Killing Eve's Soundtrack Is All You Need In Your Life
Warning! This article may contain spoilers about Killing Eve. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
If you, like me, have found yourself deep within the clutches of an obsessive addiction to BBC’s TV series Killing Eve, then my heart goes out to you…
And it’s not an easy TV addiction. It’s one that comes with the tropes of imagining you’re an internationally wanted sociopathic assassin, an addiction that’ll have you parkour-ing around the house attempting to mimic the swiftness of our favourite villain ‘Villanelle’, and an addiction that has ultimately left me waiting desperately, week after week, for each new episode to be released because I’ve bloody caught up with BBC’s release schedule. I’ll be honest: I’m not used to this level of patience with binge-watching. I finally understand what all you Game Of Throne addicts are talking about, and I’m not about it.
As well as snatching up 12 different awards since the show’s debut in 2018, including a Best Actress Golden Globe for Sandra Oh’s performance, and a BAFTA for Best Drama Series, Killing Eve has curated a seriously good soundtrack. Swelling and lulling at all the right times, and moving elegantly between the sultry psych-rock vocals of 60s icon Brigitte Bardot, through to a heavily distorted techno production by Phil Kieran, and into ‘One Way Or Another’ by Blondie, the soundtrack is wickedly diverse. Save yourself time Shazam-ing each track and check out this epic Spotify playlist.
Curated by British band Unloved’s front man David Holmes (who has been dubbed the best producer in the world by the legendary Noel Gallagher) Holmes was tasked with the difficult job of ‘making sure the music fits the landscape of each scene’. A series which features a lot of humour and sarcasm, contrasted with violently brutal imagery, all whilst jumping from Paris to Tuscany, to Amsterdam’ s Red Light District and then a high security Russian prison, the score beautifully compliments the series’ diversity. One moment, you’ll feel like you’re relaxing in Villanelle’s chic Parisian apartment trying on clothes or cooking eggs for breakfast, the next you’ll feel like you’re hunting down your next victim in a dark alleyway, preparing to stab him in the jugular. It’s charming, really.
Of impressive notoriety is Belfast DJ and producer Phil Kieran’s inclusion in the soundtrack. An artist who is well known for his longstanding residency at Shine Nightclub in Belfast, Kieran’s work features 3 times throughout the series with tracks ‘I Can’t Help Myself’, ‘Two Minds’ and ‘Paint and Chemicals dept. Bonus Mix’.
FYI, Phil Kieran is coming to Australia soon, so keep an eye out for where you can parkour your way to his next show (check dates below) - and if you haven’t started Killing Eve yet, then do yourself a favour and dedicate your weekend to it…
Friday 7th June: Good Bar, Sydney
Sunday 9th June: Hey Day, Wollongong
Thursday 13th June: Electric Rush, Queenstown
Saturday 15th June: Xe54, Melbourne