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For the past 14 years, composer Dave Porter has been immersed in the world of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul as the composer for both seminal AMC series, as well as the 2019 sequel film, El Camino. With Saul wrapping up its six season run on Monday, Porter is reflecting on the work as he says goodbye to the world launched by Vince Gilligan with the story of a dying high school teacher who becomes a drug kingpin. Below, find Porter’s ten favorite musical moments from the show.
Breaking Bad
Jane’s Demise (season 2, episode 12)
In a pivotal moment that defines just how depraved and calculating Walter White was, he makes a decision that will have long-lasting consequences for his relationship with Jesse …. Walt does not intercede as Jane chokes to death.
Crawl Space (season four, episode 11)
In the closest we ever got to a horror movie moment,...
For the past 14 years, composer Dave Porter has been immersed in the world of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul as the composer for both seminal AMC series, as well as the 2019 sequel film, El Camino. With Saul wrapping up its six season run on Monday, Porter is reflecting on the work as he says goodbye to the world launched by Vince Gilligan with the story of a dying high school teacher who becomes a drug kingpin. Below, find Porter’s ten favorite musical moments from the show.
Breaking Bad
Jane’s Demise (season 2, episode 12)
In a pivotal moment that defines just how depraved and calculating Walter White was, he makes a decision that will have long-lasting consequences for his relationship with Jesse …. Walt does not intercede as Jane chokes to death.
Crawl Space (season four, episode 11)
In the closest we ever got to a horror movie moment,...
- 8/20/2022
- by Dave Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jesse Pinkman is back in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, which Netflix released on Friday. I already published my spoiler-free thoughts on the film, and now it’s time to go old-school recapping, like I did for every episode of Breaking Bad, with full spoilers for El Camino coming up just as soon as I’m sized for love…
Step by agonizing step.
Of course.
Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan went to extreme lengths to keep the very existence of this movie, let alone its contents, a secret from...
Step by agonizing step.
Of course.
Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan went to extreme lengths to keep the very existence of this movie, let alone its contents, a secret from...
- 10/12/2019
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
This post contains spoilers for last night's "Fargo," as well as many notable TV dramas of the last 10-15 years. As I watched Jesse Plemons' Ed use his butcher shop equipment to chop up, then grind up, the body of local gangster Rye Gerhardt, I realized I had unwittingly become a connoisseur in the art of TV corpse disposal. Not only could I identify a previous show that used a similar method — on "The Sopranos," Christopher and Furio went to Satriale's to chop up Richie Aprile's corpse, though they didn't go so far as to then run him through the meat grinder — but I could compare it to the way previous Plemons-killed characters were done away with. (Ed's method was better than Landry dumping a body in a river, but perhaps less effective than what Walt, Jesse, and Mike had to do to poor Drew Sharp after Todd shot him.
- 10/20/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
A review of tonight's "Better Call Saul" coming up just as soon as I use double ply... There is a truth inherent to the prequel business: you can't change or prevent what your audience knows is coming for these characters. Sometimes, prequels use this to their advantage, whether great ones (where the young Vito scenes in "Godfather Part II" only enhance our feelings for the Brando version of the character), or less-great ones (where whatever emotional power the "Star Wars" prequels have comes from the knowledge of what's going to become of Anakin). Sometimes, though, having to stick to pre-established facts about your characters' future can be a drag, as we're seeing a lot this season on "Gotham."(*) (*) Another good example of prequelitis: "Comanche Moon," the last "Lonesome Dove" novel to be published, but set before the events of the first, has our heroes chasing after a bad guy the...
- 3/24/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
One million dollars might not please Walter White, but it’s no small feat for Breaking Bad’s online auction.Hosted by ScreenBid and Sony Pictures Television, the auction sold off 337 items, including props, costumes, and vehicles for nearly $1 million, according to Variety. After going live immediately following the finale, the auction attracted 5,800 users, with 2,000 who entered the bidding and shelled out five-figure final bids for props including Tio’s bell and Tuco’s grill.The highest winning bid went to Walt’s copy of Leaves of Grass, for $65,500, while the lowest winning bid was a tie between Hank’s boots and Hank’s pajamas,...
