Music on The Sopranos Music on The Sopranos The HBO television drama The Sopranos received considerable critical attention for effective use of an eclectic array of music. Series creator David Chase personally selected all the show's music, with the producer Martin Bruestle and music editor Kathryn Dayak—sometimes also consulting Steven Van Zandt, who portrays Silvio Dante on the show and is also a guitarist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. They often selected music after completing an episode's production and editing, but occasionally filmed sequences to match pre-selected pieces of music. Stylistically, the music on the show ranges from mainstream pop (Britney Spears, The
Music on The Sopranos "The Sopranos: Peppers & Eggs: Music from the HBO Original Series", was released in 2001, and contains two Compact Discs of songs from the show's first three seasons. Not all artists featured on the show made it on to one of the compilation albums. The producers are known fans of the underground music scene and featured many locally relevant artists on the show. Also some classical pieces on the show failed to make any of the soundtrack albums—pieces by Beethoven, Luciano Pavarotti, and Emma Shapplin. A piece by Al Di Meola didn't make it. Music used for the trailers was