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HBO's True Detective Season 2 just started last week (June 21st), and I have to say that I really love what I'm seeing.
I watched Season 1 on and off, but finally got to view the whole thing from start to finish when I recently picked up the Steelbook Edition of Season 1 (featuring artwork created by Mondo, the popular printing house offshoot of Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse).
As a whole, it was a pretty straightforward tale about two detectives solving a case over the course of seventeen years. I'm not going to lie, the pilot was hard to get through: it was 99% Matthew McConaughey talking in a room. Seriously, absolutely nothing happened in the first show. Season 1 really didn't start to get interesting until Episode 3 or 4.
With Season 2, it's completely different from the first season, and I like this new direction. Instead of two detectives, the story is about three detectives and one California Highway Patrolman, trying to solve a murder.
What is cool about the pilot is that it felt very David Lynch to me: that whole bar/concert scene felt like it was lifted from Mulholland Drive and the motorcycle drive-by-night was like Lost Highway.
The real star of True Detective is the soundtrack. Season one probably moved a million copies of The Handsome Family's song "Far From Any Road", which served as the main theme song. It is so good, and even though I do not believe they played the song live, when we caught them at the Cedar in 2013.
The good news is that HBO and Electromagnetic Recordings/Harvest Records will be releasing their first ever soundtrack True Detective: Music From the HBO Series on August 14th, 2015. The soundtrack will contain music from the first and second season - and will likely feature the second season's theme song "Nevermind" by Leonard Cohen and "All The Gold In California" by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (cover of Gatlin Brothers).
I am speculating because they have actually not release the track listing information, the only sure thing I know is that it will contain two Lera Lynn songs: "My Least Favorite Life" (used in the first episode) and "The Only Thing Worth Fighting For" (used in the second episode).
With the way True Detective is playing with its David Lynch imagery, compelling and gritty cop drama, and great music soundtrack ... you can count me on board as a fan.
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True Detective: Season 1 (Steelbook)
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As a whole, it was a pretty straightforward tale about two detectives solving a case over the course of seventeen years. I'm not going to lie, the pilot was hard to get through: it was 99% Matthew McConaughey talking in a room. Seriously, absolutely nothing happened in the first show. Season 1 really didn't start to get interesting until Episode 3 or 4.
With Season 2, it's completely different from the first season, and I like this new direction. Instead of two detectives, the story is about three detectives and one California Highway Patrolman, trying to solve a murder.
What is cool about the pilot is that it felt very David Lynch to me: that whole bar/concert scene felt like it was lifted from Mulholland Drive and the motorcycle drive-by-night was like Lost Highway.
The real star of True Detective is the soundtrack. Season one probably moved a million copies of The Handsome Family's song "Far From Any Road", which served as the main theme song. It is so good, and even though I do not believe they played the song live, when we caught them at the Cedar in 2013.
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True Detective Soundtrack
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I am speculating because they have actually not release the track listing information, the only sure thing I know is that it will contain two Lera Lynn songs: "My Least Favorite Life" (used in the first episode) and "The Only Thing Worth Fighting For" (used in the second episode).
With the way True Detective is playing with its David Lynch imagery, compelling and gritty cop drama, and great music soundtrack ... you can count me on board as a fan.
