Cold Case
Cold Case is an American police procedural crime drama television series which ran on CBS from September 28, 2003 to May 2, 2010. The series revolved around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division that specializes in investigating cold cases.
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| Theme music composer | Helmut and Franz Vonlichten with intro by Michael A. Levine
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| Opening theme | Nara
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| Country of origin | United States
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 7
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| No. of episodes | 156 (list of episodes)
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| Production location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| Running time | 42–45 minutes
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| Production company | Jerry Bruckheimer Television
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| Original release | September 28, 2003 –
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Nick Vera: An '83 case can wait. Come on, Lilly.
Lilly Rush: No, it can't. It's waited long enough.
- Danny Pino, who plays Scott Valens, also played a cop, Nick Amaro, on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
- Silas Weir Mitchell auditioned to play Nick Vera.
- Songs played in each episode generally come from the year the crime took place, with some notable exceptions where the soundtrack features a particular artist or theme instead of a year: Season 6 episode "Wings" features the music of Frank Sinatra, Season 5's "Thrill Kill" features only Nirvana tracks, Season 4 featured episodes containing the music of U2 and Bob Dylan, Season 3 featured episodes containing the music of John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen, as well as the episode "Wilkommen" which featured music from "Cabaret", Season 2 had an exclusively Johnny Cash themed episode, as well as "Creatures of the night" which was set around the Rocky Horror Picture show theatrical phenomenon, and features music from the Film soundtrack.
- The flashback scenes are usually shot with the type of film stock used at the time of the setting.
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