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Twenty Thousand Hertz

The Seinfeld theme song w/ Composer Jonathan Wolff

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Design, Music, Music Commentary, Arts

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

No bass for you!! In 1987, TV composer Jonathan Wolff was still trying to make a name for himself in Hollywood. Then one day, he got a call from Jerry Seinfeld, who needed music for his new sitcom. This is the story behind the unforgettable music of Seinfeld, and how Jonathan Wolff’s unique approach helped make Seinfeld a TV classic." Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced by Defacto Sound. Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to see our video series. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mystery.20k.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Support the show and get ad-free episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠20k.org/plus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Dallas on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join our community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reddit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find Jonathan on Instagram and on Twitter. You can reach Steve at stevelack.com Check out An Arm and a Leg wherever you get your podcasts. Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/seinfeld Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:24.3

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0:31.0

You're listening to 20,000 Hertz.

0:42.3

Seinfeld is one of the most successful sitcoms of all time. During the nine years that it ran, Seinfeld had millions of viewers.

0:46.3

It won 10 Emmys, 3 Golden Globes, and its cast have become superstars.

0:51.3

Seinfeld ended over 20 years ago, but it's still very much alive.

0:55.3

It has a huge obsessive fan base, and it still gets referenced all the time.

0:59.7

Its theme song that we're hearing right now was unlike any theme song that came before it or has come after.

1:05.3

And there's a pretty interesting backstory that you probably don't know behind that wacky slap bass.

1:12.5

But before we get into it,

1:19.5

I need to tell you about my friend Steve. My name's Steve Lack, and I am a post-production audio mixer and sound designer. Steve and I worked together years ago when we were both sound

1:24.4

designers at the Discovery Channel. I consider Dallas one of my best friends. I really love Dallas.

1:29.9

We were both the night shift guys, and we both come in around 6 o'clock.

1:34.7

Night shift is generally unsupervised.

1:36.5

So you come in, you get your assignments, you work on your mixes, you work on your work.

1:40.4

And then when you feel like taking a break, you take a break.

1:43.1

To give you a picture of what Steve's like,

1:45.3

he's the type of person who's lived a hundred different lives.

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