{"id":15133,"date":"2021-07-20T09:37:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T16:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/?p=15133"},"modified":"2021-07-20T13:29:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T20:29:25","slug":"the-story-behind-the-theme-song-to-seinfeld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/20\/the-story-behind-the-theme-song-to-seinfeld\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Behind the Theme Song to \u2018Seinfeld\u2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s a little OT for this blog, but I really enjoyed this article<\/a> as a discussion of design\u2014of using art to solve problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I told Jerry, \u201cIt sounds more like a sound design issue than a music assignment. So, how about this? We treat the Seinfeld <\/em>theme song as if your voice telling jokes is the melody, the jokes you tell are the lyrics and my job is to accompany you in a musical way that does not interfere with the audio of you telling jokes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Also great:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warren Littlefield had the unfortunate job of telling Larry, \u201cI don\u2019t like the music. It\u2019s distracting, it\u2019s weird, it\u2019s annoying!\u201d And as soon as he said the word annoying, Larry David just lit up. Like, \u201cReally? Annoying? Cool!\u201d Because if you know Larry, if you watch Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/em>, that\u2019s what he loves most, to annoy you! That\u2019s his brand of comedy. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Now, enjoy (?) Seinfeld meeting Kendrick Lamar:<\/p>\n\n\n