#leitmotif

[trashpidgeon48]

Leitmotifs drive me insane, like I hear *repeated melody that has an association with a person, idea, or situation* and I go *tears up the fucking rug like a dog*

#music #musical theatre #leitmotif #les miserables #anastasia musical #sweeney todd #jesus christ superstar #broadway #hadestown #phantom of the opera #ride the cyclone #the hunchback of notre dame #rent musical #fiddler on the roof #starkid

[thathartleykat]

I never realized there was a Hilda's Leitmotif until now...

#hilda #hilda the series #hilda netflix #cartoon #netflix #hilda comic #comic #music #leitmotif

[exalt1ora]

i know we all love the “I’m not a loser”/“Cool As I Think I Am” leitmotif but the one that kills me even more is the “The Summoning” one. was just listening to “Wiggle” and it’s in there a few times and i just. i go crazy every time i hear it. like. jeff blim you bastard.

#starkid #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #black friday #nerdy prudes must die #bf #npmd #leitmotif #jeff blim #i’m not a loser #cool as i think i am #wiggle #wiggly #wiggog y'wrath #linda monroe

[velvet4510]

Yeah The Phantom Menace is technically 20th century but just by a year so it gets a pass.

#star wars #leitmotif #musical score #film score #john williams #across the stars #duel of the fates #battle of the heroes #music poll #star wars movies #disney star wars

[soggedboytroutanti]

You know what Id love to see?

in the next nightmare time, or just whenever we see Emma and Paul again. If one of them were on the phone with the other, and we heard the “talking with my wife on the phone” leitmotif. No i dont know its official name but we saw it in forever and always and what do you want Paul. Anyways I think I would cry /pos

#tgwdlm #hatchetfield #the guy who didnt like musicals #starkid #paulkins #emma perkins #droid23 #paul matthews #paul 23 #emdroid #nightmare time #nmt #leitmotif #hatchetfield leitmotif

[cha-mij]

MUSIC HZD VS HFW

Ok having played them back to back and then back again I have to say as much as I love the music in HFW, the music for HZD was SO MUCH more haunting and at times more energy inducing.

I really wish they'd carried over more of the Leitmotifs developed for HZD.

Imagine hunting those stalkers that were attacking the Oseram camp near Thornmarsh or the Tremourtusk in the Bulwark mission with "To the Hunt!" ringing in your ears (because honestly that piece would SO suit the Tenakth), or a faint reprise of "Motherland" when Varl mentions the Sacred Lands (or when Zo mentions his grave facing east towards his home.

When it comes to "To the Hunt" I also don't know why that didn't feature in the Hunting Trials for HFW either. I REALLY missed it.

#horizon #horizon zero dawn #horizon forbidden west #hzd #hfw #leitmotif #game music #game soundtrack #horizon soundtrack #aloy

[lazyasriel]

currently going insane about the httyd film score again. It’s amazing how you can tell exactly what’s going on just by listening to the music.

Currently listening to the score for the second film score and it got to a battle scene and at first you have hiccup and toothless’ themes mixed together while they’re fighting and then things go wrong and you hear it in the music. Then his dad’s motif plays as the scene focuses on him, then his mum’s motif as she leads out the dragons. And then their marriage motif plays as they help Hiccup together.

AND YOU CAN TELL ALL OF THIS JUST FROM THE MUSIC

Leitmotifs man - gets me every time

John Powell you fucking legend

#httyd #httyd 2 #hiccup and toothless #httyd hiccup #film score #movie score #leitmotif #composition #john powell

[greatgavintron]

Requiem leitmotif in Requiem: Behold, the beauty and wonder of humanity's accomplishments

Requiem leitmotif in Order: Humanity's failed savior returns, desperate to right his wrongs all those years ago, an impossible goal he will never achieve.

Requiem leitmotif in War Without Reason: All the death, all the destruction, these horrific deeds will forever stain the legacy of humanity, still wreaking havoc on what little of a world is left.

