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#more matt dahan appreciation please
ruthflemwad · 8 months
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more people need to talk about matt dahan and his genius underscoring in nightmare time. like to name off a few of my favourite moments (these might not all be 100% correct bc i have a bad memory but i appreciate matt dahan nonetheless)
in almost every episode there’s musical references to the opening/credit song - ex. we hear the hatchetfield ape man motif before we even hear the song the hatchetfield ape man. same with one thousand eyes and the web i spin for you i believe
similarly there are lots of character motifs - show stopping number often plays when hidgens is onscreen, and when he discusses working boys that motif plays
keywords are often met with motifs too - i can remember a couple ultimatums that were accompanied by the join us and die instrumental
in watcher world there are lots of not your seed references, and during really tender alice and bill moments matt tends to play the “why does it hurt to love you” bit
adore me plays a lot for linda during honey queen
one of my personal favourites - when we first meet roman in honey queen the nibbly ditty plays as underscoring. like come on that’s genius.
in abstinence camp when boy jerry is hiding mary and noah’s bodies matt plays a slowed down version of virginity rocks
in yellow jacket when hannah’s driving her go kart around the new apartment matt plays janes a car
if i remember correctly hannah gets what if tomorrow comes motif a lot in yellow jacket
same with lex she gets the black friday motif a lot
also in yellow jacket when otho’s about to take hannah over matt plays let it out
yellow jacket just generally gets a lot of tgwdlm underscoring references whenever otho’s on screen
there’s almost definitely more so if you can think of any SAY IT but. matt dahan is a musical genius with what he does with jeff blim’s motifs for underscoring and to think that at least during the first nmt episode he like totally improvised the backing music… ugh he’s so amazing
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shyence-officer-cat · 3 years
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Spoilers ahead, to both Nightmare Time and its talkback
I needed to write down my favorite moments from the livestream, because there were some really precious gems. They're a lot, so this is a very long post. 
Also, like I said in the title, there might be some Nightmare Time spoilers under the cut. 
Enjoy if you're gonna read this.
Joey to Jon, who’s wearing a blue shirt and has a blue background: are you blue daba dee daba daa?
Nick on how to pronounce Matt Dahan’s last name: be like Lando, guys
Corey L. is the zoom daddy
hello, I am Angela plz vote Giarratana *wink wink wink wink* and I wrote all the music, it was so fun
From now on there are going to be spoilers from Ep2 and Ep3 of Nightmare Time. 
Angela: *lists the characters she played* and Snigglette
Joey: R.I.P
hello *very long pause* my name is Joey
Joey:  I played a denim guy *switching to Wilbur accent* in the witch in the web Corey L.: a Canadian?
Jeff: I like that we’re talking about this like it happened 20 years ago
Angela: I will say, what a bold move to watch the talkback before the material
me, an Italian, during the usa voting discourse: jfc this seems so hard and confusing. And Corey L. is right, it shouldn’t be this hard to vote
Jon: “if you can vote, please do, please exercise that right, so we can keep it” {this is incredibly scary, but true}
Dylan: you can’t mute people? I’m just saying in real life, you can’t? *evil smile*
*Robert enters the chat* Dylan: Roberto Manini!
Robert: I pay more taxes than the president, please vote for me, on my behalf
Dylan: the VVitch in the VVeb
Robert: it was fun to see Kendall. Kendall hasn’t aged at all
Corey L.: not like the rest of us…
{Ouch}
~
*James talking about his instagram choreography challenge*
Robert: James do you post it on tiktok?
James: I do not have a tiktok, because I have a personal vendetta about it
Robert: that’s good, but I think you should post them on tiktok , because those things spread like fire on tiktok
{just the way Robert said that last thing it’s gold}
~
Robert: Jeff you look so handsome with your haircut
Jeff: thank you, uh, I..I don’t know, I don’t have a comeback, sorry…thank you
Robert: Jeff, you don’t need to
{I react the same way to compliments, i.e. I don’t know how to react} 
 *James brings up ‘Artists and Beyond’*
Jeff: I’ll teach ya how to make a great vine
Matt: *about finishing the album* what Jeff and I do is we just go back and forth with the mixes and we send them to each other
Angela: you guys are playing video games, c’mon
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Angela to Nick: I just saw one [question] that maybe, I don’t know, you wanna answer, looks like, why the car scene?
