Southland Opening Credits

[Colt558]

Great show. I know they cut back funding and all but I think it was a mistake to let Jason Alejandro, Arija Bareikis, & Mike McGrady go and focus the show less on detective roles. I thought the detective parts gave the show more variety.

[theresagilmore]

Best show out!

[DrugstoreCFH]

Southland, Breaking Bad and Dexter (most seasons) crush 'em all.

[123abc7589]

Best show ever.

[HundraHojdare]

is it just me or do you guys also recognize the guy at 0:17-0:20 ??

[TheScorpioTechno]

i LOVE the show.. but i HATE the intro lol.

[oldermanfan]

Is there anyone from the LAPD, Southland tv series or maybe a surviving family member who can tell me the name, rank and date of that iconic close-up photo of the tough looking LA police officer pointing his gun towards the camera in the opening credits? What is the story behind that photo?

[GTA5Anulyzers]

@oldermanfan Southland opening credits image sequence is a simple slideshow of ten sepia photos of real life criminal-related events (Richard Ramirez aka "The Night Stalker"[1] and one of his crime scenes, a night photo of one of "The Black Dahlia" crime scenes,...) that happened in the city of Los Angeles. In its simplicity, it manages to convey the reality in all its rawness as featured in this show.

[BestKonstantin]

Глухарь. Возвращение

[punkrkid2006]

whos thee crazy lookin black haired guy on 0:18?

[GunCrazedRiot]

@punkrkid2006 that guy is Richard Ramirez the night stalker

[felixfelicis888]

These are real LAPD pictures, but I'm wondering if it's just a coincidence that the guy at :25 with the word "no" on his picture looks a ton like the guy who killed nate. anyway, best show on tv.

[JasonDaPsycho]

Too smart for your typical audiences. No wonder why TV shows nowadays are so predictable, and I'm including my fav show Castle on that list of predictable shows as well. Awesomeness of this show is too much to handle. Probably the next best thing to The Wire.

[MouseManis]

I'm really pumped for the next session !

[JuliaPrincessful]

I Love this show. Can't wait 'til the next season.

[tHeWasTeDYouTh]

BEST SHOW

[velascok1]

I love tis show its so awesome

[socalveteran73]

I love this show.

[executionerofgod]

the only thing i dont like about southland is that there isnt more of it. the seasons are kind of short. southland should have seasons with 16 to 22 or more episodes. watching it leaves you wanting more.

[altairPWK]

This show is too fucking good.

[ZoddGuts]

It's been renewed for a 4th season!

[xGeneralGrievousx]

One of the best underwatched great shows on television, seriously people are so pathetic when it comes to TV show tastes. This show has action, emotion, great characters and really good directing. The fact that is was canceled shows from NBC shows that people dont know good television when the see it. Glad TNT picked it up.

[stara83]

wtf is that song it sounds so familiar?

[lacagel]

@stara83 Dulce Pontes, Cancao do mar. It was from the film Primal Fear.

[liazinhadias]

It's called Canção do Mar. It's from the film Primal fear and it's Portuguese.

[Dledee]

@liazinhadias It's not from "Primal Fear", it was in that movie but it's originally from "Os Amantes do Tejo" (Tagus' Lovers), a portuguese movie from 1955 and Dulce Pontes' recording that is in "Primal Fear" was initially from her album "Lágrimas" (Tears) in 1993.

[stara83]

3rd episode started in finland 10mins ago and i like it =)

[JohnBrody23]

0:18 Hispanic Bruce Lee?

[scientific34]

TITLE IS Cancao do Mar !

[GoodFellax21]

This is definitely the best law enforcement television show i've ever seen so far. Two thumbs up!

[fergmaster]

A good show but I think it could benefit it the cast was trimmed down, though I haven't seen season 3.

[scrantonsux]

Thank god TNT picked it up !

[cwatty111]

best tv cop show ever cant even think of a better one to compare maybe homicide ?

[7ExaltingroguE]

I just saw shawn hatosy on attack of the show and they also showed a lil glimpse of southland and it looked really interesting, i might get into it. Def gonna watch it tonight on TNT. Anyone have any reviews on the show/ what it's about??

[youstink14]

@7ExaltingroguE It's about police officers in Los Angeles. The show has pared down the cast a bit from the first 2 seasons (the budget constraints of being on basic cable versus the first two broadcast net produced seasons), but the main focus is John Cooper (Cudlitz) and Ben Sherman (McKenzie) along with Lydia Adams (Regina King) and Hatosy's character Sammy Bryant. The plots are believable without being too extraordinary or too mundane, but the emotional realism is what really drives the show.

[2badPRINCESS]

@7ExaltingroguE yas ist like MegaFantastikSuperBombastic :) its just so realistic

[tHeWasTeDYouTh]

@7ExaltingroguE show is amazing, has really high rarings from all the critics

[A7JetFan]

Does anyone know where to find the opening picture of the cop with the gun pointed at you? perhaps a poster or source for the picture?

