Preacher TV Series: Everything You Need To Know

By Tom Baker /

8. €œSon Of A Preacher Man€ Is The Theme Song

Music can be one of the most important things when establishing the feel and tone of a TV show. Again, Breaking Bad is a shining example, with its minimalist theme song and also the superb use of music throughout the many montages of meth-cooking and prisoner-stabbing that appeared throughout its run (thinking of €œCrystal Clear Connection€, especially). In their roles as both writers and executive producers on Preacher, it appears that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are as switched onto the importance of music in TV as AMC€™s previous series. So it makes perfect sense that, as Rogen himself tweeted, the theme song for Preacher will be €œSon Of A Preacher Man€. Popularised by Nancy Sinatra, modern audiences probably know the song best for its use in Pulp Fiction. It€™s the perfect choice for Preacher, too, with Jesse Custer being a wholly untraditional man of the cloth in many ways; and, well, that€™s a song about a preacher€™s son having lots of sex, which tends to be frowned upon in the clergy.