For Only Murders in the Building, composer Siddhartha Khosla focused on underscoring the dramatic beats of the murder mystery rather than the comedy. The series follows a trio of true crime fans in…
is dramatic as much as it is comedic. We collectively felt that the score needed to play the dramatic beats of the story – the mystery, and the loneliness of our characters, and not really underscore the comedy as much. As with other elements of the show like the production design and the costumes, the music needed to feel classic but also modern. And so we landed on an ensemble of live strings, woodwinds, and pianos that I like to think represents the sounds of the inner walls of the Arconia.
One day I started humming this hooky melody over very 1960’s ish quarter note pulsing piano chords ala the Beach Boys, or Donovan. I sang and played that theme in a zoom call for producers, and John loved it so much that he claimed it instantly as “the theme of our show.” Producers asked me to make the main title theme more “NY” and in an effort to mimic a street musician in the subway, our drummer played Home Depot paint buckets on the theme.
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