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We Liked: The Smart Use of Music

Image: Prime Video
Image: Prime Video

Fallout’s relationship to period jazz and space age music has always been an intrinsic element of the series—one hammered home especially so in the Bethesda era of Fallout games. So if the show had chosen to dole out period tunes across its big action sequences or tied into major plot beats, it could have and still felt faithful to the vibes of the games and their new-old aesthetic.

Thankfully, for the most part the show is actually quite selective—deploying tracks famously connected to the games like “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” or “I Don’t Want to See Tomorrow” mostly as credits music, giving them an emotional catharsis connected to their respective episodes. There’s still a ton of it in there alongside Ramin Djawadi’s great original score, but it’s not hammered over your head.

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