Music in the beginning of House

October 16, 2006 2:40 PM

TVPhiliacFilter: House, M.D. theme

Anyone know what the name of the song in the beginning of the show "House" is? I'm dying to know! I love it!

posted by InsanePenguin to Media & Arts (9 answers total)

It's an instrumental version of "Teardrop" by Massive Attack off of their album "Mezzanine".
posted by murphy slaw at 2:41 PM on October 16, 2006

Best answer: Mr. Slaw has it. The full version of the song contains a lovely ethereal vocal track; the rest of "Mezzanine" is darker than "Teardrop", but it's a phenomenal album and should be owned by all right-thinking persons.
posted by Johnny Assay at 2:52 PM on October 16, 2006

The ethereal vocal is provided by Liz Fraser, who you might know from Cocteau Twins.
posted by murphy slaw at 2:59 PM on October 16, 2006

The above is true only if you're watching the original American version. Here in Australia the theme has been replaced by some non-descript bit of junk.
posted by krisjohn at 3:08 PM on October 16, 2006

Ditto for UK, krisjohn.
posted by matthewr at 3:34 PM on October 16, 2006

Just for future reference, the site TuneFind is all about music played on TV shows.
posted by IndigoRain at 6:45 PM on October 16, 2006

If you Google "house md music," this is your first result -- a site I use a lot that has information on almost every second of music played on House.
posted by booksandlibretti at 7:12 PM on October 16, 2006

In case you wanted to hear that non-descript bit of junk. Then you'll know why krisjohn described it thus.
posted by tellurian at 9:29 PM on October 16, 2006

Bizarrely, I knew this because I was watching House with the subtitles for the deaf the other night and it came up on screen. "THEME TUNE: MASSIVE ATTACK, 'TEARDROP'"
posted by AmbroseChapel at 2:50 AM on October 17, 2006