Review Of Grey’S Anatomy Music
One would expect mushy love songs to be played in the background of a hospital love drama in soap. And that’s just what you will get from Grey’s Anatomy. But of course the choices are not the cheesiest ones. The show does have some good taste in music actually. And if they ever choose cheesy music it is meant to be ironic or funny. If you are a rabid fan of the medical series, then you would probably already know that the Grey’s Anatomy Music Soundtrack I and Soundtrack vol. II are just small simple samples of the great mix of songs that were used in the hit episodes in the series. With that said, let’s list down some of the best (according to my criteria of course) that where heard. A lot of Grey’s Anatomy Music are gives you both a feeling of dread and of being uplifted at the same time. A lot of them are melodic, entrancing, emotive, and makes the best use of silence.
The show achieves these peculiar effects by using songs from the Cardigans, Tegan and Sara, and Keane. Now if you have never heard any one song from these groups then you would have hard time imagining what the heck I am talking about. But if you have, at least one song, they you would know just what kind of a trance I am talking about. The melody is primarily melancholic and yet very beautiful at the same time. These are not love songs that are bound by the aesthetic of the power ballad. They are however, more similar to folk ballads, only they are drenched in the modern angst of urban isolation and are characterized by a high consciousness of the self that is imperfect yet willing to lose itself for love. Beck for example is a recurring band through out Grey’s Anatomy music.
Without these pieces of music, the show Grey’s Anatomy would certainly have a completely different outcome and atmosphere. So much of the emotive force that is seen episode per episode is bound up by the perfect timing and the perfect choice of music that is played. I would have to say though that I get a little tired of the ending song and montage of character shots showing them in various posses of despair, regret, longing, lovemaking, or happiness. That’s so been used so many many times in many many shows. All in all, the music still works its magical reverie.