Robert: cause it’s hot
*someone unintentionally unmutes the youtube livestream on their pc*
*chaos ensues*
*everyone is shocked and confused, while trying to figure out who did it*
*Angela plays overreacting, till she realizes*
Angela: Guys I’m so sorry! It was me! The whole time I was pleading for someone to turn it off!
Jeff: spoiler alert spoiler alert spoiler alert spoiler alert! Okay, that’s your alert
Mariah: someone said, where is the man in a hurry going?
Jeff: that is the biggest question of the Hatchetfield universe. It’s the crux of the whole universe, that is ‘The Question’ and I know the answer, but I will never share
Curt: cause his intention is holding the fabric of spacetime together
Jeff: he holds everything together, it would blow your mind
Angela: I feel like the answer to that question is ‘where are YOU going?’
{‘Where are we going?’ plays, in my mind, but I’m sure in Matt’s mind too}
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Corey L.: will we get some more Hidgens?
Nick: probably yes
Robert: No
Corey D.: Robert is retiring Hidgens
Corey D. just spoiled something about Working Boys…?
Corey D.: guys, it’s been so long, I don’t know what’s…I don’t know {me too Corey, I feel the same}
Corey L.: anyone have, like, favorite songs or music videos?
Angela, Mariah and Joey: GOT MY FOOT ON THE GAAAAS!
Jeff: actually, Angela’s music video for Jane’s a car is the best
Corey L.: her vine
Jeff: yes, her vine
{if you don’t know, this is referring to a story Angela posted on her Instagram after episode 3 was out and, also, there is a recurring joke about vines in the livestream}
Curt: I thought ‘time bastard’ is a JAM! As a lover of all spy related things, I thought it’s such an epic song {Curt, of course you love spies}
Kim: I paid him to say that
Mariah: we were like, this is ssexxxyy, it was SEXY
thanks Corey D. for speaking the truth, the Hatchetfield Ape-Man is a masterpiece, both music and music video, and Jaime Lyn Beatty is a goddess
foot on the gas returns
Jeff: with Jane’s a car my intent was like, I just want to write a song that would be sweet to listen to in a car, like when you’re driving, I wanna hear this song {you nailed it, sir}
Joey to Jeff, about Jane’s a car: you gotta rename it ‘I got *miming parentheses with his hands* (my foot on the gas)’
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Nick: we had one series before this, we did those harry potter musicals
Joey: What? Huh?
*Dylan plugs his upcoming project*
Angela: I’ll get my foot on the gas to come see it *wink wink wink wink*
{foot on gas returns, again. also, the winks}
Dylan: Jeff, that was a really fucking fun song to record
Jeff: yeah, you sound great on it
Dylan: thanks, man
Jeff: and so does Angela
{it’s always Angela appreciation time. I wish I saved that ig story, it was really funny}
Angela: we haven’t talked about the best part of the song, which is ‘Hatchetfield, come on’
Dylan: I just was recording the song and in one take I just did that, and I went ‘oh, this can’t ever not be in the song!’, I was like ‘Jeff PLEASE!’
Corey D.: Matt did you plug your album? Where is Matt at? Oh, he left… oh, here he is!
James: Corey doesn’t know how to use Zoom
Corey D.: You moved boxes when Dylan left and I thought he was gone too!
Matt: we’re just messing with you
{Corey, your confusion is too relatable}
*Kim brings up the lips question*
Nick: we don’t need to talk about that
Corey D.: No, I wanna know the answer, geez
*Robert shows a picture of the Sanderson sisters*
Mariah: I love three ladies.
Angela: What was the hardest scene?
