{"id":14181,"date":"2015-10-26T09:21:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T13:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=14181"},"modified":"2016-03-02T12:25:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T17:25:43","slug":"seinfeld-composer-speaks-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2015\/10\/seinfeld-composer-speaks-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Seinfeld&#8221; Composer Speaks on Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The theme song for \u201cSeinfeld\u201d has become almost as iconic as the show itself. The man responsible for this well-known \u201cpercolating groove\u201d is Jonathan Wolff, a film composer who wrote the scores for \u201cSeinfeld,\u201d \u201cWill and Grace,\u201d and many other television shows.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wolff was a guest speaker at UTC on Wednesday, September 30<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, discussing his career in the television industry, how he created well known theme songs, some insight into music\u2019s role in contemporary popular culture, and what it means to be \u201ccool.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this clip, Wolff describes how he came up with the Seinfeld theme song, and how he decided to use his own voice to create the percussive popping sounds the theme is known for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLaDfdXi9EDcTziG66mZmp0mLzuNl9qD8H\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To see more videos, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLaDfdXi9EDcTziG66mZmp0mLzuNl9qD8H\" target=\"_blank\">playlist of Wolff\u2019s visit<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Wolff, a film composer who wrote the scores for \u201cSeinfeld\u201d and many other television shows, spoke on Campus about his work in the television industry and provide some insight into music\u2019s role in contemporary popular culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2015\/10\/seinfeld-composer-speaks-on-campus\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":857,"featured_media":14875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12659,10170],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-events-entertainment","8":"category-lectures-and-speakers","9":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Seinfeld&quot; 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