Reminds me that I've never seen a movie as ruined by relentlessly banging on the same notes as the otherwise superb High Noon (1952)--and, somehow, composer Dmitri Tiomkin was lauded for it.
@@Roddy556and a shocked face of the creator or the fake mr beast type smile, those videos are never interesting, they’re aimed at gen z with short attention spans that need jump cuts and zooms to keep them hooked 😂
My favourite leitmotifs are when characters are represented by instruments, with melodies playing out ideas and emotions. Two characters fighting would have their sets of instruments playing the 'conflict' theme etc.
The Lord of the Rings soundtrack is amazing. Another thing, could you talk about the opening scene of the "Intouchables" (2011), the soundtrack from (Ludovico Einaudi), the cinematography or the screenplay
In Blue Sky Studio's "Horton Hears a Who", composer John Powell introduces a lietmotif in the opening scene. Throughout the film, it conveys Whoville's safety and Horton's belief: "A person is a person, no matter how small."
Kylo Ren and his theme is the perfect example of a masterpiece of a leitmotif. Such a flexible theme that can be played in many different ways to not only convey Kylo’s presence but also his rage, anger, threat. Not only this but his leitmotif can be played to convey Kylo’s conflict, sadness and insecurities. Even when Kylo returns to the light, the leitmotif is still played but in a higher key, conveying his turn.
I always liked that super subtle empirial march melody in Anakin's theme. Also, I can't handle that montage from Up. Just watching this short excerpt from it made me cry.
I just watch Lotr (all three) when I saw this video. You can tell how important leitmotif is in the scene where they light the beacons. Without the music the audience is just watching these tiny little dots on mountaintops appear slowly, but with the leitmotif you feel the uniting of Rohan and Gondor and its so triumphant I'm sure many people have cried at it. I just think that scene is an incredibly feat of storytelling because if I showed that to someone who has never seen Lotr and told them its one of the best scenes they'd think I'm crazy. But the set up for lighting the beacons was from the first movie, too. Leitmotif plus set up from several hours (years) and movies before and its a tearjerker.
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Not a film, but the Undertale OST by Toby Fox is probably one of the best examples of leitmotifs I know of His use of leitmotifs is so well done that people who haven’t even played the games can form connections between different characters and locations
Harry potter has great music that evolves over time. First time I saw the opening with breaking of the bridge and swoops across london with that suspenseful strings I really got goosebumps!
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Dwarrowdelf from lord of the rings is perhaps greatest music ever put into film , it convey perfectly the weight of thousands of years, glory of past , sadness of present and awe of beauty..its just can't be described in words , only can be felt. That scene creates an emotion of awe that my childhood version will feel in a magastic dream...
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Bond films are unique in that each one has its own original song for the intro, and then the composer has to build in those melodic recalls throughout the picture to varying levels. Each film's exclusive song basically becomes its own macro Leitmotif score. Not sure I can think of another example of that!
The Lord of the Rings has for me easily the best soundtrack of all time. Aside of that John Williams is the master himself. It's true that his most recent works in this last five years (the last two movies of Star Wars mainly) don't have particularly great soundtracks, he has consistently masterful in all his works. My favorite ones are Star Wars from I to IV. It's funny that he has been nominated for the Oscar for the new trilogy when the soundtracks haven't been as outstanding but not for episodes I, II and III, which soundtracks are even better than the ones in the original three for me. It's clear that the hate of the time caused this. But still, it surprises me when they are such masterpieces.
Say what? John Williams' last few works may not be quite as spectacular as some of the other things he’s done, but they sure beat the heck out of most other scores in recent years. I usually don't agree with the Academy, but the nominations were very well deserved this time.
@@Flashplayer65 John William's work for The Fabelmans is outstanding. If it wins the Oscar I wouldn't be surprised. It couldn't be considered as a compensation as so many other awards. Although, personally, I prefer The Batman and Babylon slightly more.
I watched the composer of the Craig James Bond talk about using the leitmotif to introduce him in Casino Royal. Nothing regarding the John Barry theme turns up until he's at the casino and says his name, then a short phrase in input. Throughout the film, you never get the whole leitmotif, he just adds another phrase to what has come before with each archetypical "Bond moment", right up until the last moment of the film, when the brass virtually yells the first notes of it as the screen goes to black, and then it's there in all its glory, ready for the next film. It's a very clever way to reboot the character yet still have a solid foot in the better bits of the past.
