The "Skip Intro" button first got introduced to us through Netflix in 2017, and, I know, a lot of people use it – including me. But, if I can get into old-man, back-in-my-day mode for a second, I have so much fondness for the opening theme music for so many shows. It’s a chance to set the mood for everything that you’re about to see. One of the intros that I never skip is the animated opening title sequence for Only Murders in the Building, which is a Hulu show that debuted in August 2021, and now is in its third season. It was created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman, and it stars Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. The three of them play neighbors who live in the same building in New York, and they’re all obsessed with the same true crime podcast. And then when someone in their building gets murdered, they decide to start their own true crime podcast, and try and solve the mystery of who the killer is.
For this episode, I talked to the show’s composer, Siddhartha Khosla, about the show’s theme music. Coming up, you’ll hear a voice memo that Siddhartha recorded before he’d even heard about the show, which then led to a demo that you’ll hear, and eventually, the final theme.
For more, visit songexploder.net/only-murders-in-the-building.
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Jhené Aiko - Sativa (feat. Swae Lee)
Re-issue: CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue
Yo La Tengo - Here You Are
Wolf Alice - Don't Delete the Kisses
Re-issue: Kelela - Rewind
Jon Hopkins - Luminous Beings
Liz Phair - Divorce Song
Arcade Fire - Put Your Money On Me
Kimbra - Top of the World
Jack Johnson - You Can't Control It
Ludwig Göransson - Black Panther
Natalie Prass - Short Court Style
Moses Sumney - Quarrel
Bleachers - I Miss Those Days
Julien Baker - Appointments
The Roots - It Ain't Fair (feat. Bilal)
R.E.M - Try Not to Breathe
Nine Inch Nails - The Lovers
Rachel Platten - Broken Glass
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