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The 'Seinfeld' theme song was different for every episode

The ‘Seinfeld’ Theme Was Improvised

In 2017, Great Big Story talked to the creator of the Seinfeld theme, composer Jonathan Wolff (whose URL is amusingly https://seinfeldmusicguy.com), to tell the story behind the iconic song.

He says, “I have no idea how many themes we did for Seinfeld.”

Every single episode had a new version of the music that Wolff improvised based on the rhythm of Jerry’s opening monologue.

Here’s an older interview with the now-retired musician:

image via TBS

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