The season 2 finale of Severance has officially dropped on Apple TV+, and it is remarkable. If you want the low-down on all the twists and turns, check out our full review. We're here to answer a simpler question: what songs did they play? Because they were memorable.
The first big musical moments happens after Mark has completed Cold Harbor. To celebrate, a not-quite-to-scale statue of Lumon founder Kier Eagan congratulates him before bringing out Mark's floor manager Mr. Milchick, who enters to the eerie tones of "Sirius" by the Alan Parsons Project."
If you immediately recognized this atmospheric, instrumental track but couldn't quite remember from where, then you probably watched basketball in the '90s: "Sirius" is the track that plays whenever the Chicago bulls make their entrance onto the court. I'm guessing Milchick is a fan.
Soon after, Mr. Milchick introduces a marching band from the Department of Choreography and Merriment, and says it's time for the "Ballad of Ambrose and Gunnel." So far as I can tell, that's not a real song, but man does Milchick seem to enjoy dancing to it.
The next big musical moment comes at the end of the episode, when Mark and Helly run through the halls of the severed floor, hand in hand, to a song called "The Winds of Your Mind." The song has been recorded several times over the years, but the original was recorded by English actor Noel Harrison in 1968. Here's Harrison doing it live:
Finally, over the credits, we hear Bobby Darin sing a cover of "Work Song," off his 1983 album Earthy!
Severance is a pretty esoteric show with lots of layers. But "Work Song" cuts to the heart of things: at the end of the day, the show is about a group of corporate employees made to feel like slaves and prisoners. It might be high-tech slavery, but the sentiment behind "Work Song" still applies.
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