BeverlyHills90210: How two simple hand claps became iconic
Often it’s the unintentional that ignites the most memorable musical moments. In the case of “,” the theme song’s iconic claps were mere filler for a gap that had composer John E. Davis stumped during a spontaneous all-nighter to churn out a track for producer Aaron Spelling. Turned in just days before the show’s 1990 premiere, the percussive element became more prominent in the revamped opening credits of season two.
Forgoing sleep, Davis set out to produce a tune which reflected the show’s striking combination of contemporary and wholesome. “It needed to be contemporary, but also have some semblance of heart to it, so I tried to use both those elements. There are two feels – the rock and roll edge first, then at the end it turns a little sweeter, which was my homage to the family values of the show.”
Davis says the versatility of the song was hugely beneficial in helping elevate storylines. “It may not have been intentional, but fortunately, when I did it originally, I included different sound options, like the edgier rock and roll sound, then the piano stuff. There were always pieces of all that to incorporate into different moods when I needed them. If Dylan got nasty, so did the music!”
“I kept it in the electric guitar style but made it beefier,” he explains. “There are a lot of artists now like Taylor Swift or the Jonas Brothers who are reaching back to the early ‘90s and incorporating that into what pop music sounds like today, and this was a good opportunity to do that. I took some ‘90s-style snare drums, and created a fusion of retro ‘90s and modern-day, to match the fusion happening in the show.
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