SIX FEET UNDER (2001-2005)

HBO shows, specifically the HBO shows that air on Sunday nights, are in a class all by themselves, and this includes their opening credits. With so many memorable sequences to choose from — Carnivale, Deadwood, Rome, Big Love, and, of course, The Sopranos — I keep returning to the understated beauty of the Six Feet Under intro. There isn't a hint of the macabre here, but rather a dark elegance that comes from the evocative images (the snap of the gurney wheel, the irrevocable drip of the embalming fluid, the wilting flowers) that roll beneath Thomas Newman's delicate but chilly score:


Originally posted Sep 25, 2007
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