- 10/10/2013
- by Shirley Li
- EW.com - PopWatch
Feature Mark Harrison 4 Oct 2013 - 07:00
Mark tots up Breaking Bad's ten best cold opens, or pre-titles sequences, feat. tidy whities, floating eyeballs, and narcorridos music...
This article contains spoilers for all five seasons of Breaking Bad.
Since Breaking Bad drew to a close on Sunday, many of its eulogies have focused on how its serialised narrative has played with the format of television drama. You can argue that soap operas use the same technique, but the series has garnered acclaim and multitudes of fans for telling a thematically rich story that has ostensibly continued as one serial over six years.
The series has also kept viewers on the edge of their seats by cutting off at crucial points in that serial, but arguably, it's not the cliffhangers that became the show's trademark. Vince Gilligan and his writing team are unbeatable when it comes to beginning and ending episodes,...
Mark tots up Breaking Bad's ten best cold opens, or pre-titles sequences, feat. tidy whities, floating eyeballs, and narcorridos music...
This article contains spoilers for all five seasons of Breaking Bad.
Since Breaking Bad drew to a close on Sunday, many of its eulogies have focused on how its serialised narrative has played with the format of television drama. You can argue that soap operas use the same technique, but the series has garnered acclaim and multitudes of fans for telling a thematically rich story that has ostensibly continued as one serial over six years.
The series has also kept viewers on the edge of their seats by cutting off at crucial points in that serial, but arguably, it's not the cliffhangers that became the show's trademark. Vince Gilligan and his writing team are unbeatable when it comes to beginning and ending episodes,...
- 10/3/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
We are at the end of an era. The very last episode of Breaking Bad played to the heartstrings of millions of fans Sunday night and gave many of true sense of satisfaction. Often times, the best TV series don’t run long enough before being cancelled and ones that do run past three seasons start to stink like a rotting corpse on Walking Dead. Whether you were a fan of Dexter, Seinfeld, Lost or The Sopranos, disappointment gets even the best of them–but not Breaking Bad. There was no ambiguity, no room for interpretation, no loose dangling threads twisting in the wind.
Thankfully creator Vince Gilligan, cast and crew gave us a worthwhile and memorable finale, proper closure to accompany all the mental scarring along the way. Regardless if you were in Team Walt, Team Jesse, Team Hank, or Team Gus, there was no way one could refuse...
Thankfully creator Vince Gilligan, cast and crew gave us a worthwhile and memorable finale, proper closure to accompany all the mental scarring along the way. Regardless if you were in Team Walt, Team Jesse, Team Hank, or Team Gus, there was no way one could refuse...
- 10/1/2013
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
The series finale of "Breaking Bad" airs Sunday (Sept. 29), and it's a pretty safe bet that, given the show's way with the big moment, fans will be talking about it for a long time.
After all, it's been creating indelible characters and images for five-plus years. We could spend hours discussing every did-that-just-happen moment, from Tortuga's head on a tortoise to the cousins crawling through the desert to Walt maniacally laughing in the crawl space. But, you know, that would take hours.
The Zap2it staff has winnowed that list down to eight scenes and moments -- some big, some small -- that have stuck with us the most over the years.
Pants on the ground
I'm pretty sure no other TV series in history has opened with a shot of a pair of khakis floating through the air. Thus even in its first 15 seconds, "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan...
After all, it's been creating indelible characters and images for five-plus years. We could spend hours discussing every did-that-just-happen moment, from Tortuga's head on a tortoise to the cousins crawling through the desert to Walt maniacally laughing in the crawl space. But, you know, that would take hours.
The Zap2it staff has winnowed that list down to eight scenes and moments -- some big, some small -- that have stuck with us the most over the years.
Pants on the ground
I'm pretty sure no other TV series in history has opened with a shot of a pair of khakis floating through the air. Thus even in its first 15 seconds, "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan...
- 9/28/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
If you leave this Sunday’s Breaking Bad series finale wishing for more, here’s a solution: Buy a piece of the show.
