Emmy-winning composer likens working with White Lotus creator Mike White to toxic relationship [Video]

Cristobal Tapia de Veer says he’s checking out of “The White Lotus” for good.

After three seasons, the Chilean-Canadian composer whose trademark sounds helped define the hit HBO series, has said he won’t return for its fourth and final season. He blames a growing rift with Mike White, the show’s writer and director.

Reached at his home north of Quebec City, Tapia de Veer says he’d been pulling away from the show for years, and now that he’s cut ties, says: “I’m just relieved.”

“I’ve been parting ways with (it) since Season 1, but for various reasons, I kept coming back.”

Tapia de Veer describes “The White Lotus” — an outlandish social satire that invariably descends into violence — as a departure from the type of projects he’s worked on, which is arguably why his music works so well.

“For anyone who has seen my other work,” he says, “this …