Just about every single character on Big Little Lies has some dark secret, some horrible demon, some selfish obsession, or a petty feud. Despite all the dark themes of the show, the music on Big Little Lies is a goddamn delight. It's all contemporary and classic soul and R&B, most often pumped through nice car speakers or earbuds or expensive house soundsystems from Reese Witherspoon's daughter's inexplicably well-curated iPod.

The music on Big Little Lies has become a character of its own—and (probably) the only one that won't turn out to be the killer or the victim in Sunday's series finale. And likely in response to how much the music on the show has been dissected online (including a look at first grader Chloe's impeccable music taste), HBO has announced it's officially releasing the Big Little Lies soundtrack.

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Out this Friday, the soundtrack features—along with the show's opening theme, Michael Kiwanuka's "Cold Little Heart"—Alabama Shakes ("This Feeling"), Charles Bradley ("Victim of Love," "Changes"), Leon Bridges ("River"), Agnes Obel ("September Song"), Villagers ("Nothing Arrived"), and more.

As music supervisor Sue Jacobs told Decider of Big Little Lies director and executive producer Jean-Marc Vallée: "What I say to a lot of people is that Jean-Marc paints with music like Jackson Pollock used paint. He paints all over and you'll see that throughout his work."

It's music that shapes Big Little Lies as much as the brutal tendencies of human nature shape the comfortable lives of upper class people. While characters are often unpredictable, the music is the one reliable constant throughout the show.

See the full Big Little Lies soundtrack song list below:

01) Michael Kiwanuka: "Cold Little Heart"

02) Charles Bradley: "Victim of Love"

03) Martha Wainwright: "Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole"

04) Leon Bridges: "River"

05) Kinny: "Queen of Boredness" [ft. Diesler]

06) Agnes Obel: "September Song"

07) Alabama Shakes: "This Feeling"

08) Charles Bradley: "Changes"

09) Irma Thomas: "Straight From the Heart"

10) Villagers: "Nothing Arrived" (Live From Spotify London)

11) Zoë Kravitz: "Don't"

12) Conor O'Brien: "The Wonder of You"

13) Daniel Agee: "How's the World Treating You"

14) Ituana: "You Can't Always Get What You Want"

From: Esquire US