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Warning: Spoilers ahead for Lady in the Lake.

There are some great music choices in the soundtrack of Apple’s new limited series Lady in the Lake. Based on the 2019 bestselling novel by Laura Lipman, Lady in the Lake Star Oscar winner Natalie Portman in her first leading role in a TV series. Portman leads an extraordinary cast Lady in the Lake which also includes rising star actress Moses Ingram, future Superman David Korenswet, and Mikey Madison, the star of this year’s Palme d’Or winner Anora By Sean Baker. Lady in the Lake Has opened to positive reviews, earning 77% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Lady in the Lake Episode 1 titled “Did You Know Seahorses Are Fish?” and episode 2 titled “It Has To Do With The Search For The Marvelous” both feature a slate of excellent songs from the era in which the series is set, 1966 Baltimore. Lady in the Lake Friday, July 19, 2024 was made available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+. A new episode of the 7-part series will be released on a weekly basis Until its finale airs on August 23, 2024. Lady in the Lake was directed and written for television by Alma Harel (honey boy, Dave, Shadow Kingdom).

Lady in the Lake Episode 1 Songs

“Did you know seahorses are fish?”

“Que Sera, Sera (What Will Be, Will Be)” by Sly and The Family Rock: This classic song has been covered by many singers and bands over the years, but none is arguably more soulful than the rendition by funk group Sly and the Family Stone. “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)” was first introduced in Alfred Hitchcock’s The man who knew too much (1956) and was originally performed by actress Doris Day in this film. As the first song to appear in Lady in the Lake After the main title, it can be heard around the 12-minute mark when Cleo rides the bus.

“Funky Night Club” by The Soulsations: This funky party track plays around the 20-minute mark Lady in the Lake Episode 1 When Cleo comes home to find her husband sloppy having a good time with some friends and their two sons. Cleo is disappointed that Sloppy is enjoying himself instead of being a responsible father and getting the boys ready for Thanksgiving dinner. She ends up walking out on him by the end of the scene.

“Life Medley: There’s Nothing Money Can’t Buy” by Young-Holt Unlimited: This song plays around the 34-minute mark Lady in the Lake As Cleo goes into an underground room where Shell Gordon’s associates assemble large amounts of money. The classic track about money plays as Cleo unlocks the door and enters the room to update Gordon’s financial records since one of her jobs is as an accountant. It also continues throughout the next scene in which Maddie pawns her jewelry in order to get an apartment.

“Back Stabbers” by The O’Jays: This groovy horn-heavy track plays around the 39-minute mark Lady in the Lake Episode 1 How Sloppy walks the streets of downtown Baltimore looking to get into Shell Gordon’s popular club. He is interested in performing a live comedy set, but is ultimately denied entry by Reggie for not being a club member and at Cleo’s request after their fight.

“Where Has Our Love Gone” by The Supremes: The last song in Lady in the Lake Episode 1 is performed at the end of the episode by Jennifer Mogbock as Dora Carter. This classic song by The Supremes was released in 1964 and is one of the group’s most popular tracks. Mogbock gives an incredible rendition to close out the first episode just before Maddie and Judith discover Tessie Durst’s body.

Lady in the Lake Episode 2 Songs

“It has to do with the search for the wonderful”

“I have to do a little better” by Joe Tex: This smooth song from 1966 plays around the 8 minute mark Lady in the Lake Episode 2. Reggie and Cleo carry an intoxicated Dora up to her room after the club has closed. Cleo and Dora have a conversation about Shell Gordon and Myrtle Summer.

“Gotta Move” by Barbra Streisand: This energetic Barbra Streisand track plays around the 21-minute mark Lady in the Lake Episode 2 As Maddie frantically tries to sell her car to pay rent on her apartment. The lyrics of the song perfectly describe Maddie’s desperation and unstable energy as she tries and fails repeatedly to sell her car without her husband’s signature. She also resorts to staging a robbery to collect the insurance money on her jewelry.

“Fried neck bones and some home fries” by Willie Bobo: This cool track plays over an impressive tracking shot on the floor of Gordon’s Club around the 35-minute mark in Lady in the Lake Episode 2. Gordon puts a fantastic bright blue coat on Cleo, the same one she was wearing when she died, in the scene after she officially cuts ties with Myrtle Summer.

“Bad About” by Willie Bobo: Another Willie Bobo classic song “Evil Ways”, which was also famously covered by the rock band Santana, plays at the end of Lady in the Lake Episode 2. Cleo inadvertently drives a group of people trying to assassinate Senator Summer while Officer Ferdy and Maddie sleep together. It’s the perfect song to encapsulate the chaotic tone of the episode’s final scenes.

Lady in the Lake Episode 3 Songs

“I was the first to see her dead, you were the last to see her alive.”