ScreenBid has a series of props from the set of Breaking Bad (not including meth) up for auction, ranging from the characters’ pajamas to iconic items like Tio Salamanca’s bell. The auction even has three copies of Leaves of Grass, by the other W.W., all used for different scenes in the show.
But be prepared to shell out some serious money if you’re going after these pieces — one Los Pollos Hermanos paper bag alone...
ScreenBid has a series of props from the set of Breaking Bad (not including meth) up for auction, ranging from the characters’ pajamas to iconic items like Tio Salamanca’s bell. The auction even has three copies of Leaves of Grass, by the other W.W., all used for different scenes in the show.
But be prepared to shell out some serious money if you’re going after these pieces — one Los Pollos Hermanos paper bag alone...
- 9/25/2013
- by Shirley Li
- EW.com - PopWatch
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
After last week’s monster of an episode, Ozymandias, Granite State had a lot to live up to. A number of people called Ozymandias the best episode of television they’d ever seen. It will forever stand in its own class in terms of raw emotional impact, but Granite State meets and exceeds any expectations Ozymandias left. In terms of composition, mood, acting, storytelling, and characterization, Granite State doesn’t fall an inch from the enormously high precedent set by Ozymandias. It may even be better.
In a way, the episode serves as an interlude between the shattering of the Breaking Bad universe last week and the conclusion of the series next week. It sees most of the characters picking up whatever pieces they can and moving on in whatever way they can while slowly rehabilitating the utterly defeated Walter White’s resolve.
But don’t...
After last week’s monster of an episode, Ozymandias, Granite State had a lot to live up to. A number of people called Ozymandias the best episode of television they’d ever seen. It will forever stand in its own class in terms of raw emotional impact, but Granite State meets and exceeds any expectations Ozymandias left. In terms of composition, mood, acting, storytelling, and characterization, Granite State doesn’t fall an inch from the enormously high precedent set by Ozymandias. It may even be better.
In a way, the episode serves as an interlude between the shattering of the Breaking Bad universe last week and the conclusion of the series next week. It sees most of the characters picking up whatever pieces they can and moving on in whatever way they can while slowly rehabilitating the utterly defeated Walter White’s resolve.
But don’t...
- 9/24/2013
- by Kyle Schmidlin
- Obsessed with Film
Only one more after tonight. Let’s do this.
“Granite State” picks up seemingly where “Ozymandias” left off, with the red minivan pulling into a vacuum warehouse. It’s not Walt who gets out, though, but Saul (how did we not see that coming last week?). His guy, played by Robert Forster, starts processing Saul, setting him up with a Nebraska driver’s license, and lets him know he’ll have to lay low there for a while before starting up his new life (his face is on billboards, after all). In a break with Forster’s character’s usual protocol, he’ll be waiting with another in-process client, Walt, who doesn’t look to be taking his situation particularly well, as he paces and writes furiously on a legal pad.
After commercial, we’re back with a stonefaced Marie as she’s driven home, transported by federal agents (DEA?...
“Granite State” picks up seemingly where “Ozymandias” left off, with the red minivan pulling into a vacuum warehouse. It’s not Walt who gets out, though, but Saul (how did we not see that coming last week?). His guy, played by Robert Forster, starts processing Saul, setting him up with a Nebraska driver’s license, and lets him know he’ll have to lay low there for a while before starting up his new life (his face is on billboards, after all). In a break with Forster’s character’s usual protocol, he’ll be waiting with another in-process client, Walt, who doesn’t look to be taking his situation particularly well, as he paces and writes furiously on a legal pad.
After commercial, we’re back with a stonefaced Marie as she’s driven home, transported by federal agents (DEA?...
- 9/23/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
So that’s how we’re going to do this, eh Breaking Bad? You’re going to reduce me to shaking sobs every. single. week.
Here are the highlights from this Sunday’s episode:
• As he prepares to start a new life under a new identity, Saul has one more run-in with Walt – who is planning to take out Uncle Jack’s gang and steal back his cash. Saul advises his former client to stay and “face the music”; otherwise, Skyler and the kids will have a very tough time in the near (and far) future.