Robert: It was very hard for me to sit through any of Angela’s scenes.
Angela: oh goOD oOnNE!
Nick: oh WOW!
Matt: WHAT?
Mariah: ROBERT!
*Robert can’t stop talking about the hocus pocus stream*
Mariah: Robert, we know where you want to be. Do you wanna go?
*talking about the Mariah PEIP character in ‘America is great again’ and Zoey in the helicopter scene*
Nick: I think maybe you are two different people
Mariah: two souls in one body
Corey D.: *shakes his head* *Nope*
Mariah:*notices, shakes her head too* *yeah, nope*
Corey L.: time is irrelevant at this point
*talking about the song ‘the web I spin for you’*
Corey L.: when are we getting it in the club, like dance mix?
Jeff: that’s what I’m trying! I’m trying to get it there and it’s hard to do!
Nick: in my mind ‘the trail to Oregon’ is a show that was done at the Starlight theatre, if anything
Nick: *listing the names of the furry little monsters* Pokotho, Bliklotep, T’noy Karaxis, Nibblenephim, Wiggog Y’wrath
Robert: and Fred
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melchron · 4 years
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Nightmare Time Episode 3 Thoughts
I usually save this for the end of my thoughts but I have to say this now. OMG MATT DAHAN!!! I WILL NEVER NOT BE IMPRESSED BY HIM! Usually with the episodes I catch 1 or 2 motifs but I swear I caught everyone this time. And they all fit so well. My attention was evenly split between the music and the story this time. It was so freaking good. Matt deserves all the awards like omg.
I think this is the least laggy the theme has been. Good job going all out for the last one!
I said to my mom "Did Shashona record this video?" and she did!! Great cinematography Shashona!!
I also pointed out the Tim's daddy mask. I said "Aww he's wearing a mask for his son!". I guess my mom got confused and forgot Tim's name because she thought I was talking about Dylan's (nonexistent) son.
THE DRILL PRESSES!!
LEX AND ETHAN
I kind of already knew this but I love that Ethan knows cars. I just likes that he has a hobby.
Lex cares about Tom so much I love it.
WHY DID JANE TRY TO KILL ETHAN?!?!?!? TOM DOESN'T WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO HIM!!!! DID SHE HAVE SOME PERSONAL REASONS LIKE WHY!?!??!
That Lexthan interaction was so cute. I love how he saw she was super sorry and scared and he just stopped being mad and comforted her. They are so cute I can't handle it!!
KENDALL!!! Ok so through out this whole thing I know everyone was excited for their favorite character to come back but I really just wanted to see Kendall again. I guess after BF I assumed we would never see her again because I couldn't see them working with children becoming a normal thing. But when the original cast announcement came out I got so happy to see her name. So I was super excited to see her.
Her covering her hair with a beanie looks better than the wig
UNCLE PAUL I'M SOFT I CAN'T HANDLE THIS!!!!!
Cineplex Teen is like Larry from tawog. I guess we should start calling him Obnoxious Teen then. Until we get a name.
I love that Tim immediately likes Becky. Wish I could say the same for my stepparents.
Santa Claus Is Going To High School bb. Also I want to hear the rest of that song. Also also how many wigs does Lauren own?
TONY GREEN
Why must they make love to this movie everytime? Can't we simply just watch it and make fun of like normal people? That way Tim can enjoy it too.
Good for Jane for making sure her son doesn't have to eat disgusting school lunch. She gets good mom points.
Aww Becky reassuring him he's not a Dummy
Becky is like really horny this episode. Honestly Tom's into so go ahead girl
JAIME IS JANE
OK OK OK SO Jane said they were driving home from her parents house. Which means they were still alive when Jane died. That was only a year and a half ago so the Perkins parents might have died more recently than we thought. It's like Spring of 2019 right? So Jane died around Fall 2017. I don't remember if this was said in the show (it probably was and I'm saying nothing new) but I think Black Friday takes place about a year after her death. Tgwdlm took place October 2018. They have to have died only a few months before then. How long had Emma been in Hatchetfield before tgwdlm? Maybe there is a possibility we can see a flashback of an interaction with her parents depending on how long it's been. Also that means Emma lost her whole family in the span of a few months omg. And Tim lost his mom and his grandparents in that time. I want to see how they grieved with all of that. Also I know I'm crossing universes here but Emma also almost died the same day Jane did. Some strange force must really have it out for the Perkins family. Good on Emma for surviving like a champ.
