Finneas Shapes Beef Season 2 With Synths

Finneas O’Connell says he reached for synths that sounded like a “swarm of bees” to give Netflix’s Beef the anxious pulse its second season demanded.

The musician and composer, widely known for hit records including work with Billie Eilish and for his Oscar-winning role on “No Time To Die,” discussed the score while closing out Deadline’s Sound & Screen Television awards-season event, according to reports. The detail stands out because it points to a deliberate sonic choice: not melody first, but tension first. In a series built on emotional friction, O’Connell appears to have chased sounds that agitate before they soothe.

“Swarm of bees” is less a quirky studio note than a mission statement for a score designed to keep viewers on edge.

That approach fits Beef, a show that thrives on pressure, escalation, and the messy energy of people losing control. Reports indicate O’Connell’s score for season two aims to mirror that instability rather than smooth it over. Instead of disappearing into the background, the music seems built to tighten scenes from the inside, pushing stress forward without relying on obvious cues.

The comments also underline how far O’Connell’s career now stretches across pop and screen work. He has already shown he can build songs that feel precise, spare, and immediate. Scoring television asks for something different: atmosphere, pacing, and emotional control over time. If these early details hold, his work on Beef season two may show how a pop producer’s instinct for texture can translate into narrative pressure.

What comes next matters for both the series and O’Connell’s growing screen résumé. As more of Beef season two comes into view, audiences will hear whether that buzzing, abrasive palette becomes a defining part of the show’s identity. For now, the message is clear: O’Connell did not try to make stress sound pretty. He tried to make it feel real.