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Tom Waits (I)
Thomas Alan Waits was born in Pomona, California, to schoolteachers Alma Fern (Johnson) and Jesse Frank Waits. Described as one of the last beatniks of the contemporary music, Waits in fact has two separate careers. From 1973 (LP "Closing Time") to 1983 ("One From The Heart" soundtrack), he recorded nine LPs for Asylum Records, writing songs ...
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Soundtrack (176 credits)
Soundtrack (176 credits)
2017
One Hit Wonderland
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles
(2017)
... (writer: "Downtown Train")
Hand of God
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2017) (writer - 1 episode, 2017)
- Gathering Dust
(2017)
... (performer: "Little Drop of Poison" - uncredited) / (writer: "Little Drop of Poison" - uncredited)
Halt and Catch Fire
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2016) (writer - 1 episode, 2016)
- And She Was
(2016)
... (performer: "Jockey full of Bourbon" - uncredited) / (writer: "Jockey full of Bourbon" - uncredited)
Ray Donovan
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2016) (writer - 1 episode, 2016)
- Fish and Bird
(2016)
... (performer: "Fish and Bird" - uncredited) / (writer: "Fish and Bird" - uncredited)
Peaky Blinders
(TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes, 2013 - 2016) (writer - 2 episodes, 2013)
- Episode #3.3
(2016)
... (performer: "Shiny Things", "Soldier's Things")
- Episode #1.5
(2013)
... (performer: "Time") / (writer: "Time")
- Episode #1.4
(2013)
... (performer: "Clap hands") / (writer: "Clap hands")
The X Files
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2016) (writer - 1 episode, 2016)
- Babylon
(2016)
... (performer: "Misery Is the River of the World" - uncredited) / (writer: "Misery Is the River of the World" - uncredited)
2015
Don't Blink - Robert Frank
(Documentary) (performer: "Hang On St. Christopher", "Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six") / (writer: "Hang On St. Christopher", "Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six")
Dolezal Backstage
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 2 episodes, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015)
- Episode #1.4
(2015)
... (performer: "Shake, Rattle and Roll")
- Episode #1.2
(2015)
... (performer: "I Can't Wait to Get Off Work") / (writer: "I Can't Wait to Get Off Work")
2015
Inodorotem
(Short) (performer: "How's It Gonna End" (Titules music)) / (writer: "How's It Gonna End" (Titules music))
2014
Dead Metaphors
(Short) (performer: "Chocolate Jesus", "Anywhere I Lay My Head") / (writer: "Chocolate Jesus", "Anywhere I Lay My Head")
2014
Constantine
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Rage of Caliban
(2014)
... (performer: "Sea of Love" - uncredited)
Gotham
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2014) (writer - 1 episode, 2014)
- The Balloonman
(2014)
... (performer: "Muriel" - uncredited) / (writer: "Muriel" - uncredited)
2014
Guapas
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Dulce de leche tentación
(2014)
... (writer: "Temptation" - uncredited)
True Blood
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 2008 - 2014) (performer - 1 episode, 2014)
- Jesus Gonna Be Here
(2014)
... (performer: "Jesus Gonna Be Here" - uncredited) / (writer: "Jesus Gonna Be Here" - uncredited)
- Mine
(2008)
... (writer: "Downtown" - uncredited)
Orange Is the New Black
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2014) (writer - 1 episode, 2014)
- 40 Oz. of Furlough
(2014)
... (performer: "Come on up to the house") / (writer: "Come on up to the house")
2008-2014
How I Met Your Mother
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Last Forever: Part Two
(2014)
... (writer: "Downtown Train" - uncredited)
- I Heart NJ
(2008)
... (writer: "Jersey Girl" - uncredited)
2013
Bones
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Dude in the Dam
(2013)
... (writer: "Picture in a Frame")
The Walking Dead
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 2013) (performer - 1 episode, 2013)
- Infected
(2013)
... (writer: "I Don't Want to Grow Up" - uncredited)
- I Ain't a Judas
(2013)
... (performer: "Hold On") / (writer: "Hold On")
2013
Levenslied
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.9
(2013)
... (writer: "If I Have to Go" - uncredited)
House of Lies
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2013)
- Til Death Do Us Part
(2013)
... (performer: "Clap Hands" - uncredited) / (writer: "Clap Hands" - uncredited)
