“You talk about Kansas, for instance: Those guys, they’re like, ‘ Supernatural needs us?’ - and they’re like Superman. “Not yet, no, and I think that Supernatural did a lot of legwork as far as that goes,” he said, recalling the series’ Miami Vice-like success at threading awesome tunes directly into the onscreen action. Speaking of bands like Kansas, Jensen said there’s been little resistance from major artists whom The Winchesters has approached to bring fresh licensed songs to the mix. Of course that still means Dean’s treasured metal ballads are probably off the table for The Winchesters, though the show eventually might catch up to 1976 - the year franchise anthem “Carry on Wayward Son” by Kansas first hit the charts. Speaking with SYFY WIRE and other outlets recently at New York Comic Con, Jensen and wife Danneel Ackles - both executive producers on the show - said The Winchesters wouldn’t be a true Supernatural series without that ambient aural swirl…and that there’s plenty more in store beyond the debut episode. RELATED STORY: We asked psychics how to 'cleanse' your home of the kinds of negative spirits found on SurrealEstate It’s an instant cue that lets longtime Supernatural fans know they’re still playing in familiar pop culture territory - only this time with a post-Vietnam War-era soundtrack.īookending it all, Supernatural’s Dean Winchester ( Jensen Ackles) is there to frame the narration for his parents’ monster-hunting origins, which in the show’s premiere episode received loads of period-appropriate ear candy accompaniment from musical classics that also cued up Patsy Cline’s “Walkin’ After Midnight” and “All Right Now” by Free. Yep, it’s the music - a reliable Supernatural staple of killer licensed tunes, and one that feels every bit as much a part of The CW franchise’s legendary fabric as Sam and Dean’s 1967 Chevy Impala.Īs John Winchester (Drake Rodger) hops off the bus for his first meet cute with future wife Mary (Meg Donnelly), the strum of Ten Years After’s 1971-vintage hit “I’d Love to Change the World” swells in the background. ![]() ![]() ![]() From the early moments of The Winchesters’ very first episode, a big piece the new show’s Supernatural spinoff lineage reaches right out and grabs viewers by their ears.
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