Spider-Noir Opening Title Sequence: A Perfect Blend of Noir Visuals and KIRBY's 'Saving Grace'

The opening title sequence for Spider-Noir, the new superhero series developed by Oren Uziel for MGM+ and Prime Video (and produced by SPTV) is slick, stylized and dark – a perfect match for the series starring Nicholas Cage, Brendan Gleeson and Li Jun Li. I had to double-check another cast member, Lukas Haas, and sure enough, the last memory I have of him is when he played the part of the Amish child who witnesses a murder in the 1985 Harrison Ford vehicle Witness. There are plenty of other familiar faces in the show, but back to the opening title sequence. The title sequence was created by Digital Kitchen, the long-running design and motion graphics studio behind title work for shows such as Dexter, Narcos, and True Detective.The sequence establishes a pulpy, and haunting tone which fits perfectly into the film noir genre, with the use of dark imagery and evocative music used to introduce us to the world of alternate New York City, telling us, handily enough, that Spider our…