Dark Winds soundtrack guide: A complete list of the music in Prime Video's psychological thriller 

Dark Winds, a psychological thriller series on Prime Video, wins over the audience with its plot, characters, and music. The score is crucial in drawing audiences into the world of the show in the Southwest in the 1970s. Dark Winds employs rock, folk, and indigenous songs to create an eerie and anxious atmosphere.

As of now, Dark Winds Season 3 has included the songs Space Oddity by David Bowie and Love the One You're With by Stephen Stills. Below, you'll find all the songs from Seasons 1 and 2 of Dark Winds, listed episode by episode.

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Dark Winds Season 1 soundtrack

Season 1 of Dark Winds (2022) established the tone with well-chosen period rock and under-the-radar tracks. Over its six episodes, 11 songs appeared, many of which capture the era's countercultural vibe and bleakness.

Episode-by-episode analysis of Dark Winds Season1:

• Episode 1 (“Monster Slayer”) – Featured How Can You Win by Parish Hall and Season of the Witch by Donovan, the latter reinforcing the show’s mystical undertones.
• Episode 2 (“The Male Rain Approaches”) – Included Bye-Bye by Up With People and Speedy Gonzales by Pat Boone, contrasting the episode’s growing unease.
• Episode 3 (“K’e”) – Standout tracks included You Got a Spell On Me by Bill Wright and Working Class Hero by John Lennon, emphasizing themes of oppression and resilience.
• Episode 4 (“Hooghandi”) – Short Change by The Spencer Davis Group and a reprise of Season of the Witch built suspense.
• Episode 5 (“Ha’íínlni”) – Featured King of the Golden Hall by Stonehenge, contributing to the episode’s haunting feel.
• Episode 6 (“HózhóoNaasháa”) – Closed with This Land is My Land by The Harvesters, a thought-provoking choice for a series deeply tied to Native American identity.

The song Season of the Witch was Dark Winds fans' favorite.

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Dark Winds Season 2 soundtrack

Dropped in 2023, Dark Winds Season 2 amplified its musical influence, with a wider variety of songs that augmented its storylines. The show contained much more music, with seven tunes in Episode 1 alone.

Major musical moments in Dark Winds Season 2:

Episode 1 –

1. Where Evil Grows – The Poppy Family, Terry Jacks, Susan Jacks (Official Coming Soon To AMC Season 2 trailer).
2. Midnight Rider – Gregg Allman (Leaphorn surveys the land on his horse; Upon returning home, he feeds the animals and checks out his motorcycle).
3. Invitation To The Blues – Roger Miller (Leaphorn starts up his pick-up truck, after talking to a boy on a bicycle; Chee talks to an elderly woman at the trading post).
4. Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’ – Charley Pride (While driving, Bernadette comes upon a three-horned sheep in the middle of a reservation road).
5. Bootleg – Creedence Clearwater Revival (Chee and Leaphorn drive through the reservation following a map).
6. Death Don’t Have No Mercy (Live) – Hot Tuna (Chee is shot; Leaphorn and Chee assess how to proceed after the gunfight).
7. B.I.A – Floyd Red Crow Westerman.

Episode 2 –

1. Laughing – David Crosby.
2. Bagatelle in A Minor, “Fur Elise” – Ludwig van Beethoven, Jeno Jando (Colton is in his trailer home precisely preparing a meal).
3. You Got the Silver – The Rolling Stones (Joe and Bernadette fixing a motorcycle outside at night).

Episode 3 –

1. Fur Elise / Bagatelle No. 25 – Jeno Jando (Colton artfully prepares breakfast in his trailer home).
2. ch. 1222 – Joe Rainey (Emma learned the night before that her son was murdered; She just finished delivering a baby, and all the loss and pain of losing her son comes flooding back).
3. In the Still of the Nite – The Five Satins (Colton works on making a bomb; He turns on the radio and quietly listens).

Episode 4 –

1. Hello Gabriela – Charlie Clouser.

Episode 5 –

1. Lollipop – Carly Hill (Young Colton bicycles home and finds his sister and father murdered by his mother).
2. Mr. Big – Free (On the radio in the jailhouse).
3. Northern Sky – Nick Drake (Bern asks Jim Chee into her trailer to avoid the eclipse).
4. Black Magic Woman – Fleetwood Mac (Jim Chee follows Mrs. Vines).
5. Veterans Song – Delbert Blackhorse (Bernadette sends off Dean to deployment for Vietnam).

Episode 6 –

1. Love Ain’t For Keeping (Remastered 2022) – The Who (Leaphorn drives with his Dad; views of the landscape; inside the car).
2. Got to Get Better In a Little While – Derek & The Dominos (Chee rummages through Rosemary Vines' purse and finds a roll of camera film).
3. I Got A Woman – Andwella, Andwella's Dream (Rosemary Vines finds Chee in the trading post).
4. Tomorrow Is a Long Time – Bob Dylan (Leaphorn melts his deceased son's belt buckle and pours it into a feather mold; He gets in bed with Emma).
5. Better to Find Out for Yourself – Buffy Sainte-Marie (On the radio of an arriving pick-up truck).
6. Birds – Neil Young (Bern and Chee say their goodbyes; They get in their separate cars, and, when they arrive at a T in the road, they go in opposite directions).
7. Have You Ever Seen The Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival (Bernadette drives down the road to a new job with the Border Police; Leaphorn and Emma happily ride off on their cycle).

Dark Winds' music supervisor Thomas Golubić, who worked on Breaking Bad, explained to Collider that the aim was to:

“Deepen the sense of time and place, using music as an emotional anchor.”

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You can watch Dark Winds on Prime Video.

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