Dave Porter is an American composer, best known for his original score for the television series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), its prequel spin-off Better Call Saul (2015–2022) and the epilogue film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019). At Sarah Lawrence College, Porter studied classical and electronic music composition.
Breaking Bad For his work on Breaking Bad, Porter has won an ASCAP Award. 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." 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. For the final episodes of the series, Porter incorporated four important themes that were in previous seasons.
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.
Filmography TitleYearTypeNotesLeTourneau Live 2000 TV movie Missing Mia2004ShortThe Third Wish2005FilmSaved2006TV seriesHooters Best Damn Dream Girl Special 20072007TV movieBigger Stronger Faster*2008DocumentaryBreaking Bad2008–2013TV seriesChasing Classic Cars2009–2021The Same Deep Water as You2009ShortSmiley2012FilmRed Widow2013TV seriesMy Classic CarOne episode ("Keels and Wheels")The Blacklist2013–2023Metástasis2014Better Call Saul2015–2022Documentary Now!2015One episode ("The Eye Doesn't Lie")Flesh & BoneMini-seriesTerm Life2016Film30 for 30TV seriesOne episode ("The '85 Bears")Preacher2016–2019The Blacklist: Redemption2017The Disaster ArtistFilmEl Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie2019Hightown 2020–2024TV seriesMurf the Surf 2023Alert: Missing Persons Unit2023–2025Echo2024Mini-seriesPluribus2025–presentTV series
Discography + List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Breaking Bad: Original Score From The Television Series Volume 1Released: August 28, 2012 Label: Madison Gate Records Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download Breaking Bad: Original Score From The Television Series Volume 2Released: September 22, 2013 Label: Madison Gate Records Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download The Blacklist (Music from the Television Series)Released: August 21, 2015 Label: Madison Gate Records Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download Better Call Saul Original Television Soundtrack: Season 1Released: November 6, 2015 Label: Madison Gate Records Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download Flesh And Bone - Music from the STARZ Original SeriesReleased: January 15, 2016 Label: Varèse Sarabande Formats: digital download Better Call Saul (Original Score from the Television Series)Released: April 14, 2017 Label: Madison Gate Records Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download The Disaster Artist Original Motion Picture SoundtrackReleased: December 8, 2017 Label: WaterTower Music Formats: digital download Preacher Original Television SoundtrackReleased: September 29, 2019 Label: Madison Gate Records Formats: digital download El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Original Motion Picture SoundtrackReleased: October 14, 2020 Label: Mondo Formats: Vinyl Echo (Original Soundtrack)Released: January 12, 2024 Label: Hollywood Records and Marvel Music Formats: digital download
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