Thank you

[A7JetFan]

Does anyone know where to find the opening picture of the cop with the gun pointed at you? perhaps a poster or source for the picture?

Thank you

[jgrew030]

NBC - Now Broadcasting Crap!

(except for Community!)

[7ExaltingroguE]

@jgrew030 Don't forget The Office!1!!!!1!!1 >=O

[jgrew030]

@7ExaltingroguE The office is pretty shiit these days. S1 - 3(perfect)

[wordcreatement]

@jgrew030 Have you seen Parks and Recreation recently? That show is amazing. The Office has gone way downhill since S3 though. Makes me sad.

[jgrew030]

@wordcreatement I've caught a few eps of Parks and Rec, I like the guy with the stash, Ed, and Jerry. But I don't follow it, I should.

[anto1982]

I'm happy NBC dropped it because TNT can get away with a lot more. The show is much better now then it was with NBC.

[spyderken]

Southland feels realer than COPS

[driveinfaned]

This is the best cop show since The Shield.

[omarahad]

@driveinfaned The Shield Rapes all...

[Kenikex]

I freaking LOVE this show, how could NBC let it go? The directnig, story line, the complexity of the characters! Very powerful.

[ManaTeal47]

No matter how many times I see that opening descriptor in the intro it still boggles my mind that it is a fact. It is crazy that there really are under 10,000 cops in LA...

[NOLA191788]

@ManaTeal47 That number includes all cops, patrolmen, detectives, deskjobs, etc. Theres about 6000 uniform patrol officers in that city.

[amazingdany]

Supposedly the most realistic cop show on tv right now. Can't wait for next season.

[Dserpente]

omg that music is the "Canção do Mar" from Amália rodiges!! <33

[sitdownstandup91]

@Dserpente but this version is by Dulce Pontes

[Mr135223]

Southland is hands down the best cop show ive seen in a long time

Hope they will make a season 3.

[stupidshnyvolvowner]

I discovered this show on TNT and am amazed at how good it is.

[MyTACOBURRITO]

when this show was in nbc this is what i always looked forward to every thursday..then they cut iT O_O i was like wdf????????...im confused why they cut kings also................

[threenailprotection]

They begin filming at the end of October/ beginning of November.

[bestdiogoever]

epa pessoal, eu sei que a musica e boa e isso, mas nao e preciso chegar ao primeiro video com musica portuguesa e gritar "portugal!!"...

epa, ate pelo contrario, ISTO FAZ-NOS PARECER MAL, porque ate parece que e a unica musica decente que temos --'

[alinejuy]

SOUNDS LIKE MAD MEN OPENING CREDITS

[TheNanoWarriorPH]

too much fucking proud! great song by a great portuguese singer..

és grande dulce pontes

[IfrslbI]

Portugal!!

[meiomedio]

Portuguese song!!! makes me proud :)

[masondarko]

i thought Third Watch was an interesting cop show but this is way more realistic.

[S1NeR421]

best damn opening scene and music ever....

[ITACHI91Dome]

what's the title of the song?

[Anuscax]

@ITACHI91Dome it's a portuguese music called "Canção do mar" by Dulce Pontes

[Powered1Buttercup]

@ITACHI91Dome Canção do mar by Dulce Pontes

[Guntherpwns]

Does anyone know who the man is at 0:17-0:19?

Please respond :)

[itclown]

@Guntherpwns yeah its the night stalker Richard Ramirez

[Garuda1337]

terrible shame about this show's cancellation on NBC. but thus far, the second season on TNT has been nothing short of amazing.

[EchoBoomer1987]

NBC does not know how great of a show they lost.

[Almica90]

I dont know why exactly they do it but they do it on purpose for the show. Not because the network or anything said that they have to

[Negrodamus40]

this song goes hard

[kylerose1990]

In the TV version, the girls face was blocked out as well. Not sure where you could find it, though.

[RandyHuls]

The girl was raped and killed so I think they blurred out the face cause it had some male fluids on it....yeah I know.

[bozhood]

she was probably skull fucked.. thats why

[ISIS213]

it has been bothering me for 3 hours that I couldn't figure out the serial killers name!

[itclown]

@ISIS213 Richard Ramirez

[kalasy]

does anybody know about the last image of the credits?

[will2679]

Dude this is on TNT not NBC its on tonight at 10

[kylerose1990]

The uploader most have posted it when it was actually on NBC for its debut last year.

[h85]

that dude at 19 seconds is a sick fuck.

[meh909]

19sec

richard ramirez

[saiisthebest]

who's that guy at 0:19?

[yapaya21]

the music!! is awsome!

anyone knows the name???

