The music “Twilight Zone” by 2 Unlimited plays during the cheerleading tryouts in The Witch. The song comes from the album Get Ready For This.

In Fear, Itself, we hear ‘Kool’ by 28 Days, as the frat boys prepare for the party.

At David Nabbit’s party in War Zone we hear “Para Lennon & McCartney” by A Friend From Rio.

When Xander makes his pledge in Reptile Boy, Act of Faith’s song ‘Bring Me On’ (from the album Scream) can be heard in the background.

Aimee Mann performs two songs from her 2002 album ‘Lost in Space’ in the Bronze in the episode Sleeper: ‘This Is How It Goes’, and ‘Pavlov’s Bell’ (as Spike and the female vampire fight). Aimee also has a line in the show, “Man, I hate playing vampire towns”. No other …

In When She Was Badm we hear Alison Krauss & Union Station’s ‘It Doesn’t Matter’ as Angel leaves Buffy’s bedroom (from the albums So Long, So Wrong, and Buffy The Album). In Entropy, we hear ‘That Kind of Love’ by Alison Krauss, after everyone argues about Spike and Anya.

When looking for the theme tune for Angel, music co-ordinator John King put out a call to local bands who might be interested in having their music heard every week on TV. He describes what he was asked for in Angel: The Casefiles Vol 1.:

“I just quoted Joss. …

The song that plays during Buffy’s dream in Surprise is an original song called “Anything”, written by Buffy composers Shawn K. Clement and Sean Murray and performed by Cari Howe.

Ash’s song “I’m Gonna Fall” (from their album Nu-Clear Sounds) plays in Beer Bad when Buffy and Xander talk in the pub.

In the episode Storyteller, the classical piece playing at the beginning of the episode, in Andrew’s fantasy, is Brandenburg Concerto 3, Movement 1, by Johann Sebastian Bach. The same piece can be heard in Hell’s Bells, being played by the quartet at Anya’s wedding.
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The first song Angel first sings in Caritas in the episode Judgement is “Mandy” revealing his secret shame - a love of Barry Manilow (”I think it’s kinda pretty”). He also listens to the song in the episode Orpheus, and sings a version for Jasmine in The Magic Bullet.

Willow plays Barry White’s ‘Can’t Get Enough of Your Love’ to try and seduce Oz in Amends.

Giles reveals a hidden talent in Where the Wild Things Are, that he can sing and play guitar. He sings ‘Behind Blue Eyes’ in the Espresso Pump. The song is by The Who and the guitar part was recorded by John King. The lyrics are as follows:

No one knows what …

The band Belly Love played at The Bronze in the episode Anne on what Xander called “depressing night”. They played the track ‘Back to Freedom’ in that episode. Their performance on Buffy was Bellylove’s first show as they had only just released their first album on their own label, Bad …

Singer Bif Naked performs ‘Moment of Weakness’ and ‘Anything’ at the campus party in The Harsh Light of Day, where Buffy runs into Spike and Harmony. Her song ‘Lucky’ plays as Buffy and Parker dance.