That the mixtape is actually a cassette tape also adds to the miniseries’ timeless charm. It goes back and forth between poetry and music but it also has music underneath the poetry.” He’s recording poetry that he wrote and songs that he composed. “It’s sort of like this bed of clarinet music where Wirt has layered his clarinet into harmonies and stuff, and then recorded over that using two different cassette recorders. “On the tape is poetry and clarinet music,” explained McHale.
Of course, while the series revealed that the cassette played a pivotal role in Wirt and Greg ending up in the Unknown, the exact content of the tape was a mystery to fans until now. but for some reason it has a stigma of not being cool, I think.” It sounds really bad if you’re bad at it.
“I think it sounds really good if you’re good at it. “I just really like the sound of clarinet,” said McHale when explaining why he chose it as the instrument Wirt plays. “Every episode had its own unique color and pattern and everything but overall it was supposed to become one quilt that all works together. “One thing that we talked about when we were making the show was that it was supposed to feel sort of like a quilt,” explained McHale. “‘Over the Garden Wall’ is like a bunch of my interests sort of meshed together,” said McHale. The series is uniquely weird, funny, a tad bit dark and features a memorable soundtrack of original music. Among those they encountered during their journey was an ominous Woodsman, an irritable bluebird named Beatrice and a talking horse named Fred.
“ Over the Garden Wall” is Pat McHale’s Emmy Award-winning miniseries that follows brothers Wirt and Greg as they travel through a mysterious place called the Unknown, searching for a way home. Cartoon Network and Mondo have teamed up to bring “Over the Garden Wall” character Wirt and his “For Sara” cassette into existence, and Hero Complex has an exclusive excerpt from the tape. Good news for fans of “Over the Garden Wall” or people with an affinity for poetry and clarinet music.