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NCIS Music

The album features recent tracks from Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Sharon Little, Keaton Simons and Android Lust - all utilized in recent NCIS episodes - as well as the show's original theme (available commercially for the first time) and a brand new theme remix from industrial music giants, Ministry. NCIS show producers listened to literally dozens of submitted tracks before choosing the ones best suited for upcoming storylines, and from which the show's writers could draw upon for inspiration. As NCIS Executive Producer Shane Brennan explains, ''We've put the same amount of attention and care into the creation of our soundtrack that we do with our show every week. We listened to countless tracks to find the tunes that would not only fit into particular episodes, but would actually help drive our storylines. We couldn't be more thrilled that so many great artists share our vision for integrating music into television and have agreed to offer up new music for our soundtrack. We think the fans will be getting something truly special as a result.

The soundtrack also features show stars Pauley Perrette (Abby Sciuto), who performs the self-composed ''Fear'' under the moniker Stop Making Friends, and Cote de Pablo (Ziva David), whose memorable performance of Tom Waits' ''Temptation'' from a recent episode is included on the soundtrack. Perrette has an extensive background in music, owning her own independent record label and fronting several bands, and it is her character, Abby, whose music sensibilities in the show serve as the basis for the soundtrack's ''Abby's Lab'' disc.

After collaborating on several projects together in 2002, Maurice Jackson, Matt Hawkins, Neil Martin, and Ryan Bird joined forces with a love for electronic music and the hopes of simply working on some new music together. Flash forward to the present, this Seattle-based production company, dubbed Numeriklab, surmounted their previously conservative goals and have worked on high-visibility projects for television, video games and artist production.

Numeriklab’s musical influences range from Prince Paul to Steeley Dan, Beastie Boys to the Orb, Depeche Mode to Kraftwerk, which have allowed them to craft a unique creative process and focus on a variety of different projects. Their sound can be simply described as electronic, techno, break beats, trance, downbeat, house, industrial, ambient, psychedelic, hip-hop, idm, pop, soundtrack, and any combination thereof. «Our goal is to produce tracks that represent the entire spectrum of electronic music».

From inception, Numeriklab kept tabs on the pulse of possible opportunities. While still submitting tracks to music contests to gain exposure for their new venture, they caught the attention of Paramount Television Music Manager Sam Diaz who had thoughts of involving Numeriklab in his still «untitled» project. Within months, Numeriklab had composed the theme to the CBS drama Navy NCIS.

Landing the CBS theme has opened many previously impenetrable doors and the only present challenge confronting the trio is narrowing which projects they would like to take on. Between working on various music projects, touring the country with Deathline Int., and squeezing their individual projects into any additional daylight, this is an exciting time for Numeriklab as they enjoy success that has surpassed even their own expectations.

«We want to continue our early success by producing the music we love and make all of our music available online while continuing to work on projects that fulfill our individual goals as artists».