Beethoven was very good with Leitmotif. A famous one is the first four notes of his 5th Symphony, first movement. His 3rd, 4th, 6th and 9th Symphonies use well known themes. Bruchner's 5th is the basis for the Seven Nation Army theme.
Thanks for this Inspiring presentation about the Leitmotif. I understand more his Signification. I understand that the Theme Score is the Soul of the Movie. The Leitmotif is the Soul of the Character, the Identity of the Movie. Brilliant!
We spent a couple of lessons learning about leitmotif in our music class, I still had no clue what it was about. I watch one Studiobinder video about the same thing, I understand it completely
This is a really helpful video to hear the sense of music. Not only leitmotif to tell stories, but every medium that has different sense or feel to capture time.
What Spielberg is talking about at 2:55 is that sometimes the shark shows up without the leitmotif, but the leitmotif does not once show up without the shark
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Brilliant video! A script is the body of a movie, editing its clothes and make up, characters are movie's blood vessels, a story is its heart and the music is the soul of every movie! Thx! Subscribed definitely!
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That scene where Ellie passes her Adventure book to Carl. Instant tears again.
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You guys are explain things very effectively and short. Those subjects would be explained in hours buy you guys can make it in 10 minutes. Also with good telling and examples.
I've heard the phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words", and now you've turned it into "a good melody is worth a thousand words". Point taken, but I think such phrases underestimate the power of words. From a simple quote such as "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way" to Quint's USS Indianapolis speech, the right combination of words can also convey more than either pictures or melodies.
As an concept- and game-artist, i really must say, it depends on the theme. Well, it's kind of an mix actually, imagery and sound. On my projects (speciall during my studytime) i've allways sayed, the impact of my visuals depends on the sound that i'm useing. Sound/music for it self is emotional, but the image get's mor strength by sound/music. Whenever i designing something, i've got some matching sound in the background, to the image/theme i'm working on. By this way, i can say "yeah, yes, this image works, this is gonna going pretty cool".
I know this isn't a film, but Genshin Impact has some of the best examples of this, there's subtle leitmotifs in every region's soundtrack that ties back to the main theme. Yu Peng Chen is such a master at his craft. Please check out Genshin's music even if you're not interested in the game, it's some life changing stuff.
Let's just all go ahead and agree: When you want to demonstrate exceptional compositional technique in music, you just can't go wrong with John Williams.
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How about Sam Raini's Spiderman... like we feel Spiderman's feelings through the music. We can tell either he is dancing through the air or the man is depressed.
Leitmotifs is a short recurring musical phrase. They are crucial in cinema. They are used in Characters - highlight characters and their traits. What kind of character they are, what side they are on. Settings - highlight settings and their moods. Emotions - highlight/elevate emotions and their meanings. What the character or characters are feeling in that scene/moment. Leitmotifs are guides to feelings, musical tunes are that repeated severally. Idea. It can be Evolutionised as well. A tune that will foreshadow the character's turn in rhe future. A call back but for music.
What this video does not show is how the vast majority of films do *not* do this anymore, at least in the past 20 years, and I think that is a real loss to movie music. Hopefully it will return properly some day.
That’s true, a lot of characters don’t seem to have recognisable themes for themselves anymore, probably coz younger composers don’t think like that anymore
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Wow never thought that it was such a fundamental concept for movie too. In a game the equivalent to 1&2 would be a Character BGM and Area BGM the 3 not so sure, maybe a theme song? since it's like the most critical piece in soundtrack. 4 is like a fundamental of reusing track.
I love that in the Book of Boba Fett when Fett is talking about needing some muscle you can hear the opening bass recorder and immediately know The Mandalorian is coming
Wow, amazing video. In spite of everything, in my opinion, the best leitmotiv is a song, not a created theme exactly to the cinema: Tubular Bells, Mike Oldfield, 1973. Thank you.
Leitmotif in a nutshell: Extremely emotional part of a song that has like 90% of the community Hooked. Examples: Bury the light, Devil may cry 5 or Requiem Leitmotif - Ultrakill
It would be fun to change the motifs and watch the scenes with them switched. IE: the Hobbiton theme over Mordor, Elven themes over Hobbits, Mordor over Rohan etc etc