#ultrakill #minos prime #requiem #requiem motif #order ultrakill #war without reason #leitmotif #earthmover #benjamin ultrakill

[plasmalink]

i wanna just let you know that your meme twinkle twinkle little star leitmotif meme got a "nursery rhyme freedom motif" response so i just. made this short melody LOL

this goes hard

#196 #asks #leitmotif

[undergoing-mitosis]

what is it about video game boss themes with harpsichord always going SO HARD

no like, we have World's End Valentine, Mantis Lords, Pandora Palace (and just all of Queen's themes in general), just like arghhhhh

the harpsichord has such a unique timbre, and something about that makes it worth so well with a certain genre of character. it just feels so perfectly fitting to all these characters, making for some striking and recognisable leitmotifs, and it also has the perfect opportunity for fast runs and insane melodies when things hype up.

this is a harpsichord appreciation post. the harpsichord is not appreciated enough, especially when it's used in modern music.

here are the songs i talked about. please feel free to drop any other epic harpsichord songs (especially video game music!!) in the notes, i would love to hear em!

#can you tell i am a music nerd #anyways harpsichord my beloved #harpsichord #music theory #music analysis #video game analysis #video game music #leitmotif #indie games #indie game music #omori #omori ost #world's end valentine #sweetheart omori #hollow knight #hk #the mantis lords #mantis lords #hollow knight ost #hk ost #mantis lords hk #queen #deltarune #deltarune chapter 2 #deltarune chapter two #queen deltarune #pandora palace #deltarune ost #toby fox #thoughts n rambles

[carldoonan]

When a soundtrack is full of those delicious, delicious leitmotifs 🎶 (2020)

#Self Portrait #Music #Leitmotif #Leitmotifs #Animation #Om nom nom #Carl Art #Carl Doonan Art

[whenzdaylunch]

Been a bit obsessed with Toby Fox's works recently

#toby fox #undertale #deltarune #leitmotif #music

[velvet4510]

I guess I’m one of those weirdos who so deeply feels the essence of an instrumental leitmotif from a film score associated with a particular character or couple, that I start associating said leitmotifs in my head with ANOTHER character from an entirely different film/book/series. And I’ve built up a whole library of leitmotifs for LOTR characters even though I ADORE Howard Shore’s original score for the trilogy. I consider these leitmotifs to be add-ons, NOT replacements.

Nor do I intend to completely dissasociate all of these themes from their intended films/characters; some of them are perfect fits for the films they were written for. It’s just my mind going wild like usual. (But I admit, in some cases, the pieces are from films I dislike, and thus I would rather see these great songs associated with something of LOTR quality rather than what they were actually stuck with, especially when the lack of lyrics gives you the freedom to let the melody take you wherever it takes you, personally.)

In the case of Silmarillion characters and relationships, well, it’s a different story - it really is my attempt to cobble together what could be a hypothetical score, if it were brought to the screen. Obviously it’d never be this exactly, but I would hope a composer for a potential screen adaptation of The Silmarillion might be inspired by themes like these.

In some cases, the characters these themes were originally written for don’t resemble the corresponding LOTR characters very much, or at all. Also some of them have titles that by themselves could not be more different from and unfitting for Tolkien’s world. It’s just the melodies on their own, without context or even name, performed by these gorgeous orchestras, that have come to remind me of particular Tolkien figure(s).

I also have found lots of “love themes”, both romantic and platonic, for character relationships, as you’ll see. I’ve included romantic themes for canonical couples, as well as for pairings that I personally ship. I know Shore already gave Aragorn and Arwen a theme, but as I said, these are all extra additions and not replacements.

And yes I have a lot of Star Wars stuff in here, because I love Star Wars…but I love Tolkien more.

For the heck of it I’ll share some of these, with links to each song on YT. It’s hard to explain why I made these choices/associations, but maybe you’ll get it if you listen to some of them.

