Skins OST[María]

Today I (María L.) am going to talk about the music from the E4 series Skins. The british teen drama that follows a group of teenagers in Bristol, that changes every two seasons (picture from series 3 and 4). It explores issues such as relationships, mental illness (including eating disorders), sexual orientation, drugs and death.
But, what is a TV drama without a good soundtrack? And that's what make Skins so special, in my opinion. The soundtrack is amazing and it's all thanks Alex Hancock & Kyle Lynd. Alex chose the music from series 1 to 3; Kyle is the new music man.

The show starts with an instrumental song created by Fat Segal, it's optimistic and make you feel the style of Skins.The whole OST is a mixture of electronic, alternative and indie music, that in each chapter relates to the personality of a character, but it also includes pop music, reggae, classical music, hip hop, etc.

It includes alternative bands like Band of Skulls, Arcade Fire, Animal Collective, The Strange Boys, etc. and some band more known as Aerosmith, Blondie, The Cure, Europe, Supertramp, Simon&Garfunkel... 
You can find some pop music, as Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Cheryl Cole, etc., and even classical music, like Chopin or Strauss.


The link for the music guide of Skins is: http://www.e4.com/skins/series5/music.html
Here you can find the tracklists of every chapter or character.
And I'll also link to the submission of Kyle (in Spanish): http://skinsla.bligoo.com/content/view/698093/El-nuevo-supervisor-de-musica-de-Skins-Kyle-Lynd.html


And, to  finish, here are some of my favorite songs from the TV series (mainly fram the last series).

 I will be gratefull if you tell us your opinion abour the TV series, the tracklists or some bands that you are interested in. There's also an American version, so, if you want to tell us something about it, we will like to know about the music in it.

Peace & Love 

María López C.