art direction, good touches, distinctive instrumental opening, etc.
soundtrack clips appearing in episodes
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| 101@ | premiere | "Life During War" | Talking Heads | ? | Stop Making Sense | The noisy party thrown by the neighbors from hell |
| 101@ | premiere | "Livin on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi | ? | Slippery When Wet | Same party, same racket |
| 103 | housewarming | "Circle Game" | Joni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Miles of Aisles/Ladies of the Canyon | End of the episode as everyone gathers in the living room |
| 105@ | but not for me | "but not for me" | Michael Feinstein | music: George Gershwin, words: Ira Gershwin | ? | ? |
| 105 | but not for me | "Isn't It Romantic?" | Michael Feinstein | ¥ music: Richard Rodgers, words: Lorenze Hart | ? | Feinstein makes several appearances, performing a few bars of his songs as the segments transition |
| 105 ¥ | but not for me | "Cheek to Cheek" | Michael Feinstein | music & words: Irving Berlin | ? | Michael and Hope have lost their parking ticket |
| 105 ¥ | but not for me | "Somebody loves me" | Michael Feinstein | music: George Gershwin, words: Ira Gershwin | ? | On the car stereo while the mechanic has a better night than Michael |
| 106# | we gather together | "Fire and Rain" | Peter Horton | James Taylor | Performed for the episode | Gary strums and sings a few bars in Hope's daydream |
| 108 | weaning | "Tupelo Honey" | Van Morrison | Van Morrison | Tupelo Honey | End of the episode, as Hope dances with Janey |
| 109@ | i'll be home for christmas | "River" | Joni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Blue | Periodically throughout the episode |
| 109 ¥ | i'll be home for christmas | "Hava Nagila" | instrumental | traditional | Melissa's flashback of Michael treating her unfairly | |
| 110 ¥ | south by southwest | "I'm still in love with you" | Al Green | ? | ? | Michael's car stereo |
| 110^ | south by southwest | "It's Alright" | Timothy Busfield,Peter Horton, Ken Olin | Originally performed by Bobby Rush. | Performed for the episode. | As the guys sit in the car, staking out the house |
| 113 | separation | ? | ? | ? | ? | Originally playing in the bar as Elliot, Michael, and Gary go out as "the boys" (now dubbed over on Lifetime) |
| 116 ¥ | acccounts receivable | "Chicago" | Peter Horton | Fred Fisher | Performed for the episode | Gary sings Chicago because Michael & Hope went there |
| 116 | acccounts receivable | "Something" | ? | The Beatles | ? | Playing on Michael's car while in Chicago |
| 118 ¥ | nancy's first date | "The Teddy Bear's Picnic" | Mel Harris | music by John William Bratton, James B. Kennedy (1907) | Performed for the episode | Hope sings in the first scene |
| 120 ¥ | tenure | "Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 'Pathetique' Mov.2 Adagio cantabile" | Peter Horton | music by Ludwig van Beethoven | Performed for the episode | Gary plays the piano for Hope. |
| 121@ | born to be mild | "Born to be Wild" | Ken Olin | M. Bonfire | Performed for the episode | As he emerges from the shower, Michael belts out a few lines |
| 201 ¥ | we'll meet again | "Stardust" | Jo Anderson | music by Hoagy Carmichael, words by Mitchell Parish | Performed for the episode | Sally sings at a party |
| 202 ¥ | in re: marriage of weston | "La Wally" from the opera La Wally -1892 | ? | music by Alfredo Catalani | Nancy's theater flashback | |
| 202[ | in re: marriage of weston | "Deja Vu" | Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young | David Crosby | Deja Vu | Elliot cranks the song at his new apartment just as the stereo decides to die |
| 203 | the mike van dyke show | Hallelujah Chorus | Some humongous choir | Handel | Messiah | Playing as Michael finds Hope on the kitchen floor |
