The composers of “Yellow Vests” created their boring track: “It was a nightmare in the most dreamy way”

for show time yellow jacketsComposers Craig Wedren and Anna Waronker were tasked with creating a suspenseful series that builds tensions for the show’s most thrilling sequences, in which a team of high school players struggles to survive in the desert after their plane crashes. National Tournament in 1996. Wedren and Waronker, respectively, lead singers of 90s rock bands Shudder to Think and That Dog, also returned to their alternative rock roots to record the show’s theme song, a 90s hobby, describing the outrage emotional than survivors… Now grown women – struggling with the traumas of adolescence. the couple spoke THR About his enthusiasm for the project and the joy of experimenting with new and old sounds.

how did you manage to score a goal yellow jacketsAnd what made you the happiest?

craig wood [Executive producer] Karin Kusama got in touch and sent me a pilot. They pulled me in two different directions because the pilot couldn’t say what this show would be like: a nest full of excitement. My first thought was that Anna and I should do this together. We were talking about doing something dark and bloody and weird.

Anna Waronker We needed anger. And everyone encouraged us to be even more. We expected the second shoe to fall off and it was the other way around. They used to say, “This, can you make it weirder? Can you add this weirdness?

Wedding It really was a dream. It was a nightmare in the most dreamy way.

How did you approach the horrors differently from your previous collaborations?

Wedding Anna and I do a lot of comedy, comedy and horror are very similar to each other. There’s something similarly rhythmic about it. Americans are afraid of silence, so you want to challenge the discomfort we feel in silence with music.

WARRIOR As the episodes unfolded, we had homework [longer] sequences. We really need to explore some weird stuff. This is the funny story: we send the producers [an unfinished track].

Wedding We just had a technical problem, probably late at night. We used to say, “My God, let’s get him out of there.” Half the track was missing and it was already beautiful –

WARRIOR ㅡ Very strange. I like breathing. Just the weirdest thing. And they thought too much. They gave us these very endearing comments, and we said, wait a second.

Wedding [They said]”There is a real point of view.”

WARRIOR First of all, we totally enjoyed it, but we also found it fun. He opened the field: “Are you ready to take him?”

The show takes place in the 90s and today. How do you balance the two eras on your account?

WARRIOR We both started playing music in the early 90’s. It was very easy for us to get married for two periods, but also jump around like when we’re in the woods with girls. Turns out there is another head. When we’re with adult women today, we make it a little more modern, but it’s always an element of the ’90s because they’re still the same people. It’s also our aesthetic and encouraged us to drop that part. Craig and I have never been in a band, our bands have always crossed paths. Რ When we [score TV] We see this together as a new record for our band. We have a very band-like chemistry, so we can try out a lot of new ideas.

Wedding For some reason, the story managed to travel back in time, capturing a strange and adventurous time between them. We are parents of teenage children and we are constantly traveling through time. Our kids remind us of what we were like back then while listening to the 90s indie rock that is currently popular with teenagers. Being our age and parents already feels psychedelic.

How was the writing process for the song “Return”?

WARRIOR First of all, we love a good theme song for a TV show.

Wedding We are Generation X, we grew up in the golden age of TV theme songs.

WARRIOR When the producers said they wanted to make a long theme song, we were really excited because we knew the visuals would be great. But it started out that they wanted a song at the end of every episode.

Wedding Something that hit the needle of the 90s is that it has missing stitches.

WARRIOR We wrote a lot of versions and they picked the one that completes the most episodes. ცაThey are they [decided they wanted] The theme is music, we approach those recent credit songs again. We all love and take elements from each of them. Writing the text was a hassle for us. we just play [and find out] What do we do if we bring our musical personalities together?

Wedding They are parts of our musical DNA that we don’t allow ourselves to enjoy in our bands. There is pride in originality and uniqueness. Anyway, speaking for myself, I wouldn’t allow myself to put Nirvana in the guitar riffs as “back”. For this he used to say: “Activate my damn boyfriend!”

Has your individual musical style changed since you were in your band in the 90s? Was it a fun exercise to restore your old sound to its modern form?

Wedding It was an invitation to call us. [musical] DNA. It doesn’t require a lot of thought, it requires a lot of experimentation. We were both on tour, as opposed to film and television where you write something and record it in parallel and then move on to the project. When you’re in a group, there’s a lot of muscle memory and repetition. It’s quite natural and thoughtful, so there’s no feeling of nostalgia. You feel more unconscious.

WARRIOR It’s the level of experimentation that we have in this project because it’s horrible and scary and you can go anywhere. We managed to marry these different parts of our musical origins together and within our small group.

The interview is edited for length and clarity.

The story first appeared in the June 8 issue of The Hollywood Reporter. Click here to subscribe.