What's the deal with the Seinfeld soundtrack finally coming out?
The hottest album of 2021 is about to drop. The soundtrack of the hit 90s sitcom Seinfeld will be released on Friday, July 2nd (via Variety) on all digital platforms, though specific platforms werent stated. I expect to hear the bouncy slap bass-driven theme song that never fails to make me laugh blaring out of cars, apartments, and cafes this Fourth of July weekend. Believe it or not, there will be 33 tracks on the album, and its apparently the first time that this music will be made available in an official fashion. The composer, Jonathan Wolff, told Variety that the soundtrack contains some music that was created for the show but never actually appeared in it. Three jazz songs were made for scenes where Elaine (played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus) goes to see a date playing in a jazz club in the seventh season. The scenes were eventually cut. According to Variety, theres plenty of variety on the album:  The range of styles is surprisingly broad: hip-hop for Kramers Pimpwalk, happy whistling and guitars for Jerry the Mailman, a Mission: Impossible vibe for Jerry vs. Newman Chase, suspense-thriller scoring for Cable Guy vs. Kramer Chase, 90s rock for Kramers Boombox, Eastern mysticism for Peterman in Burmese Jungle, and vintage guitar-and-harmonica blues for Waiting for the Verdict from the series finale.  But lets be honest. You, me, and everyone else are just going to absolutely crank that theme song. Soon itll be easier than ever to play at a moments notice, but its interesting to hear that the now-signature bass groove (which was actually created on a keyboard) and the scat-like sound effects that are sprinkled throughout each episode almost didnt make the cut. NBC executives said it was weird, distracting and annoying, according to the composer in Varietys interview. Seinfeld co-creator Larry David had a predictably Larry David-like response: Larry was deeply offended, and didnt change anything, the composer says.