Wissenswertes

Bringing in a trained pelican cost the studio roughly $50,000

From the very outset, director Sam Esmail had been insistent on using original segments from a variety of his favorite original scores for his series. After exhaustively researching the complex prospect of licensing and copyright considerations, Esmail was eventually able to acquire clearance to go ahead with what had never been done before: score a TV series with digitized samples of original feature film music compositions. The excerpts from original scores used throughout the series were gleaned from the following: Title / Composer / Director

[S1/E1]

• Dressed to Kill (1980) / Pino Donaggio / Brian De Palma
• Die Unbestechlichen (1976) / David Shire / Alan J. Pakula
• Der Marathon-Mann (1976) / Michael Small / John Schlesinger
• Vertigo: Aus dem Reich der Toten (1958) / Bernard Herrmann / Alfred Hitchcock

[S1/E2]

• Klute (1971) / Michael Small / Alan J. Pakula
• Duell (1971) / Billy Goldenberg / Steven Spielberg
• The Gift (2015) / Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans / Joel Edgerton

[S1/E3]

• Unternehmen Capricorn (1978) / Jerry Goldsmith / Peter Hyams
• Andromeda: Tödlicher Staub aus dem All (1971) / Gil Mellé / Robert Wise
• Der Teufel auf Rädern (1977) / Leonard Rosenman / Elliot Silverstein
• Die Stunde des Siegers (1981) / Vangelis / Hugh Hudson
• U-Boot in Not (1978) / Jerry Fielding / David Greene
• Ein Richter sieht rot (1983) / Michael Small / Peter Hyams

[S1/E4]

• Amityville Horror (1979) / Lalo Schifrin / Stuart Rosenberg
• Der Tag, an dem die Erde stillstand (1951) / Bernard Herrmann / Robert Wise
• Die Hand (1981) / James Horner / Oliver Stone
• Carrie: Des Satans jüngste Tochter (1976) / Pino Donaggio / Brian De Palma
• Andromeda: Tödlicher Staub aus dem All (1971) / Gil Mellé / Robert Wise
• Die Unbestechlichen (1976) / David Shire / Alan J. Pakula
• L'apocalypse des animaux (1973) / Vangelis / Frédéric Rossif

[S1/E5]

• Der Tod kommt zweimal (1984) / Pino Donaggio / Brian De Palma
• Stoppt die Todesfahrt der U-Bahn 1-2-3 (1974) / David Shire / Joseph Sargent
• Der Dialog (1974) / David Shire / Francis Ford Coppola
• Die Klapperschlange (1981) / John Carpenter & Alan Howarth / John Carpenter
• Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt (1982) / Ennio Morricone / John Carpenter
• 12 Stunden Angst (1990) / Bruce Broughton / Peter Hyams
• French Connection - Brennpunkt Brooklyn (1971) / Don Ellis / William Friedkin

[S1/E6]

• Scanners - Ihre Gedanken können töten (1981) / Howard Shore / David Cronenberg
• High-Rise (2015) / Clint Mansell / Ben Wheatley
• Die Totenliste (1963) / Jerry Goldsmith / John Huston
• Die drei Tage des Condor (1975) / Dave Grusin / Sydney Pollack
• Copykill (1995) / Christopher Young / Jon Amiel
• Creation (2009) / Christopher Young / Jon Amiel

[S1/E7]

• U-Boot in Not (1978) / Jerry Fielding / David Greene
• Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt (1982) / Ennio Morricone / John Carpenter
• Andromeda: Tödlicher Staub aus dem All (1971) / Gil Mellé / Robert Wise
• Christine (1983) / John Carpenter & Alan Howarth / John Carpenter
• Zeuge einer Verschwörung (1974) / Michael Small / Alan J. Pakula
• Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt (1982) / Ennio Morricone / John Carpenter
• The Fog: Nebel des Grauens (1980) / John Carpenter / John Carpenter
• Halloween 3 - Die Nacht der Entscheidung (1982) / John Carpenter & Alan Howarth / Tommy Lee Wallace

[S1/E8]

• Der Dialog (1974) / David Shire / Francis Ford Coppola
• Christine (1983) / John Carpenter & Alan Howarth / John Carpenter
• Halloween 3 - Die Nacht der Entscheidung (1982) / John Carpenter & Alan Howarth / Tommy Lee Wallace
• Der Höllentrip (1980) / John Corigliano / Ken Russell
• Andromeda: Tödlicher Staub aus dem All (1971) / Gil Mellé / Robert Wise
• The Fog: Nebel des Grauens (1980) / John Carpenter / John Carpenter

[S1/E9]

• Heißblütig - Kaltblütig (1981) / John Barry / Lawrence Kasdan
• Einmal dein Lachen hören (1993) / Pino Donaggio / Liliana Cavani
• Mein Bruder Kain (1992) / Pino Donaggio / Brian De Palma
• Legende (1985) / Tangerine Dream / Ridley Scott
• Oblivion (2013) / Anthony Gonzalez & Joseph Trapanese / Joseph Kosinski
• Die Unbestechlichen (1976) / David Shire / Alan J. Pakula
• Im Auftrag des Drachen (1975) / John Williams / Clint Eastwood

[S1/E10]

• Dead Zone: Der Attentäter (1983) / Michael Kamen / David Cronenberg
• Andromeda: Tödlicher Staub aus dem All (1971) / Gil Mellé / Robert Wise
• L'opéra sauvage (1976) / Vangelis / Frédéric Rossif

"Geist", the name of the fictional company behind the Homecoming program, is the German word for ghost as well as for mind or intellect.

The language Gloria and Walter speak in Season One is Haitian patois.

Based on the Gimlet Media podcast drama of the same name.