In honour of the character actor M. Emmet Walsh (1935-2024), we profile Carter Burwell's score from perhaps Walsh's largest role (and the Coen Brothers' debut): 1984's Blood Simple in this deceptively neo-noir styled episode.

01. Clarence "Frogman" Henry & Paul Gayten: Ain't Got No Home (Ain't Got No Home 7", 1956) Argo 02. Bell Orchestre: Making Time (House Music, 2021) Erased Tapes 03. The Spinners: Ghetto Child (Spinners, 1973) Atlantic 04. David Soul: Silver Lady (Playing to an Audience of One, 1977) Private Stock 05. Flight 426: Theme from Starsky & Hutch (High Octane Hammond, 2013) CDBaby 06. The Mission: Wasteland (God's Own Medicine, 1986) Mercury 07. Total Chroma: Mind in Statis [w.Carrellee] (Lapland, 2023) Negative Gain 08. The Go! Team: Junior Kickstart (Thunder, Lightning, Strike, 2004) Memphis Industries 09. The Go! Team: Gemini (Get Up Sequences Part Two, 2023) Memphis Industries 10. Tei Shi: QQ [Quédate Queriéndome] (Valerie, 2024) The Orchard 11. Thiago Desant: Rainfall to Desert Bloom (Rainfall to Desert Bloom, 2023) Phantoms vs Fire 12. Broadcast: Follow the Light (Spell Blanket: Collected Demos 2006-2009, 2024) Warp 13. Beth Gibbons: Reaching Out (Lives Outgrown, 2024) Domino 14. Hairetis Harper: Lost in the City (Draft, 2020) Same Difference 15. Thom Yorke: Knife Edge (Confidenza OST, 2024) XL 16. Lana del Rey: Paris Texas (Did You Know There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard, 2023) Interscope/Polydor 17. Mary Lattimore: Thirty Tulips (Silver Ladders, 2020) Ghostly International 18. Shabason, Krgovich, Sage: Don (Shabason, Krgovich, Sage, 2024) Idée Fixe 19. Helena Deland: Roadflower (Goodnight Summerland, 2023) Luminelle 20. Ólafur Arnalds: Öldurót (Island Songs, 2016) Mercury KX/Decca 21. The Garrys: Cakewalk (2024) self-released 22. Khruangbin: May Ninth (A La Sala, 2024) Dead Oceans 23. Jeremy Gignoux: Quimsie [w.Jiajia Li] (Odd Stillness, 2024) Riparian Media 24. Frankiie: Passionfruit (Between Dreams, 2023) Paper Bag 25. Vallens: If I Don't (In Era, 2021) Hand Drawn Dracula 26. Carter Burwell: Chain Gang (Blood Simple OST [deluxe edition], 2023) Varése Sarabande 27. Carter Burwell: Blood Simple (Blood Simple OST [deluxe edition], 2023) Varése Sarabande 28. Carter Burwell: Looking at Pictures (Blood Simple OST [deluxe edition], 2023) Varése Sarabande 29. Carter Burwell: The Shooting (Blood Simple OST [deluxe edition], 2023) Varése Sarabande 30. Carter Burwell: If I See Him (Blood Simple OST [deluxe edition], 2023) Varése Sarabande 31. Carter Burwell: Empty Bar (Blood Simple OST [deluxe edition], 2023) Varése Sarabande 32. Hilary Gardner: A Cowboy Serenade [While I'm Smokin' My Last Cigarette] (On the Trail with the Lonesome Pines, 2024) Anzic

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