Various melodies and songs based on pre-1950s music are heard throughout the series.[33] Elijah Wood, the voice actor for Wirt, has said that “if this show were a record, it would be played on a phonograph“.[34] Songs from the series include “Into the Unknown”, its title song, composed by Patrick McHale and sung by Jack Jones; “A Courting Song”, composed by the Petrojvic Blasting Company and performed by Frank Fairfield; and “Come Wayward Souls”, sung by Samuel Ramey as the Beast.[34]
The majority of the series’ songs have been officially uploaded to YouTube. The 32-track album was released in the form of a 180-gram vinyl record by Mondo at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2016.[35][36][37] During September 2015, an audio cassette tape titled “For Sara”, based on the cassette tape labelled with the same name seen in the series, was released by Mondo, featuring poetry from Wirt (Wood) and songs featured in the tape produced by The Blasting Company.[38][39][40]
Elijah Wood