DEADLINE: What did the creators of the series have in mind for the score when you first began, and how did it change?SIDDHARTHA KHOSLA: Only Murders 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.
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