Please Enjoy All Musical Departments Equally: ODESZA Remixes "Severance" Theme

Saturday, 22 February 2025 05:23

A mysterious new directive from Kier himself: Press play on ODESZA's 23-minute remix of the "Severance" theme.

A new sound is emerging deep within Lumon Industries' labyrinthine halls, and this time, it's sanctioned by the board—and ODESZA.

ODESZA have joined forces with Apple TV+ to sever and reconstruct Theodore Shapiro's unsettling Severance soundtrack into an eerie remix, which pulses with the anxious energy of an "innie" stepping off the elevator.

Lumon's handbook probably doesn't approve of such musical experimentation, but fans of both Severance and the superstar electronic duo will find plenty of macrodata easter eggs to refine in the new track, which spans a staggering 23 minutes.

"We wanted to take people on a journey and give a wider breadth of music and play off and reinterpret Teddy's score in a unique way," ODESZA's Harrison Mills told Billboard. "We put different chords under a lot of his melodies, while also trying to stay true to the vibe of the show, which is kind of creepy and subversive. You’re not overtly aware of this dark underbelly."

Meanwhile in the real world, the second season of the brilliant Apple TV+ sci-fi show is breaking records after toppling Ted Lasso as the platform's most-watched series globally. Severance has amassed 589 million minutes of viewership in the U.S. over all existing episodes, ballooning subscriptions by 126%, according to data released by the streaming service.

You can listen to ODESZA's Severance remix, titled "Music To Refine To," below.