The Music of TBAA

After watching nine years of "Touched by an Angel," I've come to appreciate several elements of the show. One of my favorite things about the show was all the music it introduced me to and the music of my childhood that it reminded me of. I was always disappointed that there wasn't a page that listed all of this music. With the help of some fellow TBAA fans*, I've started this list. A few bits of info:
1. Titles in quotes mean I'm not sure what the actual title is because, despite by best efforts with search engines, I could find no such song on the web. It was probly written for the show or a local band or something is my guess. Or it's a song like "The Moist Screwdriver" (see "Angels on the Air") when I assume the writers made the title up. :-)
2. I credit some instrumental numbers/ songs to actors who played characters but I can't guarantee it was actually the actor playing the instrument/ singing.
3. Items in black would probly be more properly characterized as background muzak or some type of non-classical (as best as I know) instrumental piece. Typically doesn't have words, is not part of the plot, and the viewer doesn't see the musician.
4. I'm going through these as the DVDs come out which is why Seasons 1, 2, and 3 are much more complete than later seasons. Regrettably, I've since discovered that some songs were removed from the DVDs. When possible I've attempted to list what was originally played.
5. Some musical moments may last only seconds but I included them nonetheless.
6. Please scroll to the bottom of this page for thank yous.
7. I've added a lil icon like this:

to indicate "purchasable" songs. You may not be able to find the exact recording (especially in the case of classical music) but close.
If you have any additions please email me. I'm looking for *all* music. Anything sung by a character on the show, heard in the background, or played over an important scene. If it was sung or played (no matter how well or how shortly), I'll add it!

Thanks!
Jenni

Episode Title	Song	Artist
	First Season
The Southbound Bus	"I Am Thankful for This Beautiful Day"	Della Reese
	"Moon Over Carolina"	Band in bar scene
Show Me the Way Home	God/The Lord Moves in a Mysterious Way	Della Reese
Tough Love	I Hadn’t Anyone Till You	Billie Holiday
	Amazing Grace	Della Reese
	Amazing Grace	Chorus
Fallen Angela
Cassie's Choice	"Flute Playing"	"Cassie" played by Alyson Hannigan
	"Monica's Orchestra"	Instrumental
	I Found a Million Dollar Baby	Della Reese
	"Punk Song"	Cassie's boyfriend's (Craig's) band
The Heart of the Matter	"I Need a Hand"	???/ played during merchandise returning scene
	"Rock Muzak"	During biker bar scene
	"Rockin' Dance Music"	During dance club scene
	That's The Way Love Is	Bobby Darin (I think)
An Unexpected Snow	"Piano Playing"	"Adam" played by Charles Rocket
	What is This Thing Called Love?	Della Reese
Manny	"In My Car"	???/ played during the golf course scene
	Unknown classical music	Played during the banquet, if you know its name or composer please lemme know
	"The Clubhouse Song"	Robin Thomas and Jonathan Hernandez as "Harrison" and "Manny/Luis"
Fear Not!	"Unknown song"	Rae' Ven Kelly as "Serena" at start
	Hallelujah Chorus	Church choir through out
	Silent Night	Rae' Ven Kelly as "Serena"
	Silent Night	Randy Travis as "Wayne"
	O Little Town of Bethlehem	Randy Travis
	Hallelujah Chorus	Gloriana Choir as the angelic choir
There But For the Grace of God	Walk with You (slow version)	Della Reese (lovely, lovely version of the theme)
The Hero
Angels on the Air	"The Moist Screwdriver"	The Amphibians (the not-so-good music Monica is listening to at start. Doesn't seem to be real, thank God!)