Ok so I thought they went scouting for girls because Jane didn't want the man she loved to have to devote the rest of his life to a car. I thought she was trying to help him move on. She was getting good lover points but those have since been redacted.
Jane is definitely bi and I love that for her. I don't care if she tried to kill her new crush. It was new enough for it to mean nothing.
GREENPEACE GIRL
Tom does look like a creep ngl
Jane reminds us she's a car a lot. Like girl we get it.
No. No. No. NO NO NO NO NO NO NOPE! We're not talking about it. I don't want to. I stared at James the whole and honestly same dude. I saw Nick in my peripheral vision and loved/hated that he was laughing. RIP to me watching this with my mom. RIP to Kendall. Actually rip to everyone who had to sit through that. RIP to Jaime and Dylan for having to perform that. RIP to the cursed rehearsals. Matt and Nick seriously took the time to sit down and write that. What the heck you two?!? This made me more uncomfy than the entirety of mamd and Ted's character combined. I wish I was exaggerating. Maybe this was just me but it felt longer than it needed to. The relief and worry I felt when Tim walked in is a feeling I can not explain. Glad he was clueless.
Tim sweetie I love you but SHUT UP
Jane is crazy and Jaime is doing such an amazing job at portraying that.
Yes Tom. Because grave digging is way crazier than possessed cars.
I asked my mom why the didn't just go grave digging for Jane's body but my mom said the body is probably all rotted and gross so that explains that.
Why didn't Becky just go inside? If she went far enough I doubt Jane would have been able to hit her even if she managed to break into the house. Also let's assume Becky's house had an upstairs. There, perfect safety.
Did Becky seriously die in the same woods as Stanley?
Ok so I thought the tree thing was a reference to little Irish girl Becky from the Black Friday sk10 stream. But now it seems like something more serious and bad happened so I'm curious.
DID JANE GET TOM ARRESTED?!?!? It seemed like she could drive herself at that point. Why not let him get out and get Becky yourself? Is this that self confidence thing Tom talked about?
Is she really about to have her son be obsessed with Ms. Becky for the rest of their lives or is she gonna tell him?
This next episode made me physically jump twice. I say literally a lot but I promise you I'm using it correctly when I say I literally jumped.
KENDALL'S SINGING
I saw the thing about the ukelele being a bday gift from the cast so this was super sweet
Ok personal time. My grandmother's name is Pamela and my mom decided to permanently cut ties with her a few months ago due to her abusive behavior. Me and my sibling are still allowed to talk to her whenever we please but we haven't seen her as much as we used to. I got kind of scared watching this with my mom because I was scared this would trigger something. She didn't say anything and I didn't want to bother her about if she was fine so I didn't say anything. Anyway this just kind of hit different for me.
JAIME'S RANGE OMG
"I want to be alone with my man." Ms what are you about to do to your Tv?
DON'T GIVE HER BEER
Duke seems chill. I like him.
LEX AND ETHAN GOT ARRESTED!?!?!? FOR SELLING HER PILLS!?!??! THAT SHE TOLD THEM TO SELL!?!?!? I HATE HER!!!
Does Ms. Foster have a type or is being male good enough?
Hannah's 14? I thought she was the same age as Tim. I could have sworn in the BF commentary track they said she was 9 or 10. Did my brain make that up?
How does Kim change her hair so quickly? She did this in episode 2 too? I could never. I am very impressed.
Curt and Kim talking over the phone while standing shoulder to shoulder was funnier than it should have been
Ms. Holloway is cool. YAY MOSTLY GOOD WITCHES
How does Ms. Holloway know? I need a backstory please!!