Parenthood
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2013)
- One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
(2013)
... (performer: "Hold On" - uncredited) / (writer: "Hold On" - uncredited)
2012
Universum
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Der wilde Wald der Kaiserin
(2012)
... (performer: "Last Leaf" - uncredited)
Bunheads
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2012)
- For Fanny
(2012)
... (performer: "Picture In a Frame" - uncredited) / (writer: "Picture In a Frame" - uncredited)
Harry's Law
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2012)
- Onward and Upward
(2012)
... (performer: "Take Me Home" - uncredited) / (writer: "Take Me Home" - uncredited)
No me la puc treure del cap
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2010 - 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2010)
- Televisió i publicitat
(2012)
... (performer: "Innocent When You Dream")
- Jo vinc d'un silenci
(2010)
... (performer: "The Piano Has Been Drinking") / (writer: "The Piano Has Been Drinking")
2011
RocKwiz
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- 2011 Christmas Special
(2011)
... (writer: "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis")
Late Show with David Letterman
(TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes, 1996 - 2011) (performer - 1 episode, 2006)
- Episode #19.46
(2011)
... (writer: "Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)" - uncredited)
- Episode #14.55
(2006)
... (performer: "Lie To Me" - uncredited)
- Episode #9.16
(2001)
... (writer: "Time" - uncredited)
- Episode #3.24
(1996)
... (writer: "I Don't Want to Grow Up")
2011
Breakfast with Bukowski
(Short) (performer: "Hoist That Rag") / (writer: "Hoist That Rag" - as Waits)
2010
Miral
(performer: "Down There By The Train", "Lost In The Harbour") / (writer: "Down There By The Train", "Lost In The Harbour")
2009
Numb3rs
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Where Credit's Due
(2009)
... (performer: "Shiver Me Timbers" - uncredited)
2009
Big River Man
(Documentary) (performer: "All The World Is Green") / (writer: "All The World Is Green")
2008
Kosketuksessa
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Sir Elwoodin hiljaiset värit
(2008)
... (writer: "Kaduilla kallion (In the neighbourhood)")
Banda sonora
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2008) (writer - 1 episode, 2008)
- Episode #4.11
(2008)
... (performer: "San Diego Serenade") / (writer: "San Diego Serenade")
2008
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Last Man Standing
(2008)
... (writer: "Temptation" - uncredited)
2008
Idiots and Angels
(performer: "Kommienezuspadt", "Flowers Grave") / (writer: "Kommienezuspadt", "Flowers Grave")
The Wire
(TV Series) (writer - 46 episodes, 2002 - 2008) (performer - 12 episodes, 2003)
- -30-
(2008)
... (writer: "Way Down In The Hole")
- Late Editions
(2008)
... (writer: "Way Down In The Hole" - uncredited)
- Clarifications
(2008)
... (writer: "Way Down In The Hole")
- Took
(2008)
... (writer: "Way Down in the Hole")
- The Dickensian Aspect
(2008)
... (writer: "Way Down In The Hole" - uncredited)
Parashat Ha-Shavua
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2008) (writer - 2 episodes, 2008)
- Mishpatim
(2008)
... (performer: "This One's from the Heart", "Presents", "One upon a Town/Empty Pockets", "Old Boyfriends", "Little Boy Blue", "Is There Any Way Out of This Dream?", "Instrumental Montage", "I Beg Your Pardon", "PICKING UP AFTER YOU") / (writer: "This One's from the Heart", "Presents", "One upon a Town/Empty Pockets", "Old Boyfriends", "Little Boy Blue", "Is There Any Way Out of This Dream?", "Instrumental Montage", "I Beg Your Pardon", "PICKING UP AFTER YOU")
- BeShalach
(2008)
... (performer: "Blue Valentines") / (writer: "Blue Valentines")
2007
So You Think You Can Dance
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Top 6 Results
(2007)
... (performer: "2:19")
2007
Le scaphandre et le papillon
(as T. Waits, "All The World Is Green", "Green Grass") / (performer: "All The World Is Green", "Green Grass")
Life on Mars
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2007) (writer - 1 episode, 2007)
- Episode #2.8
(2007)
... (performer: "I Hope I Don't Fall in Love with You" - uncredited) / (writer: "I Hope I Don't Fall in Love with You" - uncredited)
2006
At the Hotel
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Welcome to the Rousseau
(2006)
... (writer: "Time")
2006
The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends
