Every Song In Reacher Season 1
Warning! SPOILERS for Reacher season 1.
Based on Lee Child’s novel Killing Floor, the Reacher TV series soundtrack was always likely to be heavily blues-oriented — here's every song in the first season. While the plot of Killing Floor itself is tied to the history of an old blues musician, Lee Child and his long-term protagonist Jack Reacher both have a penchant for the genre. In 2018, Lee Child collaborated with the band Naked Blue to release an album inspired by Jack Reacher titled Just The Clothes On My Back.
The Reacher TV show sees Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) arrive in the fictional town of Margrave, Georgia. He claims that he has traveled there on a whim after remembering that his brother had told him of a rumor that the famous blues musician Blind Blake had died there. However, he is quickly arrested for a murder that took place the night before he arrived in town, and while he is able to clear his name, he finds himself on a personal vendetta to track down the real killers.
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Music plays an important part in the main narrative for Reacher, with Reacher’s hunt for the story of Blind Blake serving as a consistent backdrop to the larger story. However, the music used in Reacher is also important for how it builds the main characters, from subtle musical choices to arguments between Reacher and Finlay (Malcolm Goodwin) over musical preferences for blues or the classic rock stylings of .38 Special. Here’s every song in the Reacher soundtrack and when it appears in the series.
“Smokestack Lightnin’” — Howlin’ Wolf: Setting the tone for the season, the song that plays after the intro credits as Reacher is getting off the bus is “Smokestack Lightnin’” by Howlin’
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