Within the aforementioned AMA, a Reddit person requested Holt whether or not “Time” was embedded into season 2’s theme, to which the composer replied that she listened to “The Darkish Aspect of the Moon” after creating season 2’s music, and the overlaps weren’t on goal:
“I spotted that Pink Floyd affect had occurred however it wasn’t intentional. I hadn’t actually heard that album ‘[The] Darkish Aspect of the Moon’ earlier than…(find it irresistible now!) however Kevin [Wright] the producer talked about it. I feel it is as a result of we had been going retro synth/massive orchestra/ massive guitars… so that’s the Pink Floyd’s sound world.”
Whereas the soundscape in “Loki” may not be a deliberate nod to the band, it’s fascinating how Holt makes use of rhythmic parts to ascertain the themes of time warps and different temporal shenanigans, that are way more pronounced within the newest season. Talking to Rolling Stone India, Holt defined that she used variations of season 1’s “Loki Inexperienced Theme” to drill house the truth that issues are actually “completely different and darker,” particularly with the presence of Victor Well timed (Jonathan Majors), the catalyst for a brand new world that brandishes guidelines that defy the established legal guidelines of time and physics.
Heavy, guttural synth sounds are additionally used to color the brand new season as an escalation of the occasions that outlined the primary, mirrored in tracks reminiscent of “The Architect,” a demo that Holt created earlier than she began engaged on the Disney+ sequence. It additionally contains a ticking clock and seems like a grander, extra eventful model of the TVA theme from the primary season, punctuated by mechanical warp sounds that reinforce the mind-bending nature of the narrative.
Each seasons of “Loki” are presently streaming on Disney+.