'Succession' Finale: Season 4 Soundtrack Captures The Show's Themes on Greed, Power and More [Listen]

Succession finale just aired and people cannot wrap their heads about it. Some said "Succession" Season 4 was actually quite a rollercoaster ride, and the end just made everything so better than people are sad there would not be another season coming. If they are feeling nostalgic right now for the days when the show just dropped, many would also say the soundtrack of this wonderful show just inched its way to people's head and would not leave.

If you're one of them, then it would be interesting to find out why.

Succession is without a doubt the sharpest, most compelling, and most satisfying television available. In 2018, the American satirical comedy-drama Logan landed with the force of Logan. The engrossing plot follows the obscenely affluent Roy family in New York as they navigate the succession of the family's dominant media empire from enraged patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) to bickering siblings Shiv (Sarah Snook), Kendall (Jeremy Strong), and Roman (Kieran Culkin). The slickness of the screen, which has returned for its final season this Spring, is accompanied by an equally masterful soundtrack.

According to Classic FM, "Succession's" instantaneously iconic theme music and score were composed by Nicholas Britell.

Britell, an American composer, pianist, and film producer, told Variety that the show's music is a masterpiece because it follow things from that almost physical, emotional place, as opposed to being too intellectual.

Britell told Variety that the fourth season's score symbolizes the culmination of his musical vision for the series. He explained that the 25 pieces on this album are a final summary of his music and the sound he has created for the show.

The theme is composed for piano, strings, and drumkit, with a bass line that is distorted to make things sound a little off, but so perfect. Similar to the storylines and relationships portrayed on-screen. A laborious percussion ushers in a piano with a honky-tonk feel, which then clinks into a slightly off-key, undulating melody.

Powerful string chords respond to the first phrase, after which the upper strings take on the melody and develop it into a compelling tune that brilliantly conjures the Roy family's trials and tribulations - always set against a backdrop of power, greed, and inexplicable buffoonery.

The chug of the strings in conjunction with that persistent percussion keeps the theme music churning in all its majesty. It is cleverly infectious and addictive, making its manifestation during the action all the more satisfying.

Check out the tracklist below:

SUCCESSION: SEASON 4 (HBO ORIGINAL SERIES SOUNDTRACK) TRACKLISTING BELOW.

1. Succession (Main Title Theme) - Orchestral Intro Version
2. Langsam - "We Gave It a Go"
3. End Credits - Vivace Appassionato in G Minor
4. Lento Nobile + Lento Pizzicato
5. Allegro Bellicoso - "Pirates"
6. Lamentoso - "Needy Love Sponges"
7. Minuet in C Minor - English Horn - "I Need You"
8. Phone Call
9. Piano Solo + Elegy for Orchestra - "Logan's Return"
10. Lamentoso - Clarinets, Piano, Pizzicato Strings
11. End Credits - "Action That"
12. Pianos + 808 + Beat - "Welcome Home"
13. Marcato e con Forza
14. A Piacere di Nuovo
15. Interlude - Ricercare - "On the Lot"
16. Minuet in C Minor - Strings and Viola Solo
17. Andante Espressivo - String Orchestra - "Number One Boy"
18. "My Dear, Dear, World of a Father"
19. Molto Grave - Recessional
20. Elegy - Strings
21. Lamentoso - Piano, Oboes, Strings
22. Allegro in F Minor - Arrival at Waystar
23. It's Done
24. Succession - Andante Risoluto
25. End Credits - Choir and Orchestra - "With Open Eyes"

Another reviewer claimed that Britell's work recalls Malcolm McLaren's 1984 song Madam Butterfly, which combined hip-hop beats with art music and left a hypnotic legacy of a constant, raw hip-hop beat underpinning an irresistible melody.

According to the critic, Bands such as Run DMC and The Beastie Boys took audio sampling influences from McLaren's work, and Britell now blends these two worlds seamlessly within a television format. Expanding the instrumentation to include the gravitas and lyrical tone of strings depicts the show's themes of corporate media establishment intrigue.