Siddhartha Khosla - Only Murders in the Building (Main Title Theme)
The "Skip Intro" button first got introduced to us through Netflix in 2017, and, I know, a lot of people use it\xa0\u2013\xa0including 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\u2019s a chance to set the mood for everything that you\u2019re 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\u2019re 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.
\n\nFor this episode, I talked to the show\u2019s composer, Siddhartha Khosla, about the show\u2019s theme music. Coming up, you\u2019ll hear a voice memo that Siddhartha recorded before he\u2019d even heard about the show, which then led to a demo that you\u2019ll hear, and eventually, the final theme.
\n\nFor more, visit songexploder.net/only-murders-in-the-building.