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Cristobal Tapia de Veer is the composer and musician behind Mike Whiteâs HBO show, White Lotus. The sounds in the score range from percussive African and Latin American instruments to guttural human chants.
On todayâs episode Justin Richmond talks to de Veer about how he came up with White Lotusâ striking soundscape. De Veer plays stems from the score and explains about how he initially set out to create a Hawaiian Hitchcock sound. He also talks about how he created the signature tribal-sounding vocals from White Lotus after being summoned to California by Kanye West.
Check out Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s soundtrack for White Lotus HERE.
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Malcolm Gladwell
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Justin Richmond
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Bruce Headlam
Bruce Headlam is one of the co-creators of the music podcast Broken Record. He worked at The New York Times for 19 years, including two years running the 50-person Video…