• Uncle Jack’s gang...
Here are the highlights from this Sunday’s episode:
• As he prepares to start a new life under a new identity, Saul has one more run-in with Walt – who is planning to take out Uncle Jack’s gang and steal back his cash. Saul advises his former client to stay and “face the music”; otherwise, Skyler and the kids will have a very tough time in the near (and far) future.
• Uncle Jack’s gang...
- 9/23/2013
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
(Spoilers ahead.)
Before Breaking Bad fans start threatening me with a kitchen knife or melting my body in acid (shudder), hear me out: Gus was amazing. Tio was brilliant (ding!). The Cousins, Tuco, Krazy 8, even Don Eladio in his two-episode appearance — all memorable, ruthless villains for Walt and Jesse.
But Todd (Friday Night Lights’ Jesse Plemons) is more dangerous than any of them.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, put that ricin away. I’m not arguing Todd’s a better, or even the greatest, villain; I’m saying he’s the most dangerous. Think about it: He’s a cold-yet-utterly calm young...
Before Breaking Bad fans start threatening me with a kitchen knife or melting my body in acid (shudder), hear me out: Gus was amazing. Tio was brilliant (ding!). The Cousins, Tuco, Krazy 8, even Don Eladio in his two-episode appearance — all memorable, ruthless villains for Walt and Jesse.
But Todd (Friday Night Lights’ Jesse Plemons) is more dangerous than any of them.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, put that ricin away. I’m not arguing Todd’s a better, or even the greatest, villain; I’m saying he’s the most dangerous. Think about it: He’s a cold-yet-utterly calm young...
- 9/17/2013
- by Shirley Li
- EW.com - PopWatch
It has been nearly a year since "Breaking Bad" was last on the air. Yet Sunday's (Aug. 11) return, "Blood Money," erased those 49 weeks with an episode that threw the audience immediately -- or rather, almost immediately -- back into the fraught situation created when Hank was looking for something to read in the bathroom.
What follows is an episode whose job is mostly to set the stakes for the final run, but which does so with such confidence in its direction that it makes something as outwardly simple as a living-room conversation practically snap with tension.
After another tantalizing flash-forward*, "Blood Money" belongs to Dean Norris, as Hank is almost knocked over after connecting the dots that his brother-in-law is Heisenberg. He manages to keep it together long enough to get out of the house with Marie, then suffers a full-blown, car-wrecking panic attack on the way home. The range...
What follows is an episode whose job is mostly to set the stakes for the final run, but which does so with such confidence in its direction that it makes something as outwardly simple as a living-room conversation practically snap with tension.
After another tantalizing flash-forward*, "Blood Money" belongs to Dean Norris, as Hank is almost knocked over after connecting the dots that his brother-in-law is Heisenberg. He manages to keep it together long enough to get out of the house with Marie, then suffers a full-blown, car-wrecking panic attack on the way home. The range...
- 8/12/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
On Aug. 11, Breaking Bad returns for its final eight-episode run. Before the second half of season 5 premieres, refresh your memory with this handy guide to the series — presented, naturally, in the form of the periodic table.
1. H — Hank: Schrader, Walt’s brother-in-law — a DEA agent who’s the Javert to Heisenberg’s Valjean
2. He — Heisenberg: Walt’s criminal alter-ego, named for Werner Heisenberg — a German theoretical physicist best known for his eponymous “uncertainty principle”
3. Li — Lily of the Valley: A pretty flowering plant found in cool, temperate environments and New Mexican backyards — and what Walt uses to poison Jesse...
1. H — Hank: Schrader, Walt’s brother-in-law — a DEA agent who’s the Javert to Heisenberg’s Valjean
2. He — Heisenberg: Walt’s criminal alter-ego, named for Werner Heisenberg — a German theoretical physicist best known for his eponymous “uncertainty principle”
3. Li — Lily of the Valley: A pretty flowering plant found in cool, temperate environments and New Mexican backyards — and what Walt uses to poison Jesse...
- 8/9/2013
- by EW staff
- EW.com - PopWatch
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