
Here you'll find a track by track, scene by scene listing of all your favourite
Life on Mars music tracks
"Life on Mars" (opening titles) - David Bowie listen/buy
scene:Sam is driving his car distressed, he gets cut up and stops the car the music playing on his iPod track comes in as he pulls on the handbrake and gets out of the car.The track comes in fully when Sam wakes up in the 70's
"Stairway to the Stars " - Blue Oyster Cult listen/buy
scene: After releasing the girl suspect they interviewed Sam decides he needs a drink, track continues on in the background
"I'm So Free " - Lou Reed listen/buy
scene: Sam on the red Trimphone in the pub asking the operator for Maya's number and chatting to Nelson the bar tender
"Baba O' Riley" - The Who listen/buy
scene: Sam and Gene Hunt have a showdown outside the police station on this ocaision Hunt wins, track continues and is still playing in the record shop Vinyl Heaven with Annie
"Rat Rat Blue" - Deep Purple listen/buy
scene: First glimpse of Hunt's driving prowess as we see him driving the Granada, he parks up and threatens the kids in the street, saying "anything happens to this motor and I'll come and stamp on all your toys!"
"Fireball" - Deep Purple listen/buy
scene: Hunt and Tyler interview Mrs Raimes, several Garibaldi biscuits realise they have information about who the murderer is, this track plays as they leap over the desk in slow motion
"White Room" - Cream listen/buy
scene: Standng outside Riames's house Sam realises that in his future investigation they were one house away from the murderer. Track continues as Hunt and Tyler victoriously lead the murderer through the police station and to the cells
It's easy to identify that elusive piece of Life on Mars music.
To get started just select the season and then the episode that you heard the
track from, scroll down till you remember the scene,
there's also a link so you can
listen and purchase the track if you wish to add it to your Life on Mars music playlists.
All the Life on Mars boxsets are available here too, and the Life on Mars music mix CD's.
With galleries and games.
Happy hunting!