“Then You Can Say Goodbye” by Bettye Swann: This classic R&B track from 1968 plays at the beginning of Lady in the Lake Episode 3. A younger Cleo goes into the bathroom where her father is suffering some type of injury that causes him to bleed. Cleo offers her father money because he is in a tight spot financially. She says she’s not giving it to him for nothing, and he starts playing the horn while she softly sings the opening line of Bettie Swann’s song. The actual studio version of the song starts playing over the scene as it jumps back to 1960s Baltimore.

“Sight-Line Woman” by Tony Scruggs: This unmissable song is performed live by Dora Carter in Lady in the Lake Episode 3 as Cleo shows up to Shell Gordon’s club ready to have a good time. After the stressful events that have happened to her up to this point, which include that she is involved in the assassination attempt of Myrtle Summer and her son Lionel, who has sickle cell amenia, wakes up with yellow eyes, Cleo is ready to let go. She ends up spilling a drink after intensely dancing to the song, trying to dance her troubles away before her husband Slappy finally brings her home, where Cleo tries to play the song again on vinyl. The wild song also plays over another sexual encounter between Maddie and Officer Platt.

“Don’t Play No Woman For No Fool” by LC Steels: The blues track plays on vinyl in Maddie’s apartment after she forces her son Seth to come visit her after showing up late to his college fair at his high school. Maddie tries to use the song to relax Seth and make him feel comfortable in her Barbones apartment, although the song doesn’t seem to have any sentimental value between the mother and son. Regardless, the song plays in the background before Seth and Maddie get into an argument about her leaving, during which Maddie reveals a dark truth about Seth’s father.

“Promise Me Thomas” by Patti Page: The song plays at the end of Lady in the Lake Episode 3 When Maddie and Judith are visited by a male police officer who takes a special interest in both of them. The conversation falls flat when Maddie points out that her ears are bothering her in an obvious attempt to dissuade the police officer from making any moves or holding back much longer. Once the cop leaves, Judith and Maddie dance together in Judith’s father’s jewelry store with the song playing in the background.

Lady in the Lake Episode 4 Songs

“Innocence leaves when you discover cruelty. First in others, then in yourself.”

“Precious Memories” by Sister Rosetta Tharpe: While there aren’t many songs featured in Lady in the Lake Episode 4, the three that are featured are strong. Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s deep song appears around the 10-minute mark in the episode after Reggie forces Dora to unpack her things, telling her that she is not went somewhere. The song plays as Cleo gives a voiceover reflecting on her father and her eldest son’s future on a public bus. She also expressed her shame about leaving her family, which did not end as she had planned.

“Little Man” by Sonny & Cher: This memorable pop song by Sonny & Cher plays around the 14-minute 30-second mark in Lady in the Lake Episode 4. The song plays as part of the performance in a darkened theater when Officer Platt and Officer Davis chase down Duke, who runs into the theater and tries to hide. Duke, of course, was responsible for setting up the assassination attempt on Myrtle Summer and was taken into custody in episode 4 after he shot and killed Officer Davis with a fatal bullet to the head. “Little Man” is one of Sonny & Cher’s most popular songs.

Louder than a Mosquito’s Tweeter by Nina Simone: This classic Nina Simone deep-cut track plays around the 32-minute 30-second mark in Lady in the Lake Episode 4 and continues for nearly two minutes. It plays over a montage of Shel Gordon’s lottery as it happens in real-time, with the behind-the-scenes operations that would give Cleo the money she needs to leave her life in Baltimore for good. The montage continues as the lottery number is chosen, 366, and ends with an image of Cleo thinking she finally has an escape route. If it wasn’t for Reggie, and Shel Gordon’s instructions, she still probably would have gotten out of town in Lady in the Lake Episode 4.

Lady in the Lake Episode 5 Songs

“Every time someone turns up dead in that lake, it seems to lead to you.”

“No One Knows” by Pastor TL Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir: This powerful gospel song appeared during Cleo Johnson’s funeral scene after her body was found in a Baltimore lake fountain more than a year after Cleo’s death. The song plays over an extended montage as Maddie, Sloppy, Reggie, Shell, Ferdy, and many other funeral-goers attend Cleo’s close casket funeral. The song features a deep chorus and alludes to the unnoticed death and plight of Cleo, as well as members of her community. Maddie attends Cleo’s funeral with good intentions but her presence certainly stands out.

“Cha, Cha Senurita” by Maria Koterbska: The pop song by the Polish singer Maria Koterbska plays at the end of Lady in the Lake Episode 5 after the shocking twist that Maddie is stabbed by Stefan’s mother. Stephen’s mother also disturbingly takes her own life as the episode cuts to black and the credits roll as the song plays. This lively song creates an interesting juxtaposition after the most violent and terrifying scene of the entire series. Maddie reaches for the phone and passes out before she can communicate where she is. Although it is unlikely that she is dead, it appears that Maddie’s life is severely at risk by the end of Lady in the Lake Episode 5.