	"Music store cacophony"	Through out the show
	"Get Moving"	During the shopping scene
	"Fast Dance song"	Band at prom
	"Slow Dance song"	Band at prom
In the Name of God	Vocalizing	Della Reese, at start
	"Monica's pick radio music"	Unknown but Tess sure didn't like it
	If I Can Dream	Della Reese
	Second Season
Interview with an Angel	His Eye is on the Sparrow	Della Reese
	In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning	Della Reese with Bruce Altman aka "Henry" on piano
Trust
Sympathy for the Devil	Eight Second Hero	Randy Travis
	There's a Cold Spell Movin' In	Daryle Singletary
	Too Much Fun	Daryle Singletary
	I Let Her Lie	Daryle Singletary
	"Your typical carnival muzak"	Through out the show
The Driver	"Bar muzak"	Retirement party scene
	"Soft, classical-like muzak"	Grace Willis' apartment
Reunion	When the Saints Go Marching In	New Orleans style band "Megan" leads in
	Wade in the Water	Della Reese, Natalie Cole, Maya Angelou, and Roma Downey
Operation Smile	"Stripping muzak"	In the strip club (natch)
	"Gonna have a big old night tonight"	Unknown song "Albert" (Tone Loc) is singing in his car
The Big Bang
Unidentified Female	"For the First Time"	It's the song you hear when Jennifer and Cookie arrive at Clay's party. No idea what it is but I kept hearing "For the First/Last Time" repeatedly.
	"Jazzy instrumental"	You can hear it during scenes set on the balcony
	"Picture This, Picture That"	Song playing at party
	"Techno muzak"	Playing later at party
The Feather	Hark! The Herald Angels Sing	Edna (Monique Ridge) on church organ
	Joy to the World	Muzak playing at church's Christmas reception
	What Child is This?/ Greesleeves	Della Reese hums this tune during montage at hospital nursery
	Hark! The Herald Angels Sing	Muzak playing at diner
	Holy, Holy, Holy	Church choir, accompanied by Edna on organ
	Angels We Have Heard on High	Church choir, accompanied by Edna on organ
The One That Got Away	Classical music	Heard several time on the train, not sure which pieces they are
	Pachelbel's Canon	Also known as the wedding canon, played at the wedding, natch
	Wedding March	Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
	"This Man I Love"	Sung by Tess at the reception, if anyone knows the actual title of this song please lemme know
	Instrumental pieces	Various ones played while Tess is NOT singing at the reception
	The Rose	Sung by Tess at the reception for "Andy"
'Til We Meet Again	Till We Meet Again	Sung twice by the "Carpenter family", once the younger version and then at the final scene by the older version. If I remember correctly the voices you actually hear with the older family are Martha Williamson, her mother, and Jon Andersen
	God Be With You Till We Meet Again	Della Reese
Rock 'n' Roll Dad	"Hell is Just Another Place in My Heart"	A Matrinez as "Jon Mateos"
	"I Sold My Soul to Rock n Roll"	A Matrinez as "Jon Mateos"
	"I Know Someone's There"	Rosalind Allen as "Evie Mateos" (I think this becomes part of "Evie's Song" aka "An Angel in the Light." Can't remember exactly.)
	"Evie's Song" aka "An Angel in the Light"	A Matrinez as "Jon Mateos" with Ivey Lloyd as his daughter Samantha
The Indigo Angel	"Misc. blues music"	Through out this episode. May be someone more talented than I could name the tunes!
	Piano "music"	Roma as "Monica" toying with a piano. I said I was including everything. Or trying to, anyhow!
	"Spilled Coffee Blues"	Hal Linden as "Sam Brown"
	"My Name is Monica"	Roma performing "Monica's" improvised blues song
	Mood Indigo	Della as "Tess" aka "The Countess"
	Rain or Shine	As above
	Mood Indigo	B.B. King, Dr. John, and Al Hirt as themselves
	When the Saints Go Marching In	B.B. King, Dr. John, Al Hirt, Al Jarreau, and Della Reese as "Tess"
Jacob's Ladder	"Piano muzak"	During scenes at the lawyers' bar
Out of the Darkness
Lost and Found	"Carousel Music"	During open sequence, mall scenes
	Jazzy piano music	During Frank and Kathleen's dinner. If someone knows the name of the piece, please let me know.
Dear God		I couldn't find any non-score music in this. But for what it's worth, I think the score in this one is some of the best on TBAA.
Portrait of Mrs. Campbell	Classical music	Played in the art gallery in the first scene of the episode. Specifics unknown by me.