CHARACTER THEMES

Frodo = “Romeo” by Nino Rota

Sam = “Rey’s Theme” by John Williams

Aragorn = “The John Dunbar Theme” by John Barry

Gandalf = “Yoda’s Theme” by John Williams

Legolas = “Rose Tico” by John Williams

Lúthien = “Once Upon a Time in the West” by Ennio Morricone

Éowyn = “Marion’s Theme” by John Williams

The Valar = “Guardians of the Whills Suite” by Michael Giacchino

THEMES FOR LANDS/LOCATIONS

The Undying Lands = “Out of Africa” by John Barry

ROMANTIC LOVE THEMES

Frodo x Sam = “Love Theme from Ben-Hur” by Miklos Rozsa

Beren x Lúthien = “Speak Softly Love” by Nino Rota

Faramir x Éowyn = “Han Solo and the Princess” by John Williams

Aragorn x Arwen = “Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso” by Ennio Morricone

Sam x Rosie = “Love Theme from Dances with Wolves” by John Barry

Bilbo x Thorin = “Midnight Cowboy” by John Barry

Thingol x Melian = “Indecent Proposal” by John Barry

Fingon x Maedhros = “Wuthering Heights” by Alfred Newman

Finrod x Bëor = “The Scarlet Letter” by John Barry

Aegnor x Andreth = “Laura” by David Raksin

Túrin x Beleg = “Across the Stars” by John Williams

Tuor x Idril = “Conversation Piece” by Bernard Herrmann

Eärendil x Elwing = “Tennessee” by Hans Zimmer

PLATONIC RELATIONSHIP THEMES

Legolas & Gimli = “Rain Man” by Hans Zimmer

Boromir & Faramir = “Luke and Leia” by John Williams

Bilbo & Frodo* = “The Mother’s Love” by Miklos Rozsa

Elrond & Elros = “Brothers” by Hans Zimmer

I may edit this as I think of more.

* Bilbo & Frodo’s melody is heard in the first minute of the linked track, 0:00–1:01, and again towards the end; also, the love theme I associate with Frodo & Sam starts playing at 1:03, making this whole thing fit all the hobbits even better.

#lotr #jrr tolkien #lotr books #lord of the rings #film music #frodo baggins #samfro #frodo x sam #bagginshield #bilbo and frodo #legolas and gimli #eowyn x faramir #eowyn #aragorn #gandalf #luthien tinuviel #beren and luthien #aragorn x arwen #boromir #faramir #valinor #nienna #the valar #bilbo x thorin #farawyn #leitmotif

[bittersweetburnedcaramel]

I would be that kind of character that you see only sometimes in a game and then get very curious about, because my theme leitmotif plays in a bunch of places that shouldn't be related to me at all :^

"Why does the little caramel buddy theme play in every backstory exposition???"

"What? In the saving menu too???"

I always liked this kind of musical easter egg or connections, like the gaster theme and how hearing it actives lore mode on every undertale/deltarune fan

#leitmotif #videogame ost

[hyperfixation-hideout]

QUINLYN very important

is it you who has oscars leitmotif in sheet music i need it for hyperfixation purposes...

go nuts! :D

(It's not official afaik but it's way more detailed/accurate than the version I attempted to transcribe in noteflight lol)

Bear in mind this is just the first introduction of his music, and that it has many variations that play on motifs in here! Most commonly, the first 4 (or 8) notes of the melody (eg the first 2 measures), or the bridge melody (eg measure 13-14). In longer instances, such as his talk with Ruby in v5ch5, his conversations with Ozpin in volume 8 (ch 2 & 9 especially) or the music playing during the Paper Pleaser's monologue about "merging with the tree" in v9ch8, you can hear much more of or all of his theme. Most of the time, though, like most RWBY characters, only a few notes of his motif will play over moments focused on/about him, usually the first 4 of this one in Oscar's case :) WARNING: Many instances of Oscar's leitmotif playing incorporate elements/melodies from Ozpin's! Typically this is when A) he's talking to/with Ozpin, B) Oz is in control (eg sparring with Ruby, Ozpin's speech in Risk, etc), C) He's talking about Ozpin (eg with IW in v7ch7), or D) he's in a position relating to his role as an ozcarnation (eg confronting Leo). So beware getting the two confused! They've been getting more and more intertwined lately...

#quinanswer #aspennntree #oscar pine #leitmotif #ozpin #gonna try to answer a couple asks hopefully cause I've been absent af lol

[spenglernot]

BLACKBEARD & ZHENG YI SAO MIRRORING

It’s hard not to notice that Zheng Yi Sao has a lot in common with Blackbeard, including a similar leitmotif.

#Ofmd s2 #Ofmd s2 spoilers #Zheng yi sao #Blackbeard #Edward teach #Mirroring #Leitmotif #Motif #Music #Ofmd music