True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 3

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True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 3
Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedSeptember 6, 2011 (standard)
September 13, 2011 (deluxe)
Genre
Length49:58 (standard)
62:34 (deluxe)
LabelWaterTower Music
True Blood soundtracks chronology
True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 2
(2010) 		True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 3
(2011) 		True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 4
(2013)

True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 3 is the soundtrack featuring songs from the third and fourth season of the HBO television series True Blood. The album was released through WaterTower Music on September 6, 2011, four days before the season finale and was accompanied by a deluxe edition that featured four additional songs, released a week later.

Background[edit]

Like the predecessors, the songs from the fourth season ranged from covers of classic songs from the 1950s to contemporary hits.[1] It was performed by Neko Case, Nick Cave, Nick Lowe, Gil Scott-Heron, Karen Elson, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Jakob Dylan, Massive Attack, The Heavy amongst several others.[2][3]

One of the prominent covers being the Zombies' 1964 single "She's Not There" by Neko Case and Nick Cave.[4][5] The series' music supervisor Gary Calamar initially revealed that the showrunner Alan Ball had planned for using the Santana version of the song, but instead planned to re-record a new version of it, and after sorting through multiple singers, they zeroed on Cave and Case to record the cover. Both of them recorded the song at their respective studios in Seattle and Los Angeles.[2] The song was released as a single on June 26, 2011 after the premiere of the first episode of the fourth season.[5]

Scott-Heron's version of "Me and the Devil" was used in this season. Calamar and his music team found difficult to get approval from his estate for the use of song, after his death in May 2011, but eventually permitted and the song was featured in the soundtrack.[2] The album, however, did not feature Taylor Swift's song "Haunted" which was played in a specific sex scene between the lead characters.[6][7]

Track listing[edit]

True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 3 — standard edition
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Season Of The Witch"Karen Elson3:25
2."Me and the Devil"Gil Scott-Heron3:35
3."Te Ni Nee Ni Nu"Slim Harpo2:05
4."She's Not There"Neko Case2:29
5."Hitting the Ground"PJ Harvey2:59
6."Spellbound"Siouxsie and the Banshees3:19
7."9 Crimes"Damien Rice3:11
8."Cold Grey Light of Dawn"Nick Lowe2:56
9."Hell's Bells"Cary Ann Hearst3:36
10."Gonna Be A Darkness"Jakob Dylan4:50
11."What You Do To Me"Blakroc5:07
12."Paradise Circus"Massive Attack4:59
13."And When I Die"The Heavy4:43
14."Bad Things"Jace Everett2:44
Total length:49:58
True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 3 — deluxe edition
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
15."Bad Things"Black Rebel Motorcycle Club3:35
16."She's Not There"Dick Isreal And The Soothsayer2:40
17."She's Not There"L'Avventura3:21
18."She's Not There"Paper Pilots3:04
Total length:62:34

Reception[edit]

Heather Phares of AllMusic rated three-and-a-half out of five and wrote "While True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 3 doesn't feel as hand-picked as the first volume of music from the show, there are enough bright spots that die-hard fangbangers can buy this without feeling too suckered."[8]

Charts[edit]

Chart (2011) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[9] 191
US Top Soundtracks (Billboard)[10] 11

Accolades[edit]

Year Ceremony Category Nominee Result Ref
2012 Grammy Awards Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 3 Nominated [11][12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Barton, Steve (June 29, 2011). "True Blood – Music from the HBO Original Series – Volume 3 to Be Released this Fall". Dread Central. Archived from the original on May 22, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Staff, EW (August 30, 2011). "'True Blood Vol. 3' soundtrack". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  3. ^ Phillips, Amy (August 25, 2011). "News in Brief: Sunset Junction Street Fair, True Blood Soundtrack, Slow Club, Virgin Mobile Fest". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  4. ^ Staff, Billboard (May 4, 2011). "'True Blood' Premiere to Feature Zombies Cover by Nick Cave, Neko Case". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 22, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Perpetua, Matthew (June 27, 2011). "Neko Case and Nick Cave Cover the Zombies for 'True Blood'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  6. ^ Futterman, Erica (August 18, 2011). "Taylor Swift Will Soundtrack Next 'True Blood' Episode". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  7. ^ "'True Blood' Volume 3 Soundtrack announced". Film Music Reporter. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  8. ^ Phares, Heather. "True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 3 Review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 5, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  9. ^ "Billboard 200: Week of September 24, 2011". Billboard. September 24, 2011. Archived from the original on November 9, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  10. ^ "Soundtracks: Week of September 24, 2011". Billboard. September 24, 2011. Archived from the original on March 30, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  11. ^ THR Staff (February 12, 2012). "Grammy Awards 2012: Complete Winners And Nominees List". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  12. ^ "54th Annual GRAMMY Awards". Grammy.com. The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
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