The 90s are so hot right now, and the creators of "Wet Hot American Summer" took advantage of that with "Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later," which made its debut on Netflix last week.
"10 Years Later" takes place in 1991, while the original 2001 film, and the first Netflix series "First Day at Camp," take place in 1981.
While the absurd spirit of the out-there comedy remains in "10 Years Later," its 90s setting changed some things, from the hair to the fashion to the music.
Creating a soundtrack that mirrors and makes fun of the best (and worst) of the 90s grunge scene was quite a challenge.
Business Insider recently spoke to Matt Novack, one of the composers, about the challenges of composing comedy, and parodying the music of a nostalgic decade.
Here's what it's like to compose comedy, especially one like "Wet Hot," that is so outside the norm:
"I fell into comedy and it just kind of hit me unexpectedly and I've loved it ever since."
Novack originally wanted to compose drama and sci-fi scores.
"With 'Children's Hospital' and 'Wet Hot,' having the ability to score seriously with such an absurd style of comedy really helped sell the comedy itself, rather than just writing jokey, slap-sticky queues."
Novack pointed out that with comedy, it's easy to go too big with the music. Novack and his team work with the directors and creators of the show to make sure that they're letting jokes and scenes speak for themselves.
"Everyone on 'Wet Hot' — all the actors, everyone involved, treats it as serious as possible. Even though it's completely bonkers . . it's true."
"A lot of the comedy works because the performances, everyone is committing to it," Novack said. "So I think the score takes the same approach. And this season, a lot of it had to do with doing a parody. This season there's a lot of horror, thriller, psychotic storylines. Part of that was just being an homage to that type of thriller."
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