AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
Deconstructing Songs Deepens Listening
- Song Exploder's premise is to deconstruct a song so listeners discover hidden production choices and textures.
- Revealing elements enriches the listener's experience rather than spoiling it.
British Tone Shaped Musical Pitch
- Beal drew inspiration from the British House of Cards' dark humor and operatic political storytelling.
- He used that tone to argue for music that lets the audience feel sardonic permission to laugh.
Sketches Became The Theme's Bones
- Jeff Beal describes pitching sketches to David Fincher after reading early scripts for House of Cards.
- Those simple sketches contained the bones that became the main title theme.