The Quality of Mercy	"Campy soap opera score"	During Redding's soap character's death bed scene
Flesh and Blood
Birthmarks	It's Been a Long, Long Time	Roma Downey makes an attempt, Kathie Lee Gifford picks it up as "Jolene"
	Hush Little Baby	Kathie Lee Gifford as "Jolene"
	It's Been a Long, Long Time (reprised)	Della Reese and William Daniels as "Whit"
Statute of Limitations	"Morgan Bell Theme"	Typical sleazy talk show theme music
	"60s Instrumental"	I couldn't make out if this was actual music from the 60s or just muzack written to sound era-appropriate
	Third Season
Promised Land	"Need a Hand"	A country-sounding song on the radio Russell Greene is listening to
	You Don't Have to Move that Mountain	Trisha Yearwood
	"New York street music"	When Russell goes to NY, natch
	"Unnamed rock song"	On the radio during Dinah's birthday party
A Joyful Noise	Classical music	There is a ton of classical music in this episode. It's pretty vital to the plot. Unfortunately, I could not identify a single piece. Much of it did sound familiar though...
	Greensleeves	The children's choir
	"Angelic music"	The angel choir that Melissa hears. I don't think it's really a song, just beautiful vocalizations.
	Simple Gifts/Tis a Gift to be Simple	The children's choir
	Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee	Roma Downey starts, taken over by a choir. Assumedly of angels. 0:-)
Random Acts	"Several Unnamed Rock Songs"	You can hear rock music during almost every car scene. I don't think any were actual, well-known songs.
Sins of the Father	"Miscellaneous Hip Hop/ Rap"	In several exterior scenes through out. I know next to nothing about either genres. So these could be well known songs. But I'm going to guess not.
Written In Dust	Down in the Valley	Snippet sung by Roma Downey
	Native American chant	Russell Means as "Edison"
	"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"	Della Reese
Secret Service	Patriot music medley	Strains of the American national anthem and "Stars and Stripes" cane be heard during rally scenes
Groundrush	"Jazzy Muzak"	Heard in the background of some scenes
The Sky Is Falling (This information is according to the "War of the Worlds" script here.)	Mercury Theatre theme	At the start of his "War of the Worlds" broadcast, around which the plot of this episode revolves,you hear this.
	La Cumparsita	The parents in this episode dance to this instrumental piece performed by Ramón Raquello
	Swing music	Bobby Millette and orchestra
	Battle Hymn of the Republic	Della Reese, briefly joined by those gathered in the church
Something Blue	Classical music	Augh. This episode drives me crazy. There's a classical piece that's played often through out. Any ideas what it is, anyone?
	Down by the Old Mill Stream	Della Reese leads the wedding guests in a rendition of this song
Into the Light	Mack the Knife	Bobby Darin
	Instrumental	I think it's an instrumental version of an Elvis song playing in Amy Ann's room. Maybe not.
	Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Elvis Presley
Homecoming (1)	Red River Valley	Delta Burke as "Julia"
	"Rock Muzak"	Played at the thrift store
	"Bluesy music"	Played at the bar
	"Hip-hop"	Played in the pimp's car
Homecoming (2)	Red River Valley	Delta Burke as "Julia," later reprised again by Eddie Karr as "Nathaniel Greene"
The Journalist	"News theme"	Played during the news show segments, natch
The Violin Lesson	Violin music	Okay, this is played during the intro and I think it's an actual classical music piece. If anyone knows it please let me know
	More violin music	Yet another piece I think is classical, if not the same piece as heard in the introduction. Both "Jordan" and "Tony" play it during the course of the episode at different times.
	Joy to the World	"Mattie" plays it for the family on his violin
	Silent Night	"Jordan" is playing it on his violin when Tess visits on the night of Tony's birth.
	Angels We Have Heard On High	Playing on the CD in Tony's hospice room
Forget Me Not
Smokescreen	Instrumental	Played at the lawyers' bar
	More instrumental	Played at the Hamilton's housewarming party
Crisis of Faith	"Soft radio music"	Karen's room
	Organ music	At the funeral
Angel of Death	Classical music	In the opening scene
	"Eric's stage music"	Heard several time through out the episode. Kinda techno-y
Clipped Wings	Eine Kleine Nachtmusik	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Amazing Grace (1)	"Varied Muzak"	This episode is rife with it whether the jazzy variety in Michael's car, the hip hop coming from other cars, or the background music in the cafe and grocery store
	Perpetual Blues Machine	Keb' Mo', played in the cafe after hours
	"Charmaine's gospel song"	Sung by Charmaine Neville during the weight loss meeting scene. Not sure what the song was, though.