Lady in the Lake Episode 6 Songs

“Is that all there is?” By Peggy Lee: The circus song plays right at the beginning of Lady in the Lake Episode 6 After Maddie is stabbed by Stefan’s mom. It begins with an edit by singer Peggy Sue before breaking fully into song, which acts as the background music for a party that Maddie and Alan Durst both attended around 1952, judging by Maddie’s costume. The song plays in the background and Alan talks to Maddie after too much alcohol.

“Que Sera Sera (What Will Be, Will Be)” by Pink Martini: The classic song reappears in Lady in the Lake after previously appearing in an episode focusing on Cleo as sung by the Temptations. The song appears in one of Maddie’s nightmare visions while she is in the hospital, playing frantically over the hospital intercom speaker as she follows Cleo and then Reggie down a dark hospital hallway. The song is all about imagining a life for yourself and then accepting the outcome regardless of hope and disappointment, which is what Maddie envisions that Reggie and Cleo are truly under the surface.

“Go Down Moses (feat. C. Oliver Choir & The All Stars)” by Louis Armstrong: This powerful religious song plays during one of Maddie’s lucid dreams while she is in the hospital. It is a song about persecution and oppression based on religious beliefs and tells the story of the Hebrew exodus from Egypt. Several women dressed in Cleo’s blue coat appear in an interpretive dance that takes place in the department store where Maddie bought Cleo’s yellow coat in the first place. Although this is all part of Maddie’s imagination, the nightmare feels very real.

“Me and My Shadow” by Peggy Lee: This smooth song plays during another one of Maddie’s dream sequences in which she and Ferdy Platt dance together in a sea of ​​colored lights. This can be interpreted as Maddy’s “shadow self” based on the implications in the lyrics of the song, the true side of herself that she has to hide due to the division Racial climate of the times. She and Ferdy are given a moment to be truly free and flourish in the dance scene before Maddie is brought back to reality.

“The Impossible Dream” by Shirley Bassey: This powerful and inspirational song plays as Maddy envisions Cleo being the star she was born to be, swinging around in the air dressed in gold on a hula hoop before plunging into the lake below. Maddie, true to form, dives in after her thinking that she has some type of responsibility to save her and pulls her up to the surface. The song continues as Maddie wakes up and discovers that Cleo Johnson is not actually dead and she is standing right in front of her at the end of Lady in the Lake Episode 6.

Lady in the Lake Episode 7 Songs

“Then You Can Say Goodbye” by The Manhattans: This classic Manhattan love song is sung by both Cleo Johnson and Dora Carter in the opening scene of The Lady at the Lake series finale. They sing the song acapella before heading into Shel Gordon’s nightclub through the back door, sneaking in so they can get a shot of performing on stage. This reveals that Cleo and Dora are both singers and sang in a duet before Cleo took a backseat so Dora could take the spotlight.

“Love for Sale” by Natalie Jacobs: This romantic song was sung by actress Natalie Jacobs in the Lady in the Lake Series finale. It was performed by the actress on stage during a flashback scene showing the origin story of how Dora Carter was one of the resident singers at Shell Gordon’s nightclub back in the 1950s. The song is available to stream on the Lady in the Lake Soundtrack which is now streaming on Apple Music.

“Then You Can Say Goodbye” by Bettye Swann: This is the same song that was originally sung by The Manhattans but was also covered by Bettye Swann. Dora sings the solo version of the song she and Cleo rehearsed outside before they got to Shell Gordon’s club. Dora performs the track beautifully and it leads to her becoming a regular at Shell’s club while Cello watches from the crowd with tears in her eyes, looking to help Shell with his bookkeeping.

“Why Can’t We Live Together” by Timmy Thomas: This suspense-building song plays in the background as Cleo disguises herself as a man to break into Shel Gordon’s private office full of his dirty books. It further reveals how she and Reggie have been working together since the Christmas Eve night where they dumped Dora’s body in the lake and made it look like Cleo’s. Cleo makes sure Reggie will make good on his end of the deal before they head to Shell’s club.

“Sinnerman” by Nina Simone: This classic Nina Simone track is the perfect song choice to depict Shel Gordon’s downfall at the end of the Lady in the Lake Series finale. Cleo sneaks into Shell’s private office disguised as a new accountant before revealing her true identity to Vernon, one of Shell’s accountants. The electric energy of the song fuels Cleo’s secret operation and she puts everything on the line to take Shell down once and for all. It plays over the iconic shot of Cleo watching Shell’s clean books get eviscerated in the fire.

“Feeling Good” by Moses Ingram: This classic track was performed by Moses Ingram as Cleo Johnson in the final scene of the Lady in the Lake Series finale. Cleo successfully took her money and fled to Paris where she built a life with her husband Sloppy and her children far away from Baltimore after Reggie took the case for her “murder” so she could be freed. The song also plays over Maddie’s scenes showing how she took Cleo’s story and made it into a popular book but in the end feels unhappy with her life and the path she has chosen.