1 week Ago By Alejandra Palés
One of the distinctive features of , which closed the third season this week, is the opening credits theme tune, which caused a sensation from the very first season. As with the cast, the music varies each season, and until now it has always been the work of Canadian composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer. But the fourth season will no longer feature his services.
The reason? The musician and the series creator, Mike White, have had a falling out and have made public their evident lack of understanding. According to Tapia de Veer, who won three Emmy Awards for his work on the series, the final straw was White's decision to alter the opening theme tune for the third season, even though he didn't agree, and to not include the vocal sounds that do appear in the first and second seasons. In an interview with , the musician claims that the lack of understanding between him and White existed since the first season.
According to Tapia, for the first season, the television creator wanted "more of a background score" that could be heard "in Ibiza, in a club with a sexy, cool vibe." And he details that in the third season, the creative differences became more evident. When White decided to eliminate the vocal sounds, Tapia suggested to a producer that the full version of the melody be made public at some point.
"I sent a message to the producer and said it would be great if at some point we could give [viewers] the longer version, with the 'ooh-loo-loo-loo's, because people would explode if they realized the melody was going in that direction anyway. He thought it was a good idea." But then Mike goes.
The musician ended up uploading the full version to his YouTube channel and decided to leave the series after realizing that version would never be released. "At that point, I think we'd had our last fight for good. He'd say no to any proposal," he says.
Following these words, White responded to his former collaborator, calling the musician's complaints "dirty." "Actually, we didn't even fight. He says we did.
I don't think I've had any fights with him, except maybe a few emails. Basically, I would give him notes and give him feedback. I think he didn't like going through the process of receiving feedback or making revisions because he didn't respect me.
to shit on me three days before the season finale aired. It was a dirty trick," he said in an interview on Howard Stern's show. While the disagreements between White and Tapia de Veer are emerging, one of the questions that fans of is where the fourth season, which has already been confirmed, will be set.
For now, the destination remains unknown, but those responsible for Max have given some clues. In February, HBO's series manager, Francesca Orsi, explained to that they were about to begin scouting for possible locations. "I can't really say where we'll do it, but there's a good chance it'll be somewhere in Europe," he said.
For his part, White has revealed that for the next season he'd like to move away from the image of waves crashing against rocks, which has been common in previous installments. This doesn't mean the series has to be set in a snowy destination, for example, since the creator can't stand the cold, as David Bernad, the producer of the series, has confessed..