[al3xandru91]

@yapaya21

"Canção do Mar (Song of the Sea)"

(uncredited)

Written by Frederico de Brito & Ferrer Trindade

Performed by Dulce Pontes

[shahidshahrukh]

Dulce Pontes - Cançao do mar

[MrGat9]

the name is "elle tu l'aimes" a french's song

[citizenlen]

Kind of funny. if you pause the picture of the chief btw I found out that's Chief Davis responsible for the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders debacle (movie Changeling), it looks like he's shooting at the NBC logo. hahahahaha Shoot NBC

[Payaso0090]

This show is awesome. I saw the first episode yesterday.

[helenadagreat]

i STILL can't believe that they have made a show about the LAPD!!!!!!!

whats the world coming to?!!!

[125riptide]

LAPD is the home of some of the finest officers in the world, this show goes "behind the badge."

[joaormorgado]

canção do mar in english is sea song or..song of the sea.

[plpfctn2007]

nbc's motto: keep the crappy shows and dump the good ones. 4th place for another decade for nbc.

[AdaliaDee]

NBC canceled it because this show was too damn good for them.

[youstink14]

It will be back on TNT in January with all 7 1st season episodes (with some expanded content) and all 6 produced season 2 episodes and then depending on the numbers for those episodes the next step of the show ill be determined.

[kws45fl]

sweet i was wondering what happened to it

[zinliah]

Same with Studio 60. Seriously, how can shows like Family Guy be revived, while true gems like these stay dead forever?

Ironically, I'll admit it makes them that much sweeter.

[cubdukat]

@AdaliaDee It wasn't entirely NBC's fault, just mostly. They should have known that putting it in "ER's" old time slot was a mistake. You can't just plunk a show like this down into a spot occupied for the last 15 years by one of the most revered dramas ever--even if you were the executive producer of both shows.

The main reason "Southland" got canned was the language. Even bleeped, NBC was getting complaints, and they weren't willing to do what "Brooklyn South" did and make the show TV-MA.

[AdaliaDee]

@cubdukat so you're saying that NBC chose to put it in ER's old spot, but NBC is not to blame? and NBC wasn't willing to make southland TV-MA... but NBC is not to blame? I'm not trying to be a jerk here, but it looks to me like NBC made poor choices here.

[rafacustico]

how is named the original song¿

[airwave]

"Canção do Mar" by Dulce Pontes.

You can find the song on "Primal Fear" OST

[JonCoolDudeUC]

F/X should pick it up

[LibertineLover07]

i am so so pissed at NBC.

[CovertOPSDragunov]

its going to premiere on TNT sometime in january or something

[Troy1967]

NB Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Sucks! NBC Sucks! Thanks for nothing. I hope NBC goes down to the ground as America's Worst TV Network, And you CAN  take it to the bank!

[youstink14]

Hopefully it gets picked up on another network or cable.

[WildBill6942]

I'm so done with NBC! They canceled this excellent show even before Season 2 premiered. Who does that? Fuck NBC!

[Pecker6914]

N othing

B ut

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[youstink14]

Hopefully it can get on TNT. USA is out of the question b/c its owned by NBC & A&E (half owned by NBC) already passed.

[Pecker6914]

I hoping AMC picks it up. They're the best network rite now, and know how to promote shows very well. Plus the material for this show is made for that network.

[youstink14]

AMC also likes original stuff though. I'm sure this would work on AMC though. Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Southland!

[symbolmk]

A) LOVE this show, grity as HELL

B) AMAZING opening credits

(personally, A is more important, but B doesn't hurt)

[superlyrical124]

I was curious as to who the guy is at 0:18 so I did some research. Turns out it's Richard Ramirez ("Night Stalker") and he's not originally from LA--he's from my hometown of El Paso, TX. He briefly attended Jefferson High School. This may not seem interesting to many but I just find it creepy that someone from my hometown would be as demented as this guy.

[rice73]

The intro theme is part of a portuguese music call

Canção do Mar by Dulce Pontes

the original was sung by Amália Rodrigues

[fonziegee]

nice to see the 30 year old who played a 15 year old finally get a job again..

[CovertOPSDragunov]

This shows way better then the wire i can't wait to see this and where is the bridge that canadian cop drama

[lsuman8883]

who is the man at 0:17

[uofl2004]

Richard Ramírez

[HistoryMajor7]

After the Shield I was bummed, until I heard about this show. Very well made...hopefully NBC doesn't cancel it since they have a tendency to cancel good shows.

[youstink14]

I read that NBC is taking away some of the ensemble serialization and making each episode focus on two-three cops. (Hopefully this means maybe whole episodes with one set of characters and not the elimination of characters)

[HistoryMajor7]

That doesn't mean that they are going to remove any characters right? Just devote episodes to each character.

