Washington Black soundtrack guide: A complete list of the music in the Hulu series

Washington Black recently premiered on Hulu and is already getting rave reviews for its intense storyline and enchanting performances. The period drama is set in the 1800s and revolves around the titular hero who escapes slavery and builds his life despite severe challenges.

Played by Ernest Kingsley Jr., George Washington 'Wash' Black flees from the sugar plantation fields in Barbados as a child and is later helped by a Black refugee named Medwin Harris, played by Sterling K. Brown.

Apart from the stellar cast, the show is also getting praise for its captivating music. If you also liked the songs in the Hulu series, here is the complete Washington Black soundtrack guide.

Washington Black soundtrack: Every song featured in the show

There are 46 tracks in the Washington Black soundtrack. Here is the complete list of songs in the show:

1. Washington Black (Title track)
2. Welcome to Halifax
3. Wash Is Summoned
4. Titch’s Cabin
5. No More Cane Fields
6. Reunion at the House
7. Finishing the Project
8. Beach Romance
9. Wash Flies
10. Tanna Meets McGee
11. Willard and the Hunters
12. Kit’s Prayer
13. News of Engagement
14. Captured
15. John’s Choice
16. Barrington
17. The Flying Man and the Musician
18. I Protect My People
19. Why I Left
20. Reliving the Past
21. Our Survival
22. Frozen Plain
23. Abandoned
24. You Running Away Again?
25. Brand New Adventure
26. Enacting the Plan
27. Issue With the Larger World
28. Not Our People
29. We Should Go Find Him
30. Faith Sold
31. Revealing the Truth
32. To Morocco
33. The Arctic
34. Rescue – Toboggan Ride
35. RSL Outpost
36. Medwin and Angie
37. Leaving Halifax
38. Valediction
39. Stay With Us
40. Photo
41. Building the Wind Sailer – Flight – To Dahomey
42. Mother
43. Crossing the Desert
44. Closure
45. The Love Scene
46. Finale

The music has been composed by Cameron Moody, who has previously worked on the soundtrack of shows like Kennedy, The Acolyte, and Autodale: The Animated Series. He has also worked on the films The Matriarch, The American Society of Magical Negroes, and Nightbooks.

More about Washington Black

The show is based on Esi Edugyan’s 2018 novel of the same name. It stars Ernest Kingsley Jr. as George Washington 'Wash' Black, along with Sterling K. Brown as Medwin Harris, Tom Ellis as Christopher 'Titch' Wilde, Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Miss Angie, Iola Evans as Tanna Goff, Rupert Graves as Mr. Goff, Edward Bluemel as Billy McGee, and Eddie Karanja as young Wash. The official synopsis of the series reads:

“[The show] follows the 19th-century odyssey of George Washington ‘Wash’ Black, an 11-year-old boy born on a Barbados sugar plantation, whose prodigious scientific mind sets him on a path of unexpected destiny.”

The synopsis adds:

“When a harrowing incident forces Wash to flee, he is thrust into a globe-spanning adventure that challenges and reshapes his understanding of family, freedom and love. As he navigates uncharted lands and impossible odds, Wash finds the courage to imagine a future beyond the confines of society.”

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The show has been created by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds. The executive producers include Brown, Hinds, Kimberly Ann Harrison, Mo Marable, Wanuri Kahiu, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Rob Seidenglanz, Jeremy Bell, Jennifer Johnson, Anthony Hemingway, Lindsay Williams, and Jon Paré.

All episodes of Washington Black are streaming on Hulu.

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