{"id":22735,"date":"2022-09-27T14:20:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T12:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1712615"},"modified":"2022-09-27T14:39:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T12:39:21","slug":"inside-man-soundtrack-what-is-the-theme-song-for-steven-moffats-drama","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/inside-man-soundtrack-what-is-the-theme-song-for-steven-moffats-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Man soundtrack: What is the theme song for Steven Moffat\u2019s drama?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 27 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Steven Moffat\u2019s dark new drama Inside Man<\/a> has started airing on BBC One, and ever since it was first heard in the show\u2019s initial trailer<\/a>, the series\u2019s theme song has struck a chord.<\/p>\n

The seriously catchy tune fits perfectly with the drama\u2019s dark tone and particularly melds with the scenes set inside a US prison, following Stanley Tucci\u2019s Jefferson Grieff<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The song is used multiple times throughout the first episode, while you might have also noticed the eerie, foreboding score underlining some seriously dramatic scenes starring David Tennant<\/a>. But just what is the show\u2019s theme song and who wrote the score?<\/p>\n

Read on for everything you need to know about the soundtrack for Inside Man.<\/p>\n

What is the theme song for Inside Man and who sings it?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Inside Man uses God\u2019s Gonna Cut You Down for its theme tune, which is a traditional American folk song first recorded by the Golden Gate Quartet.<\/p>\n

It was made particularly popular by Johnny Cash who recorded his own version of the song in 2003, and it has since appeared in multiple games, TV shows and films, including the trailer for 2010 film True Grit.<\/p>\n

Inside Man uses an entirely new cover of the song performed by John Grant, an American and Icelandic musician who is known as the lead singer of The Czars.<\/p>\n

The decision to use the song and record a new version was made after Johnny Cash\u2019s recording was used as temporary music in the edit, as revealed by director Paul McGuigan at a recent press event for the show.<\/p>\n

McGuigan said that it was actually composer David Arnold\u2019s \u201cbrilliant\u201d idea to use the song, as when looking at a cut of the episode he said of the temporary music, \u2018Well this is perfect, so why don\u2019t we do a version of that?’\u201d<\/p>\n

You can listen to two different versions of the song on Spotify now.<\/p>\n