WandaVision songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez had to come up with several different theme songs for the Marvel show, but one proved harder than the rest: The 90s song. Only two episodes in, and WandaVision is living up to its reputation as the strangest Marvel project yet. The series, which premiered on Disney+ last week, picks up with Wanda Maximoff, aka Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) settling into married life within the idyllic town of Westview. It’s a dream come true for the star-crossed couple, something straight out of a classic sitcom. Literally.

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Even before it premiered, it was apparent that WandaVision would be leaning heavily into the styles of sitcoms from television past, from I Love Lucy to The Brady Bunch. To make the experience more authentic, WandaVision took such measures as filming in front of a live studio audience, setting the first two episodes in black and white, and enlisting Frozen songwriters Anderson-Lopez and Lopez to craft theme songs for each episode. With the decades shifting in every new installment, audiences are guaranteed to hear numerous different songs during WandaVision‘s run.

WandaVision‘s theme songs have already become particular points of interest among fans, so Anderson-Lopez and Lopez sat down with Collider to discuss their process and how they joined the project. They were asked if, going into WandaVision, they had any classic themes they wanted to emulate. This is where their knowledge of past shows came into play, though they admitted one decade was tricky because they were less familiar with what was on. They said:

ANDERSON-LOPEZ: Yeah, absolutely. And the fun thing is that I had spent the better part of my childhood in front of the television, being told, “These hours are going to amount to nothing.” But I had been downloading every song, every jingle, from every decade.

LOPEZ: So the tables have turned.

ANDERSON-LOPEZ: It was really exciting. I didn’t need to do a lot of research. In fact, the only ones we really needed to research were the years that we were in college, where you didn’t really have access to a TV, but that particular decade was maybe the hardest for us.

Do you mind specifying what decade that was?

LOPEZ: It’s just the ’90s.

ANDERSON-LOPEZ: Should be the ’90s.

Tomorrow’s episode of WandaVision will bring the titular couple into the 1970s, so the 90s are still a couple of weeks away. Viewers familiar with the sitcoms being referenced on WandaVision have so far gotten a kick out of seeing the little Easter eggs and homages, and the theme songs have only added to the overall experience. Now that Anderson-Lopez and Lopez have admitted the 90s was difficult, it’ll be interesting to see how that particular theme compares to the others.

WandaVision is a feast for television aficionados, though traditional MCU fans might find themselves baffled by the lack of explosive action. It’s clear the MCU is stepping out of its comfort zone with this one, and so far it’s definitely paying off. Audiences have grown used to the typical Marvel formula over the years, but WandaVision is turning expectations on their heads in a clever way. It’s going to be a lot of fun seeing everything unfold over the next several weeks.

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WandaVision continues with episode 3 on Disney+ on Friday.

Source: Collider

Key Release Dates
  • Black Widow (2021)Release date: Jul 09, 2021
  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)Release date: Sep 03, 2021
  • Eternals (2021)Release date: Nov 05, 2021
  • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)Release date: May 06, 2022
  • Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)Release date: Jul 08, 2022
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever/Black Panther 2 (2022)Release date: Nov 11, 2022
  • The Marvels/Captain Marvel 2 (2023)Release date: Feb 17, 2023
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