Tony Lucca - "Devil Town" & Jose Gonzalez - "Storm" (2007)

I recently watched the entire first season of Friday Night Lights on DVD. The show is definitely one of the best on television. While it is a small screen adaptation of the the 2004 movie of the same name, the television version has some small differences. It is set I the present day, no the 80s like the movie. It’s also set in the fictional town of Dillon, Texas rather than Odessa like the movie. While it is based on football, the show is so much more than that. It’s really a pretty honest look at small town life and the things that normal people go through everyday. It’s a very character driven show and the entire cast is excellent. In addition to that, the show also boasts an impressive soundtrack. Sometimes the music in a scene is just as important as the dialogue and FNL does a great job of getting it right every time. The show has lots of score music provided by Explosions In the Sky, who also scored the movie. The CD soundtrack for the show was released this past summer and includes great artists like The Killers, Spoon and Whiskeytown. I wanted to feature a song from the show, but I couldn’t decide which one, so I went with two. The first is from Tony Lucca and is actually a cover of a song by singer/songwriter Daniel Johnston. The original “Devil Town” had no instrumentation. Lucca’s version however has some great guitar work that is somewhat like the Bright Eyes version of the song, but I think this one is better. The next tune comes from Jose Gonzalez, a great singer/songwriter from Sweden. “Storm” is a very cool acoustic track that set the tone nicely in a pivotal scene late in the first season of FNL. This soundtrack is definitely worth it and I recommend checking out the show on DVD.


Tony Lucca - "Devil Town"


Jose Gonzalez - "Storm"