| The Walking Dead: Original Soundtrack – Vol. 1 | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | ||||
| Released | March 17, 2013 (2013-03-17) | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 28:57 | |||
| Label | Universal Republic | |||
| Various Artists chronology | ||||
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The Walking Dead: Original Soundtrack – Vol. 1 is asoundtrack album featuring tracks from and inspired byAMC's television seriesThe Walking Dead released March 17, 2013, byUniversal Republic Records.
Prior to the album's release, some of the tracks were released asdigital singles starting with "The Parting Glass" by series starsEmily Kinney andLauren Cohan in October 2012.[1] The album peaked at number 54 on theBillboard200 chart for the week of April 6.[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Artistdirect | [4] |
Rick Florino ofArtistdirect cited the album as the "best soundtrack of the year" and said it was "everything it should be and so much more"[4] while Heather Phares ofAllMusic was displeased with the lack of tracks composed byBear McCreary that appear in the series, saying it "should please fans who enjoy the show's overall mood" but that "it doesn't capture its essence the way a soundtrack with more of McCreary's score would have."[3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Lead Me Home" | Jamie N Commons | Jamie N Commons | 1:57 |
| 2. | "Main Title Theme" (Unkle Remix) | Steven L. Kaplan,Bear McCreary | Bear McCreary | 4:23 |
| 3. | "You Are the Wilderness" | Anthony Aguiar, Kurt Allen, David Dennis, Phillip Munsey | Voxhaul Broadcast | 5:16 |
| 4. | "Love Bug" | David Stark, Joe Stark, Butch Walker | Baby Bee | 2:52 |
| 5. | "Warm Shadow" (Dactyl Remix) | Fin Greenall, Tim Thornton, Guy Whittaker | Fink | 5:33 |
| 6. | "Sinking Man" | Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson | Of Monsters and Men | 2:46 |
| 7. | "The Parting Glass" | Traditional | Emily Kinney,Lauren Cohan | 2:57 |
| 8. | "Running" | Jon Jameson, William McLaren, Matthew Vasquez, Kelly Winrich, Brandon Young | Delta Spirit | 3:12 |
Credits adapted fromAllMusic.[3]
| Region | Date | Format |
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| United States | March 17, 2013[11] | Digital download |
| March 19, 2013[3] | CD |
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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| Billboard 200[2] | 54 |
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