The White Lotus Composer Is Beefing With Mike White

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Composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer is checking out of the White Lotus. After working on the HBO show’s score for three seasons — and producing an absolute banger of a theme song — Tapia de Veer has quit The White Lotus, citing creative disagreements with Mike White, the show’s creator and director.

Tapia de Veer described their relationship to the New York Times as a “rock ‘n’ roll band story” in which the guitar player and the singer don’t exactly get along...