Friday Night Lights Soundtrack Guide: A complete list of the music of the action sports movie

Friday Night Lights is a film in the sports drama genre that premiered on October 8, 2024, by Universal Pictures. The film is directed by Peter Berg and written by David Aaron Cohen and Peter Berg.

Here's the official synopsis:

A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town’s dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members – and, by proxy, the town itself – a sense of self-respect and honor.

Here's a look at the film's soundtrack.

A complete list of the soundtrack from Friday Night Lights

The music of Friday Night Lights is composed by David Torn, Brian Reitzell, and the post-rock band Explosions in the Sky. The soundtrack features several songs and music pieces along with the score. One of the songs, Your Hand in Mine, was inspired by the band's album The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, which came out in 2003. So let's take a look.

Wasted Years – Explosions in the Sky
To West Texas - Explosions in the Sky
From West Texas - Explosions in the Sky
The Birth and Death of the Day – Explosions in the Sky
Seagull - Bad Company
Our Last Days as Children - Explosions in the Sky
An Ugly Fact of Life – Explosions in the Sky
Home – Explosions in the Sky
Your Hand in Mine – Explosions in the Sky
Sonho Dourado - Daniel Lanois
Lonely Train - Explosions in the Sky
Do You Ever Feel Cursed? - David Torn
Lonely Train - Explosions in the Sky
The Sky Above, The Sky Below - Explosions in the Sky, Justin Stanley, Brian Reitzell
A Slow Dance - Explosions in the Sky

Some of the songs from the soundtrack were later used in the namesake television series that ran between 2006 and 2011.

More about Friday Night Lights

Friday Night Lights is adapted from Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream, a 1990 non-fiction book penned by H. G. Bissinger. Brian Grazer is the producer, and the film is about a high school football team and its players, as well as coaches. The film was released on October 8, 2004, by Universal Pictures, and it ended up grossing $62 million at the box office.

The cast members of the film are listed below:

Billy Bob Thornton as Gary Gaines
Derek Luke as James Miles aka Boobie
Jay Hernandez as Brian Chávez
Lucas Black as Michael Winchell aka Mike
Garrett Hedlund as Donald Billingsley aka Donny
Tim McGraw as Charles Billingsley
Connie Britton as Sharon Gaines
Lee Thompson Young as Christopher Comer aka Chris
Julius Tennon as Freddie James
Lee Jackson as Ivory Christian

Friday Night Lights was a critical and commercial success and was also bestowed with the Best Sports Movie ESPY Award. Its success also inspired a television series under the same name.

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