Episode 23: Exploring the Music of Daredevil

This week’s episode of #TalkDaredevil goes super niche on a less discussed (but no less loved!) aspect of the series: the music! We talk about John Paesano, discuss how the score shifts through all three seasons of Daredevil and Defenders, and break down some favorite musical moments that you might not have noticed before.

SHOW NOTES

Love the music of Daredevil but don’t know how to nerd out about it? We gotchu! Our very own Team #SaveDaredevil resident music expert Kristina is here to share her thoughts on everything music! Today’s episode covers:

Introducing Kristina, our resident music expert (00:55)
Talking about the Daredevil score as a whole and how music is used on the show (2:36)
Some observations about the Defenders score (8:40)
Favorite musical moment #1: the heroic theme during the S1 Battlin’ Jack entrance + the S2 finale Karen Page voiceover (10:50)
Favorite musical moment #2: “Nessun dorma” by Pavrotti during the S1 arrest montage (12:43)
Favorite musical moment #3: the Daredevil theme in the Defenders episode 2 alleyway fight scene (15:50)
Favorite musical moment #4: Daredevil theme vs Dex theme in the New York Bulletin fight (17:30)
Favorite musical moment #5: Bach cello suite during Wilson Fisk’s reveal of the white suit (18:45)
Kristina’s favorites from the Daredevil score (21:32)
Closing thoughts (26:11)

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