	Organ music	At the church
	Hand It Over	Another Keb' Mo' song but sung by the church choir
	"Michael Composition"	A new age-y, jazz piece
	"The Landlady's Daughter"	A lil ditty Lou Gossett, Jr. (as Anderson) sings and accompanies himself to with a harmonica
	Hand It Over	This time actually sung by Keb' Mo'
	"Vocalizations"	I just really like the vocalizations they got going during the shooting scene. Gives me chills.
Amazing Grace (2)	"Hymn"	The hymn being sung/hummed by Charmaine and Tonya at the hospital sounds very familiar to me but I can't place it.
	"Varied Muzak"	More hip hop coming from the cars and some lighter fare in the beauty shop
	Organ music	Assorted hymns I can't place being played in the church
	Amazing Grace	Lou Gossett, Jr. as Anderson on harmonica
	Amazing Grace	Sung by the church at the funeral
Labor of Love
Have You Seen Me?	"Elevator Muzak"
	Earth Angel	The Penguins
	"50s Instrumental"
Last Call	Someone To Watch Over Me	Della Reese (twice)
	Piano music	Through out the episode
	Work It Out	Della Reese
	Little Girl Blue	Della Reese
Missing In Action	Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree	Episode cast
	"40s Swingy Music"	During bingo scene
	Piano music	Played by Gwen Verdon as Lorraine
	My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean	Christina Pickles as Stephanie on piano
At Risk	Hold Your Head Up	Argent- Unfortunately this was removed from the DVD version. Too bad as it really added a lot, I thought. :-(
	"Background music"	At Lena DeLee's home
Full Moon
An Angel by Any Other Name
Inherit the Wind	Victims of Comfort	Keb' Mo'
	City Boy	Keb' Mo'
	"Just Pretend"	Unknown country song playing in diner
	Every Morning	Keb' Mo'
	Blues music	In the blues club where Kevin meets Andrew
	Just Like You	Keb' Mo'
	More Than One Way Home	Keb' Mo'
	Hand It Over	Keb' Mo'
A Delicate Balance	Piano music	Played during various gymnasium scenes
	Instrumental rock	At the skateboard center
	Rock	At the Browner's house
	Nadia's Theme aka Cotton's Dream	During Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci's routine
	Fourth Season
The Road Home (1)	"Finally Free"	The country song playing in Joe's car. It sounded like a real song but Internet searches revealed nothing.
The Road Home (2) (Originally a "Promised Land" episode)	When You Cry	Faith Hill
	"Sitting Next to Me"	A country song playing in the bar. Again, it sounded like a real song but I found nothing online.
Great Expectations	Muzak	At the cafe
Nothing But Net	Organ music	At the basketball game
	Club music	At the club EZ goes to
	Hip hop muzak	In EZ's car
Children of the Night	Guitar playing	One of street kids plays guitar
	"What a Girl Can Do"	Unknown rock song Ally chooses on the juke box at Tess' cafe.
Jones vs. God	Soon It's Gonna Rain	Della Reese (from "The Fantasticks")
	Jazz music	Played in the barber shop
	Our Little Town	Greg Brown
The Pact	"If You're Happy at Camp Sunlight"	Tess and campers
	Rock	On Melanie's headphones
	Guitar playing	Alexis Cruz as Rafael while trying to help Melanie find her song
	"Stupid Camp Songs"	Thora Birch as a very sarcastic Erin
	Duermete Nino Lindo (Hush My Pretty Baby)	Alexis Cruz as Rafael
	Duermete Nino Lindo (Hush My Pretty Baby)	Jade Villalon as Melanie and cast
Sandcastles	Instrumental	Music in cafe
My Dinner With Andrew	Light, jazzy muzak	During the auction scene
	Piano muzak	At Chez Tess'
	"I'm Cooking, What a Blessing"	A lil ditty Tess sings
	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	Della Reese
Charades	"Salvation's Child Title Theme"	You hear it a few times during scenes dealing with the fictional film
The Comeback	Street music	Some street musicians Monica listens to
	Don't Rain on My Parade	Carrie Hamilton as Allison (from "Funny Girl")
	My Favorite Things	Roma Downey (from "The Sound of Music")
	Whatever Lola Wants	Rita Moreno as Amanda (from "Damn Yankees")
	Everything's Coming Up Roses	Carol Burnett as Lilian and Carrie Hamilton (from "Gypsy")
	Everything's Coming Up Roses	Rita Moreno