Dave Porter (composer)

Not to be confused with David Porter (musician).

Dave Porter is an American composer, best known for the original score for the television series Breaking Bad, its prequel spin-off Better Call Saul and the epilogue film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.^[1] At Sarah Lawrence College, Porter studied classical and electronic music composition.^[2]

Breaking Bad

For his work on Breaking Bad, Porter has won an ASCAP Award.^[3] Bryan Cranston, who portrays Walter White, stated "With his music, Dave Porter has created another character for Breaking Bad. Evocative and meaningful, Dave's work is an essential part of the storytelling."^[4] Porter stated that influences on the series' music came from discussions with Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad, about the show having aspects of a post-modern western.^[5] For the final episodes of the series, Porter incorporated four important themes that were in previous seasons.^[6]

Other work

Porter has also composed music for NBC's crime thriller The Blacklist.

Personal life

Porter has a wife, Jeanine, a son, and a daughter.^[4]

Filmography

Title	Year	Type	Notes
LeTourneau Live	2000	TV movie
Missing Mia	2004	Short
The Third Wish	2005	Film
Saved	2006	TV series
Hooters Best Damn Dream Girl Special 2007	2007	TV movie
Bigger Stronger Faster*	2008	Documentary
Breaking Bad	2008–2013	TV series
Chasing Classic Cars	2009–2021
The Same Deep Water as You	2009	Short
Smiley	2012	Film
Red Widow	2013	TV series
My Classic Car			One episode ("Keels and Wheels")
The Blacklist	2013–2023
Metástasis	2014
Better Call Saul	2015–2022
Documentary Now!	2015		One episode ("The Eye Doesn't Lie")
Flesh & Bone		Mini-series
Term Life	2016	Film
30 for 30		TV series	One episode ("The '85 Bears")
Preacher	2016–2019
The Blacklist: Redemption	2017
The Disaster Artist		Film
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie	2019
Hightown	2020–2024	TV series
Murf the Surf	2023
Alert: Missing Persons Unit	2023–present
Echo	2023–2024	Mini-series

Discography

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details
Breaking Bad: Original Score From The Television Series Volume 1[7]	Released: August 28, 2012 Label: Madison Gate Records Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download
Breaking Bad: Original Score From The Television Series Volume 2[8]	Released: September 22, 2013 Label: Madison Gate Records Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download
The Blacklist (Music from the Television Series)[9]	Released: August 21, 2015 Label: Madison Gate Records Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download
Better Call Saul Original Television Soundtrack: Season 1[10]	Released: November 6, 2015 Label: Madison Gate Records Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download
Flesh And Bone - Music from the STARZ Original Series[11]	Released: January 15, 2016 Label: Varèse Sarabande Formats: digital download
Better Call Saul (Original Score from the Television Series)[12]	Released: April 14, 2017 Label: Madison Gate Records Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download
The Disaster Artist Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[13]	Released: December 8, 2017 Label: WaterTower Music Formats: digital download
Preacher Original Television Soundtrack[14]	Released: September 29, 2019 Label: Madison Gate Records Formats: digital download
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[15]	Released: October 14, 2020 Label: Mondo Formats: Vinyl
Echo (Original Soundtrack)[16]	Released: January 12, 2024 Label: Hollywood Records and Marvel Music Formats: digital download

References

1. Jurgensen, John (September 24, 2013). "Meet the Composer Behind the Eerie 'Breaking Bad' Theme". Speakeasy. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
2. "Bio". DavePorter.tv. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
3. "ASCAP Honors Top Film and Television Music Composers at 25th Anniversary Awards Celebration". The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
4. Gruber, Xaque (June 11, 2013). "Q&A With Breaking Bad's Composer Extraordinaire, Dave Porter". Huffington Post. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
5. Spitznagel, Eric (September 25, 2013). "The Eight Hardest 'Breaking Bad' Scenes to Score". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
6. Appelo, Tim (August 7, 2013). "What You'll Hear in 'Breaking Bad': Composer Dave Porter's 4 Greatest Themes". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
7. "Dave Porter Discography". MTV. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
8. "Dave Porter Discography". The Atlantic. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
9. "Dave Porter Discography". Amazon. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
10. "Dave Porter Discography". Madison Gate Records. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
11. "Dave Porter Discography". Varèse Sarabande. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
12. "Dave Porter Discography". Madison Gate Records. Archived from the original on November 6, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
13. "Dave Porter Discography". WaterTower Music. Archived from the original on November 6, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
14. "Dave Porter Discography". Amazon. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
15. Kaye, Ben (October 12, 2020). "El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Soundtrack Gets First-Ever Release from Mondo". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
16. "Soundtrack Album for Marvel's Disney+ Series 'Echo' Released". Film Music Reporter. January 12, 2024. Archived from the original on January 12, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

External links

• Dave Porter – official site
• Dave Porter discography at Discogs
• Dave Porter at IMDb