NCIS TV Soundtrack

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Product Details

• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: CBS Records
• Copyright: (P) 2009 CBS Records Inc
• Total Length: 1:21:26
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• ASIN: B001R6HM0W
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,142 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Diverse Sample of Easy to Listen to Songs Featured on Show, March 6, 2009

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M. Mierzwa (Davis, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack (Audio CD)

The NCIS Soundtrack is not a "score" but rather a collection of songs featured (in part) in episodes of the hit TV series NCIS. Though I bought this double CD set knowing that all the songs featured vocals, I would honestly like to also have a CD of the series score (similar to the BSG soundtracks such as in Battlestar Galactica: Season Two). The first disk does feature an extended version of the theme song for the series (and it is great), and the second disk features a guitar-based industrial cover of the theme by Ministry.

As a fan of industrial, gothic, and dark wave music, I'm more partial to the second disk "Abby's Lab", which features some well known and lesser known g/i (goth / industrial) artists. Ministry's remix of the theme song retains enough of the original that I could make the connection between the two tracks after the second time I listened to the remix. However, I prefer Numeriklab's more techno (original) version.

Though I'm not 100% certain (I'd have to rewatch the DVD), I believe Android Lust's Hole Solution may be been the track that was playing in the background as early as S1. Season one also featured Collide and a few other artists (not included on this compilation disk). An alternative version of Hole Solution can be found on the Dragonfly single. However, like another reviewer I was hoping that the Abby's lab disk would feature more of the background techno-industrial music that Abby Sciuto more frequently listened to in the first two seasons.

My favorite track is Pauley Perrette's "Fear". It took me a second to identify Pauley's voice as Abby (I wasn't looking at the liner notes at the time), but after hearing and falling in love with the song, it is very clear to me that Perrette is a talented musician in addition to being an excellent actress. As you might suspect "Fear" is a gothic rock track that mixes electronics, a fairly steady drum beat, and guitars with Perrette's earthy vocals. I'd compare the track as a meeting of Android Lust (which you can hear on the compilation as well) and Faith and the Muse (in particular I'm thinking of William Faith's guitar work).

Though I prefer Disk 2, "Special Agent" (the first disk) features a number of tracks that I also enjoy. I've listed all the tracks that I've found myself tossing into my iTunes playlist. The bottom line is the price on this disk is well worth the investment!

Favorite Tracks:
- Fear - Stop Making Friends (Disk 2) :)
- NCIS Theme - Numeriklab (Disk 1)
- Head Spin - Collide (Disk 2)
- Hole Solution - Android Lust (Disk 2)
- Mama Song - Keaton Simons (Disk 1)
- Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan (Disk 1)
- Tomorrow Still Comes - Will Dailey (Disk 1)

Other Artists:
I'm going to list a few other artists you might wish to listen to if you tend to like the music featured in Abby's Lab in the show and on the second disk.

- Delerium
- Bitcrush
- Monstrum Sepsis
- Claire Voyant
- Gridlock
- The Mission UK
- Monolith

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Numeriklab and Cote de Pablo, February 11, 2009

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Christopher Stone - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack (Audio CD)

It seems that I find myself listening to the NCIS theme song by Numeriklab and Temptation a excusive by Cote de Pablo.
When you first listen to the theme song you think that you know the song, but where the song ends in the opening credits is just the first verse.
Cote de Pablo did a great job preforming Temptation, If you do not listen to it you will not believe how great see sings.
I have yet to listen to the second disc and most of the first disc, but Temptation and the NCIS theme song is all that is needed to make it great in my mind

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not enough Abbi, July 14, 2009

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Marque Lampert (Portland Or) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack (Audio CD)

I ordered this in hopes of getting more of the music they play during the sequences in Abbi's lab. Unfortunately that music just isn't there. I would have appreciated knowing the tittles to the pieces on the disc before I ordered,or maybe being able to listen to parts of pieces would have helped. I do like the second disc and probably would have bought that one alone. But a sample of the top songs on a disc would really help.(Abbi's lab is the name of one of the selections on the primary disc)