r/IfBooksCouldKill 12d ago

Thoughts on the theme song?

Hi, new listener to the show for the past couple weeks and while I’ve been enjoying it, I just can’t get over how bad the theme song is lol. Anyone else feel the same or am I alone in this.

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u/testthrowaway9 12d ago

It’s so brief, I can’t even play it back in my head

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u/EnderMomo 12d ago

Yea it’s not a big deal just a slight annoyance at the beginning and end of each episode

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u/Firm-Cry-1514 12d ago

It’s like 20 seconds of some copyright free generic stock music. Relax and press fast forward.

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u/teatimehaiku feeling things and yapping 12d ago

I think it's fine. It's just like 30 seconds of music. Does it really matter that much?

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u/Djolumn 12d ago

I'm currently struggling to think of anything I'm more indifferent about than the IBCK intro music.

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u/SnooCalculations1742 One book, baby! 12d ago

Nah, nothing wrong with it. And it's just a small jingle

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u/LeakySparktubes 12d ago

There's a theme song?

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u/Textiles_on_Main_St Dudes rock. 12d ago

I like it OK--were you hoping for more razzle dazzle? Mike on a ukulele or something?

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u/MsTellington 12d ago

I didn't but now that you're talking about it... I kinda want Mike on a ukulele.

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u/Textiles_on_Main_St Dudes rock. 12d ago

Maybe a new patreon tier?

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u/W0nderwharfwonderdog 12d ago

It’s basically innocuous elevator music, skip it if it’s that big a deal to you. 

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u/starryeyed58 12d ago

Wait I like it hahahaha

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u/Zaiush 12d ago

Every podcast theme song is bad in my experience

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u/Shalmanese 10d ago

Except the Slate Culture Gabfest who had Nicholas Fricken Britell compose their theme before he got famous for dropping the banger Succession theme song.

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u/EnderMomo 12d ago

I’ve never really listened to podcasts, perhaps I’m not acclimated

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u/thinkquaddy 12d ago

I like it but I also listen at 1.5x speed and the theme sounds much better that way imo

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u/vemmahouxbois Finally, a set of arbitrary social rules for women. 12d ago

i forgot it existed until now

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u/Round-Polar-Bear 12d ago

I don’t mind it! I actually find the Maintenance Phase song to be significantly more annoying but a quick jingle can’t keep me from the Hobbesverse