‘Houdini’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: August 14, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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houdiniLakeshore Records will release two soundtrack albums for the History original mini-series Houdini. The album features the original music from the series composed by Academy Award nominee John Debney (The Passion of the ChristIron Man 2Elf). Sebastian Arocha has composed additional music. The soundtracks will be released digitally on August 26, 2014 and physically on September 30, 2014. Visit Amazon to pre-order the Volume 1 album and click here to pre-order the Volume 2 soundtrack. Check out audio clips below. Houdini is directed by Uli Edel and stars Adrien Brody as Harry Houdini and Kristen Connolly as his wife Bess. The two-parter follows the magician as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters several U.S. presidents and personalities including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Grigori Rasputin. The four-hour series will premiere on September 1 on History. To learn more about the project, visit the official show website.

Here’s the Volume One track list:

1. Houdini Flash Forward
2. Cuffs
3. Impressive Shtick
4. Traveling Shows
5. Money for Nothin’ / Halloween Dinner
6. Father Gets Fired
7. Proposal / Wedding Night
8. Hitting the Road
9. Betting the Sheriff
10. Jail Cell
11. Chicago Jail Break
12. Chinese Water Torture Unveil
13. Is Harry Drowning?
14. Espionage
15. Harry’s New Passport / Floatin’ Virgin
16. Bullet Catch Lie
17. Bullet Catch for the Kaiser
18. Pull the Trigger / Bullet Catch Revealed / Meeting Riley
19. Golden Coins
20. Ringing Kremlin Bells
21. Moscow Report for Melville
22. Schlieffen Plan Assignment
23. Race Against the Clock
24. My Brain is the Key / Harry Returns
25. Bess Parties with the Kaiser
26. Lady Butler
27. Carriage to the World / Falling Back to Earth
28. Times Have Changed
29. There Is No Escape

Here’s the Volume Two track list:

1. Houdini Night 2 Main Title / Houdini Recap
2. Tub Full of Ice
3. Straight Jacket Stunt
4. Doing the Impossible
5. Harry Strays
6. I’m Sorry
7. Make Jenny Disappear
8. Secrets
9. Brick Wall Performance
10. Doyle’s Backstage Visit
11. Mom’s Death / Mother’s Funeral
12. Who Murdered Elsie Mathews?
13. I’d Give Everything
14. WWI Montage
15. San Francisco Debunked Séance / Houdini Challenges Spiritualism
16. Canon Ball Introduction / Canon Ball Survival
17. Fortune Teller
18. Doyle’s Séance for Harry
19. Lady Doyle is a Fraud
20. Houdini Is Doomed
21. Seductive Margery
22. Harry Breaks Ankle
23. Blow to the Stomach / Harry Collapses
24. You’ve Thrilled Millions
25. Bess Goodbye / No Escape
26. Master of Illusion
27. Houdini Suite

  1. KT Koskela says:

    Impressive list.

    Though John Debney composed Iron Man 2, not Iron Man 3.

  2. Jaime says:

    Trying to find out what the song is that plays on the trailer for Houdini……

  3. ygmmasta says:

    I was hoping for a nice, orchestral score and what we’re about to get is another industrial rock pile of s…tones :\

  4. Hunter says:

    Me too, Rafael…I want to know also…

  5. Extreme Music – Bring Me Back To Life (Epic Powerful Vocal Rock)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUiWIBiVH4U

  6. Po says:

    Does anyone know what music plays the orchestra when Houdini walks through the wall?

  7. Stan says:

    Does anyone know the name of the song at the end of every episode? It’s so beautiful..