Horror series creator and writer Mike Flanagan has taken many liberties with his new Carrie series, adapted from the Stephen King novel and following the legacy of the 1974 film. He's not only expanded the universe that King built, which you can read more about here if you don't mind spoilers, but also brought in some modern flair with pop music sequencing. "Haute & Freddy became our musical identity very early," he said in a recent interview when discussing the show's soundtrack.
He'd heard a demo of the duo's song "Shy Girl" and everything clicked, inspiring him to rewrite the eighth episode so he could fit it into the series. "That song roared out, feeling like the vibe of our show," he said. "It became the backbone of our score.
We use almost Haute & Freddy’s whole album, and Carrie's [Summer H. Howell] wearing their shirt in episodes two and three." The show features eight songs from the rising duo, including a new cover of Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes," which appears in the penultimate episode as diegetic prom music. Flanagan also says they rewrote the show around Lana Del Rey's “Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd." Other notable needle drops include Wolf Alice's “In The Bleak Midwinter," Bartees Strange's “Lie 95," LEIKELI 47's “Post That," Metric's “Help I’m Alive," Art School Girlfriend's “Is It Light Where You Are," Mallrat's “Teeth," and the Last Dinner Party's “The Scythe."
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