<P> The show's theme song and bridging music were written and recorded by Letterman's long - time bandleader, Paul Shaffer . Soon after it was announced publicly that Netflix had given the series an order, Shaffer received a phone call from Letterman asking him to work on the show . Soon after, Shaffer began to receive cuts of episodes from the first season and he started to put music in afterwards where the director thought it was needed . </P> <P> In developing the sound of the show's music, Shaffer initially looked to Letterman for guidance . Finding none, he remembered he and Letterman's shared love for the sort of music produced at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama describing it as "the honesty you hear, the southern soul feeling ." The score initially included drums but the show's producers and director thought that the music should "feel like it's Dave's old friend Paul playing ." so it was ultimatly stripped down to solely include piano and organ . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Featured guest </Th> <Th> Original release date </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> "It's a Whole New Ball Game Now" </Td> <Td> Barack Obama </Td> <Td> January 12, 2018 (2018 - 01 - 12) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> Cold open: Clip from Late Show with David Letterman of Obama being interviewed On - location segment: Walking with Congressman John Lewis across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, site of the civil rights movement's Bloody Sunday in 1965 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> "You Be the Newsman, I'll Be Liz Taylor" </Td> <Td> George Clooney </Td> <Td> February 9, 2018 (2018 - 02 - 09) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> Cold open: Letterman and Clooney outside of LAX watching planes land and eating fast food . On - location segment: At the home of Nick Clooney meeting Iraqi refugee Hazim Avdal whom the Clooney family is sponsoring . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> "TBA" </Td> <Td> Malala Yousafzai </Td> <Td> March 9, 2018 (2018 - 03 - 09) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Featured guest </Th> <Th> Original release date </Th> </Tr>

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