{"id":95712,"date":"2025-04-29T10:02:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=95712"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:59","slug":"white-lotus-music-creative-differences","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/white-lotus-music-creative-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"White Lotus’ Music: When Talented Creators Strive To Realize Their Visions, Differences and Chattering Can Erupt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This article is republished<\/a> from The Conversation under a Creative Commons licence. All photos provided by The Conversation<\/a> from various sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Deaville<\/a> is a professor of music at Carleton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After the first two seasons of The White Lotus<\/em> (set respectively in Hawaii and Sicily), the buzz in the media and on social media typically focused on the selection of the next site<\/a> for the award-winning show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not so much in 2025, after the close of Season 3’s Thailand-based episodes. Instead, the internet and social media have been alive with chatter<\/a> over the announcement by Canadian Chilean composer Crist\u00f3bal Tapia de Veer that he was quitting the mega-hit franchise to the shock and disappointment<\/a> of many of the show’s fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tapia de Veer revealed his intention in an interview with the New York Times<\/em><\/a> published April 2, just four days before<\/a> the season’s finale, which aired to a series-record viewership<\/a>. His departure announcement, twinned with criticism of White Lotus<\/em> writer, creator and showrunner Mike White, has highlighted issues with creative tensions behind such collaborative productions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n