| 204 ¥ | trust me | "Somewhere" from the musical "West Side Story" | Mel Harris, Patricia Wettig, Polly Draper | music by Leonard Bernstein, words by Stephen Sondheim | Hope, Ellyn, and Nancy sing in Nancy's house | |
| 206 ¥ | politics | "Star Spangled Banner" | instrumental | music by John Staford Smith, words by Francis Scott Key | Flashback of Michael & Gary in college | |
| 207# | success | "You're So Vain" | Polly Draper | Carly Simon | Performed for the episode | Ellyn belts out a verse as Melissa deals with Carly Simon's people on the phone |
| 208 ¥ | first day/last day | "Hey Nineteen" | Steely Dan | Flashback of Michael and Eliott before they formed their own company | ||
| 212 ¥ | deliverance | "Climb Every Mountain" from the musical "The Sound of Music" | Mel Harris, Patricia Wettig, Polly Draper, Melanie Mayron | music by Richard Rodgers, words by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed for the episode | Hope, Nancy, Ellyn, Melissa sing |
| 212 ¥ | deliverance | "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" from the musical "The Sound of Music" | Mel Harris, Patricia Wettig, Polly Draper, Melanie Mayron | music by Richard Rodgers, words by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed for the episode | Hope, Nancy, Ellyn, Melissa sing |
| 213 ¥ | michael writes a story | "Addicted to Love" | Robert Palmer | Riptide | Photography scene | |
| 213@ | michael writes a story | "Oh, Pretty Woman" | Roy Orbison | Roy Orbison | ? | Playing in Alexander's coffee shop where Michael and Nancy go after class |
| 215 ¥ | be a good girl | "Make Someone Happy" - from the Musical "Do Re Me" - 1960 | music by Jule Styne, Words by Betty Comeden & Adolph Green | |||
| 216! | courting nancy | "She Drives Me Crazy" | Fine Young Cannibals | David Steele and Roland Gift | The Raw and the Cookied | Sequence showing Matt and Elliot's efforts to impress and woo Nancy |
| 216^ | courting nancy | "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" | The Temptations | Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong | ? | In the burger place where Nancy and Hope visit |
| 301* | nancy's mom | "Blue Eyes (I Still Miss Someone)" | Stevie Nicks | Johnny Cash | The Other Side of the Mirror | End of the episode as Nancy dances with Elliot |
| 302# | love and sex | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | Percy Sledge | ? | ? | ? |
| 303#$ | mr. right | "Broken Arrow" | Robbie Robertson | Robbie Robertson | Robbie Robertson | When Lee and Melissa first kiss |
| 303* | mr. right | "Angel of Harlem" | U2 | U2 | Rattle and Hum | As Lee paints, Melissa joins in singing |
| 303 | mr. right | "All I Want" | Polly Draper | Joni Mitchell | Blue | As Ellyn records her video dating ad |
| 307^ | pilgrims | "We Gather Together" | Whole buncha people | ? | ? | As Thanksgiving preparations are underway. |
| 308^ | the burning bush | "You Belong To Me" | The Duprees | ? | ? | Plays as Ellyn and Jeffrey dance |
| 308 | the burning bush | "Baby, It's You" | The Shirelles | Gerry Goffin and Carole King | ? | End of the episode as Hope and Ellyn sit in the coffee shop |
| 314 | once a mermaid | "It Must Be Love" | Rickie Lee Jones | Rickie Lee Jones | ? | ? |
| 317{ | good sex, some sex, what sex, no sex | "(Let's Do It) Let's Fall in Love" | Louis Armstrong | Cole Porter | ? | Played at the beginning of the episode |
| 317^ | good sex, some sex, what sex, no sex | "Woolly Bully" | Peter Horton | ? | Performed for the episode | Sung by Gary as he tries to coax Emma to sleep. |
| 317# | good sex, some sex, what sex, no sex | "When I Grow Too Old To Dream" | Nat King Cole (?) | ? | ? | Played at the end of the episode |
| 318 | the other shoe | "Proud Mary" | Kathy Hazard | John Fogerty | Performed for the episode | Heard when Nancy and the group go out to the club |
