Jeremy Zuckerman Scored Seven Havens Entirely on Synthesizers

Avatar: Seven Havens sounds unlike any Avatar show before it, and that was Bryan Konietzko's idea. Composer Jeremy Zuckerman told BuzzFeed that Konietzko asked for a score made entirely with synthesizers, a first for the franchise. Zuckerman studied electronic music at Berklee and CalArts, so he said the request wasn't much of a stretch.

The main title took a rewrite. The final version uses konnakol, the spoken rhythm syllables of South Indian Carnatic music, and features the Carnatic singer Varijashree Venugopal, whose voice he uses sparingly. He later brought her onto the Avatar Aang film score too.

Swapping the small chamber group he used on The Legend of Korra for synths let him build bigger, more abstract swells. He also said the new show deals with "some topics I don't think I've seen before in animation," and that those scenes hold many of his favorite cues.

In the same interview, Zuckerman said about 99.5 percent of the Avatar Aang score was recorded live, with Anthony Parnther conducting. No Seven Havens soundtrack album has been announced.