(Documentary) (performer: "Day After Tomorrow") / (writer: "Day After Tomorrow")
2005
La tigre e la neve
(performer: "You Can Never Hold Back Spring") / (writer: "You Can Never Hold Back Spring")
2005
Domino
(performer: "Cold Cold Ground", "Jesus Gonna Be Here") / (writer: "Cold Cold Ground", "Jesus Gonna Be Here")
2005
The Secret Life of Words
(performer: "All the World Is Green") / (writer: "All the World Is Green")
2005
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
(Documentary) (performer: "What's He Building in There?", "Straight to the Top (Vegas)", "Temptation", "God's Away on Business") / (writer: "What's He Building in There?", "Straight to the Top (Vegas)", "Temptation", "God's Away on Business")
2005
East of Sunset
(writer: "Lonely", "Poncho's Lament", "I Hope that I Don't Fall in Love with You", "Old Shoes", "Ruby's Arms", "Downtown", "Heart Attack and Vine", "Please Call Me, Baby", "You Can't Unring a Bell", "New Coat of Paint", "Better Off Without a Wife", "Cinny's Waltz", "Broken Bicycles")
2005
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
(TV Special documentary) (writer: "Martha")
Independent Lens
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 2005) (writer - 1 episode, 2005)
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
(2005)
... (performer: "What's He Building?", "Straight to the Top (Vegas)", "Temptation", "God's Away on Business") / (writer: "What's He Building?", "Straight to the Top (Vegas)", "Temptation", "God's Away on Business")
2004
In the Realms of the Unreal
(Documentary) (writer: "Flash Pan Hunter (Intro)", "Innocent When You Dream (78)")
2004
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Temptation") / (writer: "Temptation")
2003
Noviembre
(performer: "Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen)") / (writer: "Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen)")
Gilmore Girls
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2002) (writer - 1 episode, 2002)
- Application Anxiety
(2002)
... (performer: "Big in Japan") / (writer: "Big in Japan")
2002
Los lunes al sol
(performer: "On the Otherside of the World") / (writer: "On the Otherside of the World")
2001
Taivas sinivalkoinen
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 6 episodes)
- Jees, olympialaiset
(2001)
... (writer: "Taivas sinivalkoinen")
- Hartiapankki
(2001)
... (writer: "Taivas sinivalkoinen")
- Lapsihalvaus
(2001)
... (writer: "Taivas sinivalkoinen")
- Läskisoosia
(2001)
... (writer: "Taivas sinivalkoinen")
- Sokkelitalkoot
(2001)
... (writer: "Taivas sinivalkoinen")
A Many Splintered Thing
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2000) (music - 1 episode, 2000) (performer - 1 episode, 2000)
- Episode #1.5
(2000)
... (lyrics: "Tango Till They're Sore") / (music: "Tango Till They're Sore") / (performer: "Tango Till They're Sore")
Chyornaya komnata
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2000) (writer - 1 episode, 2000)
- Busido
(2000)
... (performer: "Telephone Call From Istanbul") / (writer: "Telephone Call From Istanbul")
1999
Liberty Heights
(performer: "Halloween Strip", "It's Over") / (producer: "Halloween Strip", "It's Over") / (writer: "Halloween Strip", "It's Over")
1999
Barend en Van Dorp
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 2 November 1999
(1999)
... (writer: "Ol'55")
1998
La vida en el aire
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(1998)
... (writer: "San Diego Serenade")
1997
The End of Violence
(performer: "Little Drop of Poison") / (producer: "Little Drop of Poison") / (writer: "Little Drop of Poison")
1997
La Femme Nikita
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Charity
(1997)
... (writer: "Jersey Girl" - uncredited)
1996
Art City 1: Making It in Manhattan
(Documentary) (performer: "Just Another Sucker on the Vine") / (writer: "Just Another Sucker on the Vine")
1996
Nebo ispod Osijeka
(Documentary) (performer: "(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night") / (writer: "(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night")
Homicide: Life on the Street
(TV Series) (1 episode, 1996) (performer - 1 episode, 1996) (writer - 1 episode, 1996)
- Control
(1996)
... ("Cold, Cold Ground")
- Bad Medicine
(1996)
... (performer: "'Til the Money Runs Out", "Cold Cold Ground") / (writer: "'Til the Money Runs Out", "Cold Cold Ground")
1996
Irren ist männlich
(performer: "Who Are You This Time") / (writer: "Who Are You This Time" - as T. Waits)
1996
Basquiat
