |
| E3 | Seether | Veruca Salt |
| E3 | Take Me Down | Sonica Disturbia |
| E3 | These Are Days | 10,000 Maniacs |
| E3 | Past Not Forgotten | The Parachute Men |
| E3 | Bells for Her | Tori Amos |
| E4 | Rainbow Tour | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| E4 | Just Get over It | James Donald Davies & Martin Jackson |
| E4 | Baptism / The Light | Craig Wedren, Anna Waronker |
| E4 | Won't Waste a Day | James Donald Davies |
| E4 | Angst In My Pants | Sparks |
| E5 | What's Up (4 Non Blondes Mix Dance Mix) | DJ Miko |
| E5 | What's Up? | 4 Non Blondes |
| E5 | Big Mouth | Necking |
| E5 | Mother | Danzig |
| E6 | Song 2 | Blur |
| E6 | Your Woman | White Town |
| E6 | Rescue Me | Madonna |
| E6 | Sorted For E's & Wizz | Pulp |
| E6 | Pitseleh | Elliott Smith |
| E6 | F***k Tha Police | N.W.A |
| E6 | Cinematic Drone | Alan Fillip |
| E7 | Something In the Way | Nirvana |
| E7 | Free | Florence + the Machine |
| E7 | 6 Underground (Nellee Hoopers Edit) | Sneaker Pimps |
| E7 | Lightning Crashes | LIVE |
| E7 | Dream Girl Evil | Florence + the Machine |
| E8 | Not While I'm Around | Barbra Streisand |
| E8 | Bullet With Butterfly Wings | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| E8 | Poor Sucker | Low |
| E9 | Zombie | The Cranberries |
| E9 | Sad but True | St. Vincent |
| E9 | Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music) | Stephen Sondheim |
| E9 | God Is Alive Magic Is Afoot | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
| E9 | The Killing Moon | Nouvelle Vague |
| E9 | Street Spirit (Fade Out) | Radiohead |
| E9 | The Killing Moon | Echo & The Bunnymen |





