Editing Dark Angel (American TV series) (section)

===Music===
The [[film score|score]] for the ''Dark Angel'' pilot was composed and conducted by [[Joel McNeely]].{{sfn|Muir|2008|page=247}} The pilot score track "Bicycle Ride" was used in the end credits for the duration of the series. The pilot score was released in full as part of the original publicity press kit, titled ''Dark Angel: Complete Score from the Dark Angel Pilot''. The 37-track CD was for promotional use only and not for resale.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=[[Joel McNeely]] |year=2000 |title=Dark Angel: Complete Score from the Dark Angel Pilot |medium=CD}}</ref> McNeely returned to score the entire series, making frequent use of "grumbling [[timpani]] rolls, bass drum beats and shrill brass and violin crescendos that familiarly sketch the action arcs of the narrative."{{sfn|Butkus|2012|page=188}} Traditional orchestral elements are integrated with innovative electronic sounds and female vocals to create a sense of Max's "otherworldliness", "haunting wind chimes, pseudo-Orientalist refrains and extenuated high-pitched eerie sounds" evoke Max's super-human abilities, and "driving hip hop bass beats with heavy percussive effects [and] high-pitched feedback and reverberation" convey Max's struggles with violence and her memories of Manticore.{{sfn|Butkus|2012|page=190}} The theme song for the series was composed by [[Chuck D]] and [[Gary G-Wiz]].{{sfn|Terrace|2002|page=61}} Both McNeely and G-Wiz cited ''Dark Angel'' as an opportunity to push sonic boundaries; G-Wiz stated that Eglee and music supervisor Randy Gerston kept calling him and telling him to make the theme song "crazier". McNeely said scoring the series was "like the difference between jazz and classical music. I'm a jazz player, so ''Dark Angel'' is as free form and as weird as we want to get."{{sfn|Butkus|2012|page=188}}

A soundtrack album consisting of [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and R&B songs was released on April 23, 2002, through [[Artemis Records]].<ref name="allmusic"/> Eglee explained that he and Cameron began with the idea that they could do a "hip hop youth ensemble thing", noting that "hip hop had become the dominant influence in the country [and] in the world" and that they saw an opportunity to give the future of ''Dark Angel'' the soundtrack of contemporary American popular culture. In the soundtrack's liner notes, Eglee writes:<blockquote>Reminiscent of another time and place&nbsp;... that part of the Bronx in the late 1970s known as [[Fort Apache (hostile place)|Fort Apache]]: a place that for [[White Americans|white America]], defined lack and limitation, violence and hopelessness. What white Americans couldn't see or hear then was the beautiful thing being birthed there, which, years later, would come to be known as Hip Hop.&nbsp;... This album remembers the foundations of Hip Hop as it contemplates its future.{{sfn|Butkus|2012|pages=190–191}}</blockquote>  Randy Gerston said that because of the near future setting of the series, he avoided any major hit songs as these would not sound futuristic. This gave them the opportunity to discover new talent instead.{{sfn|Butkus|2012|pages=190–191}} The album features predominately female hip hop and [[neo soul]] artists whose lyrics typically "focus on the expression of female agency and power – particularly with regard to sexuality."{{sfn|Butkus|2012|pages=193}} It peaked at No. 50 on the [[Top Independent Albums]] chart.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017132122/http://www.allmusic.com/album/dark-angel-mw0000216856/awards |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/dark-angel-mw0000216856/awards |title=Original TV Soundtrack: Dark Angel – Awards |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=June 20, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Jason Birchmeier of [[AllMusic]] gave the soundtrack three out of five stars. He noted the lack of major artists on the album and commented that it "seems to be a female-orientated soundtrack, perhaps because of the show's female lead character". Birchmeier said many of the songs were "quite impressive" and that it "exceeds your expectations for a television show soundtrack".<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630225322/http://www.allmusic.com/album/dark-angel-mw0000216856 |archive-date=June 30, 2013 |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/dark-angel-mw0000216856 |title=Original TV Soundtrack: Dark Angel |last=Birchmeier |first=Jason |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=June 20, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

{{track listing
|title1=Dark Angel Theme
|music1=[[Public Enemy (music group)|Public Enemy]] & [[MC Lyte]]
|length1=3:07
|title2=[[My Neck, My Back (Lick It)|My Neck, My Back]]
|music2=[[Khia]]
|length2=3:42
|title3=Trouble Again
|music3=[[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] & [[John Forté]]
|length3=4:26
|title4=No Dealz
|music4=MC Lyte ft. Ericka Yancey
|length4=4:12
|title5=Bring It to Me
|music5=[[Samantha Cole]]
|length5=3:14
|title6=Moving With U
|music6=[[Q-Tip (musician)|Q-Tip]]
|length6=3:23
|title7=Candy
|music7=[[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]] ft. [[Kelis]]
|length7=3:43
|title8=Bad News
|music8=[[Damizza]] ft. [[Shade Sheist]] & N.U.N.E.
|length8=3:55
|title9=The Life
|music9=[[Mystic (singer)|Mystic]]
|length9=3:32
|title10=Somethin' About This Music
|music10=[[Abstract Rude]] & Tribe Unique
|length10=3:53
|title11=[[Things I've Seen]]
|music11=[[The Spooks]]
|length11=4:35
|title12=The One
|music12=[[Niki Haris]]
|length12=4:12
|title13=Bring It to Me
|note13=Dark Angel Remix
|music13=Samantha Cole
|length13=3:15
|total_length=49:09
}}