(performer: "Who Are You This Time", "Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)") / (writer: "Who Are You This Time", "Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)")
1996
Coyote Run
(lyrics: "Jockey Full Of Bourbon") / (music: "Jockey Full Of Bourbon") / (performer: "Jockey Full Of Bourbon")
1996
Generation X
(TV Movie) (performer: "Telephone Call From Istanbul") / (writer: "Telephone Call From Istanbul")
1995
Twelve Monkeys
(performer: "The Earth Died Screaming" (1992)) / (writer: "The Earth Died Screaming" (1992))
1995
Top of the Pops
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 29 June 1995
(1995)
... (writer: "I Don't Wanna Grow Up")
1995
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
(performer: "Jockey Full Of Bourbon") / (writer: "Jockey Full Of Bourbon")
1995
Smoke
("Innocent when you dream") / (performer: "Downtown Train", "Innocent when you dream") / (writer: "Downtown Train", "Innocent when you dream")
1994
Beavis and Butt-Head
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Final Judgement of Beavis
(1994)
... (performer: "I Don't Want to Grow Up")
1992
American Heart
(lyrics: "Jersey Girl") / (music: "Jersey Girl") / (performer: "I'll Never Let Go of Your Hand", "Jack's Flashback Theme" and "Additional Music", "I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby", "Jersey Girl") / (producer: "I'll Never Let Go of Your Hand", "Jack's Flashback Theme" and "Additional Music") / (writer: "I'll Never Let Go of Your Hand", "Jack's Flashback Theme" and "Additional Music")
1992
Léolo
(performer: "Cold Cold Ground", "Temptation") / (writer: "Cold Cold Ground", "Temptation")
1991
Night on Earth
(arranger: "Back in the Good Old World", "Good Old World") / (producer: "Back in the Good Old World", "Good Old World") / (writer: "Back in the Good Old World", "Good Old World")
1988
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
(performer: "Tom Traubert's Blues") / (writer: "Tom Traubert's Blues")
1988
Tommys Hollywood Report
(TV Movie) (performer: "Swordfishtrombone" - uncredited) / (writer: "Swordfishtrombone" - uncredited)
1986
Down by Law
(performer: "Jockey Full of Bourbon", "Tango Till They're Sore", "Crying") / (writer: "Jockey Full of Bourbon", "Tango Till They're Sore")
The Atlanta Child Murders
(TV Mini-Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes, 1985) (music - 2 episodes, 1985)
- Episode #1.2
(1985)
... (lyrics: "On the Nickel") / (music: "On the Nickel")
- Episode #1.1
(1985)
... (lyrics: "On the Nickel") / (music: "On the Nickel")
1984
Fame
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Ballad of Ray Claxton
(1984)
... (writer: "In the Heart of Saturday Night")
1984
Streetwise
(Documentary) (performer: "Take Care Of All My Children", "Rat's Theme") / (writer: "Take Care Of All My Children", "Rat's Theme")
1981
One from the Heart
(performer: "Tom's Piano Intro", "Once Upon A Town", "The Wages Of Love", "Picking Up After You", "Broken Bicycles", "I Beg Your Pardon", "Little Boy Blue", "The Tango", "You Can't Unring A Bell", "Take Me Home", "One From The Heart") / (writer: "Tom's Piano Intro", "It's Raining Cuban Cigars" (uncredited), "Once Upon A Town", "The Wages Of Love", "Is There Any Way Out Of This Dream?", "Picking Up After You", "Old Boyfriends", "Broken Bicycles", "I Beg Your Pardon", "Little Boy Blue", "The Tango", "Circus Girl", "You Can't Unring A Bell", "Take Me Home", "Presents", "One From The Heart")
1979
Tom Waits for No One
(Short) (performer: "The One That Got Away") / (writer: "The One That Got Away")
1978
Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Jitterbug Boy" (uncredited), "A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun" (uncredited), "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (uncredited), "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" (uncredited), "Closing Time") / (writer: "Jitterbug Boy" (uncredited), "A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun" (uncredited), "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" (uncredited), "Closing Time")
1978
Paradise Alley
(performer: " (Meet Me in) Paradise Alley", "Annie's Back in Town") / (writer: " (Meet Me in) Paradise Alley", "Annie's Back in Town")
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1977) (writer - 1 episode, 1977)
- Julian Bond/Tom Waits, Brick
(1977)
... (performer: "Eggs & Sausages") / (writer: "Eggs & Sausages")
1976
So It Goes
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(1976)
... (performer: "Better Off Without a Wife")
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