[bokabeed]

Can anyone tell me if this show is honestly a good show, like really. And I am saying like in comparison to Third Watch, a very realistic show (I am not interested in some overblown drama) thanks.

[Whimsy769]

it was realistic and a little funny reminiscent of The Shield and The Wire

[slednecks17]

when does the second season start

[youstink14]

september

[XxEddIETHEMaNxX]

song name?

[Whimsy769]

i dont know but the beat sounds like ''A Beautiful Mine" by RJD2 on the Mad Men opening credits

[citizenlen]

cancao do mar precede RJD2, but there are some similarities in the beat of the first few seconds, however Cancao do mar has a darker note and if you listen to the whole song it is very beautiful.

[Cyrus255]

My only problem with the show (great show) as that they even threw that statistic (10,000 cops for 4 mil ppl) around.

I find it amazing that LA is not in constant chaos. It makes some of my cynicism go down, if 10,000 cops is enough to even hold the web of the disunified region of LA together (no racial or language harmony there).

But on the other hand, they should keep the numbers quiet... I mean even the MS-13 gang has 100,000 members. If the gangs do the math, it'd be a bad day for LA.

[youstink14]

it's almost hard to believe how small police departments are versus the rest of the population. And I'm not sure about he Southland number, but I know where I am from (Chicago) that a large number of the overall staffing includes administrative desk people.

[snail444]

one of my favorite openning.

[Ermagonese]

the music and pics make me wanna b a cop 4 sum reason =]

[mattisha34]

This show is surprisingly good. I can't wait for more episodes.

[TheRowdyTiger]

This is one of my favorites on tv right now

[sinkhole4]

the only good thing about this show is the first 15seconds

great music

[Olpo456]

Your joking right? While the opening is awesome tv drama, my fav episode so far was the one were they found the baby about to go in the road.

[IslandVeeDub]

best show on TV

[TheColetrain881]

whats this song called my girl friend likes the song and the show but we dont know what song is called

[videoboy1980]

Incorrect Chocolate Brown. Perhaps it was in "Kushi", but that was made in 2000.Its a Portuguese song called "Cancao do Mar" that was in the movie Primal Fear in 1996. Cmon people this isn't the 80's before we could easily fact check. It took me 2 google clicks to get that info.

[citizenlen]

I knew I heard this before

[ChocolateBrown001]

the background music is from a tamil movie...its called kushi

[brzdude06]

best intro to a show in my opinion ...

[kws45fl]

im so adicted to this show i freaked out on thursday last week when it didnt come on til saturday

[NYPD12293]

love this show.whats the song>

[MissHollywood23]

Thanks for the both for telling. I actually found out what the title of the song was immediately after I asked this question. I viewed another video of the opening credits of Southland and that's where I found the name. Thanks anyway.

[MissHollywood23]

Southland is freaking awesome. God, I love that show. Great show. Very good actors. Glad to see Benjamin McKenzie back on tv.

Love the theme song.

[bcdamian]

who's that photo of 19 seconds in?

[garydus]

richard ramirez aka the night stalker

[Supps311]

Is that Skitch Patterson?

[clifftorres]

Just saw the first episode. Great show. The song was killing me cause it was so familiar. I just figured it out. It was used in Primal Fear.

[maleeham87]

I love this song! Listening to the whole song is amazing too! Dulce Pontes has an amazing voice:)

I do think the opening creds depict a completely diff show but I love the show nonetheless.

[MissHollywood23]

Hey, do you know the title of the song?

[maleeham87]

"Cançao do Mar" by Dulce Pontes

[BlackRiversundown]

is there a full song to this ?

wats it call, if anyone knows :)

good show i think it needs to build on a thick plot then just the chars of the show now.

[psid8]

Such an awesome show and intro

[pills2749]

The show is average. I think it could have pulled more loyal watchers and a bigger fan club if the show was shown on FX or another cable network. Where they can have more free range to use swear words and show the grittiness of the streets of LA. This is pretty much a waterdowned version of the Shield.

[Disasterisk3]

its not supposed to be anything like the shield...

[Ermagonese]

HBO....I swear this show would be HARDCORE!! If only it were on an uncut station.

[pills2749]

So true! I mean, I can't help but think how much better this show would be if it were on HBO or Showtime. I feel we're getting cheated 'cause I'm sure the writers would love to push that envelope w/out worrying about the offending someone or "showing too much on primetime tv." NBC needs to stick to comedy and leave the real drama to cable network.

[youstink14]

definitely

its being inhibited on network tv

[Ermagonese]

True there.

[Awperator2]

the show sucks compared to the opening but its still an alright show.

[Disasterisk3]

Show sucks? What show have you been watching?

[Awperator2]

Can you not read at all? let me repeat myself

the show sucks COMPARED TO THE OPENING but its STILL an ALRIGHT show.