Original Novel Soundtrack · 18 Tracks
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Tracklist — Character & Chapter Pairings
Contempt
Shawn
Title track. The weight of the word — legal, paternal, civic, self-inflicted. Every layer in one sound.
Father's Don't Fade
Shawn / Leo
Leo's collapse on the courthouse steps. The briefcase. The inheritance no one asked for.
Leather and Blood
The briefcase opened. Leo's case files, the Fedwire voucher, the IA file on Han. Clean on paper. Dirty in daylight.
Crimson Fuse
Han / The City
The case fractures. Sandtown entry. Gunfire on exit. Parker chained in a basement. The city detonating.
All Falls Down
Antonio
The rally. The bottle. The shot. Garrick drops. Antonio is underneath. Everything collapses in under two minutes.
Letterhead
The Firm
Davidson & Associates. The name on the door. The name on the debt. Institutional pressure in stereo.
Cold Trail
Jordan chasing the missing witness. Eve behind Red Orchid. The story that doesn't want exposure.
No Sirens
Han
Han at the Iron Rail. The favors. The math between the people he loved and the system that held their debts.
Maya
The gallery. The divorce. The canvases face-down in glass. She doesn't argue — she observes. Her accuracy is the weapon.
I Miss the Sun
Antonio in county. The fluorescent halo. Lights on all night. No window. Stillness cost less than guessing.
Before I Walk In
The morning of opening statements. Briefcase burned cold in his palm. Leo's habits borrowing his hands.
Glass Halo
TRUTH IS A BID carved in the wall. The metal sheet pretending to be a mirror. A boy learning to breathe where no one taught him how.
Hold My Name
Antonio's prayer from the inside. Don't let them make me something I ain't. The name is all he has left.
Exits
Jordan
Jordan in Central Booking. Charged. Bail denied. The documenter becomes the document.
What It Cost
Shawn / Han / Jordan
The reckoning. Three men who paid for the truth in different currencies. Nobody got change.
Shame
Shawn confronting what he became to win. The tools he used. The father he sounds like. The name he can't return.
Case Closed
The System
The split verdict. The system doesn't give clean wins. It adjusts. Paperwork and silence.
Charm City
Baltimore
The closer. The city wakes up the same way it went to sleep. Cranes on the harbor. Domino burns red. Baltimore doesn't apologize.
