I know that there are countless amount of movies/games soundtracks with leitmotifs, but other than that I’ve never found albums with leitmotifs.

  • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    It does, the overture doesn’t only introduces later songs (through leitmotifs), it reuses them again for a reprise and a finale.

    yeah what I’m saying is I don’t think that’s really what a “leitmotif” is.

    • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 days ago

      How is it not?. If anything, DT’s instrumental use of leitmotif for composition is more classical and predates the crude and vulgar current interpretation of leitmotif=“this character is on screen”.

      • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 days ago

        “A leitmotif or Leitmotiv[1] (/ˌlaɪtmoʊˈtiːf/) is a “short, recurring musical phrase”[2] associated with a particular person, place, or idea.”

        I don’t think any of DTs recurring musical phrases are “associated with a particular person, place, or idea.”