| 318 | the other shoe | "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" | ? | Jule Styne | ? | ? |
| 318 | the other shoe | "Howl Like a Rainstorm" | Susannah Hoffs | ? | ? | End of the episode as Elliot takes Nancy for her birthday surprise |
| 324^ | towers of zenith, part two | "The Impossible Dream" | Timothy Busfield | Mitch Leigh and Laurence Rosenthal, score for Man of LaMancha | Performed for the episode | Elliot bellows a few lines as he heads off after a "spy group" meeting |
| 324 | towers of zenith, part two | "On the Banks of the Wabash" | Beverly Mickins | Paul Dresser, 1897 (ballad during the Spanish American War) | Performed for the episode, a special trademark of director Joseph Dougherty | Jennifer the plumber sings as she works |
| 324 | towers of zenith, part two | "?" | ? | ? | ? | Halfway through as Michael and Elliot drive in a convertible |
| 402^ | life class | "They Can't Take that Away from Me" | Patricia Wettig | Cole Porter | Performed for the episode | ? |
| 405% | the haunting of d.a.a. | "Day the Devil" | Laurie Anderson | Peter Law Gordon | Strange Angels | As Michael is performing the firings. |
| 408 | never better | "Mr. Sandman" | Polly Draper and Peter Horton | ? | Performed for the episode | Both Ellyn and Gary sing fragments of the song separately at the end of the episode. |
| 410# | happy new year | "Hang Fire" | The Rolling Stones | ? | Tattoo You | What's playing when Elliot first turns on the stereo at the party (now edited on Lifetime) |
| 410 | happy new year | a buncha tunes including | everyone at the party | ? | Performed for the episode | During the party scenes. |
| 410 | happy new year | "In My Life" | everyone at the party | Lennon/McCartney | Performed for the episode | During the party scenes |
| 413 | sifting the ashes | (instrumental) | Clannad (Enya was a former member) | ? | ? | Music in the DAA reel |
| 414# | our wedding | "Going to the Chapel" | The Dixie Cups | ? | ? | Played over the rolling credits at the start of the episode, now edited on Lifetime |
| 414 | our wedding | "Today is the Day" | ? | ? | ? | Substituted song over the rolling credits |
| 414# | our wedding | "Come Rain or Come Shine" | Ray Charles | Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen | ? | During the closing montage of wedding scenes |
Big Thanks to additional contributors and informants!!
* Shawn Keehne, # Cindy Isaacs, @ Matt Minton, $ Laura Bellante, ^ Chris Ryerson, ! Becky Cormier,
% Ed Schneider, [ The Trices, { Jan, Steve Reno, Sara Shor, Desmond Browning, Rebecca
¥ Kenichi Nakano - Nakano's contributions added in 2005 by R Fahey
track 1 main title (extended version) */+
track 2 begging for sex, part 2 *
track 3 michael and hope's new baby +
track 4 another country (nancy's illness) #
track 5 post op +
track 6 it must be love performed by rickie lee jones
track 7 nancy and elliot take a train +
track 8 michael's dilemma *
track 9 ellyn's wedding *
track 10 come rain or come shine performed by ray charles
track 11 life class (nancy's museum fantasy) #
track 12 second look +
track 13 hot butter (miles comes to dinner) +
track 14 melissa and men *
track 15 the go between +
track 16 gary's funeral *
track 17 the water is wide performed by karla bonoff
track 18 main title (air version) */+
* composed & performed by w.g. snuffy walden and published © 1991 united lion music inc. bmi + composed & performed by stewart levin and published © 1991 u/a music, inc. ascap # composed & performed by w.g. snuffy walden & jay gruska and published © 1991 united lion music inc. bmi/u/a music, inc. ascap
(soundtrack info was lovingly borrowed from Ian's thirtysomething scrapbook as, believe it or not, I don't own a copy of the soundtrack)
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