The song to open the theme of the corporate dystopian series "Severance" is just as eerie as the performance itself. Composed of Theodore Shapiro, the "separation" theme begins with a repeated note of piano, alternating with a series of semi-diminishing, jazz. Non -armonic chords mean a lot to the series that viewers will see. This will not be comforting, the music warns; This will be unusual and unbalanced. You may think you have a solid foundation to stand with those bass, but jazz acacles offer an element of gentle inner chaos. Shapiro was able to communicate all this in just a few seconds of music. It should be noted that he has already won the Emmy for his squad.

Thematically, those first few notes have extra meaning. Since the pianist's left hand plays bass -notes and the right hand plays jazz acacuses, it can be said that the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. One hand is controlled, while the other is not. This game in The premise of "grade", What follows several characters after having their memories surgically cut off before going to work in the mysterious company Lumon. The show focuses on a certain type of brain implantation that deletes the memories of Lumon employees when they arrive at the office. They work all day without knowledge of their lives in the outside world. At the end of the day, the chip is deactivated and their non -working memories return, while their office memories are suppressed.

The dichotomy memory effectively creates two people in the same brain, "Inji" and "Outie". What you end up is two people in one body, just like the left and right hands of the pianist. In fact, this theory was proposed by a Tiktok user named Djivvi, whose video watched "Cutting", caught in a fun camera interview, hosted Fun weekly. The show's actors were impressed by Djivvi's analysis, and the co-Starvala Patricia Arquette, in particular, was in full agreement.

Arquette plays the flawless Lumon manager, Mrs Cobbel at the "Grade", but the character is also disguised as Mark's friendly neighbor, Mrs Selvig, when he is not in Lumon's offices in Season 1. Here's what Arquette had to say after watching the music theory.

"I appreciate your music analysis. I think you're right. And I also think there's something normal for one hand - a sustainable note - while we have these dissonant chords.

Of course, it really can Ask Theodore Shapiro what his own inspiration is when he wrote the topic of "severance"like /film has in the past. At that time, he talked about the electronic part of his thematic song, which boasts of the heights and computer a concussion for its percussion. As for the initial four chords, he knew he would be part of the show when His executive producer, honoring director and almost co-Starvala, Ben StillerHe reacted positively. Directly to quote Shapiro:

"I wrote a piece that was largely electronic, and I had this middle part that (Stiller) really liked it. And so, I made a mental note: let's try to expand that idea. It was about four chords and I thought," I wonder what would happen if I got these four chords? "I sat down on the piano and started playing the idea that eventually became a topic."

The interview also offers other musical insights, such as the crunchy "static" as sound in the thematic song is actually the only note of piano that is reversed and slowed. Mysterious and important thing really.

Severance is currently moving to Apple TV+.