Composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer, the man behind the theme song for the first three seasons of “The White Lotus,” says he quit ahead of season four amid drama with the show’s creator and director, Mike White.
The 51-year-old composer did a tell-all interview with The New York Times ahead of the season three’s highly anticipated finale, which airs on Sunday. It was just announced that the popular HBO comedy-drama has been renewed for another season.
Tapia de Veer told the outlet that he had “hysterical” discussions with producers about the theme music, which changes for each season to match the new location. The composer compared the drama to “a rock ’n’ roll band story” where “the guitar player doesn’t understand the singer at all.”
He said that he “announced to the team a few months ago” that he was “not coming back,” and that he purposely “didn’t…