Ok so I saw Jon in his cape and thought he might be the with. But then I saw James in his cape I y'know stopped thinking that. Anyway I'm obsessed with Jon and James in capes. Kind of wish Corey had one too.
OH I JUST THOUGHT THIS AS I'M TYPING NOW ok so that tree she was talking to at the beginning was one of the tree people. I'm embarrassed it took me this long to realise it.
Hannah is way too calm about these talking trees and sometimes spider ladies. I respect that.
There was a lot of black and white theming in this episode. More than normal. It makes me more curious about what exactly Hannah's connection to it is.
Hannah almost died in her own mind. I was kinda hating Ms. Holloway in this moment because she forced Hannah to go into her mind. But I know she had to so I'm cool with her again.
THE STARLIGHT THEATER
Did she really say just don't be scared next time? Like miss some actual advice would help.
CAN MS. HOLLOWAY'S MIND LEAVE HANNAH ALONE?? Like I know you didn't get the reaction you wanted out of her but you're seriously gonna give up and go for a little girl instead. Pathetic.
"What's shakin', Banana?" That was the first time I jumped.
WIGGLY
What exactly is that 6-legged girl? I wish we had a visual. Also how couldn't Ms. Holloway help her? What was her issue? Npmd you got anything for me?
Wiley. Just seeing him come up. That was the second time I jumped.
Also everyone already said this but props to Joey for his commitment. Shaving in between episodes like omg sir you didn't have to go all out for this. But you did and I appreciate you for it. Also HE KEPT THE JACKET?? WHAT!??! Just fully committed to this character go off Joey!!
Usually I would laugh at stuff phasing through the green screen but this just made it creepier.
HOLLOWAY AND WILEY/WILBUR BACKSTORY PLEASE
But also I love how the script had him listed at Wilbur above his lines. I remember Nick called him Wilbur once in the commentary track (possibly by accident) but it's nice to have it in cannon. I don't remember I any of the characters called him Wilbur because I'm so used to seeing Wilbur and Wiley used interchangeably but this was just nice to have canonized.
DUKE PAY ATTENTION!! FREAKING USELESS RIGHT NOW!!!
Dang Wiley she was already being choked in the physical world you didn't have to choke her in her mind too calm down
YAY MORE DOLLS
NICK I WAS KIDDING ABOUT AN APOTHEOSIS DOLL
Is the mouth one (I see we've named him Nibbly. Good because his full name is too long to type out) gonna be the npmd villain? The pick color theme seems cool.
ANGELA'S TRANSITION THOUGH!!! Omg she switched roles seamlessly. And her voice too!! Go off Angela.
MARIAH IS WEBBY
This is random and unrelated but I never noticed how big Mariah's eyes were before.
So Webby and the Doll Gang are all siblings? I find it interesting that the were described to all where black. And Webby's color theme is white. Like how the good and bad ukeleles were white and black. This might sound really dumb see as we don't have a 100% accurate visual of the black and white but I wonder if Webby ever left would it be 100% black? Like if Wiggly went through the portal would it become a little less black? Does this make sense? Also I'm starting to see the black and white as less of a bad place. Its starting to see more ominously neutral.
Hannah's favorite show is He-Man no I do accept criticism.
Ms. Holloway is a nerd. She saw Hannah make the reference and was like "Huh. I f she likes He-Man maybe making this hat a reference will make her like me." She would only know if she watched the show. But then again she seems to be stuck in the 80s so maybe she just thinks that's what's popular with the kids.
MS. HOLLOWAY PLEASE GET LEX AND ETHAN BACK
AND ANOTHER GREAT SONG TO END IT OFF
This episode was......a lot. So much happened. Loved all of it. I am scared of Nick and Matt's minds but also incredibly grateful for them. As usual everyone's acting was top notch.
I love this episode.
Also I'm just gonna say it. Jon ruined Nick's season one reveal.
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