Music That Moves You
Castle Point 2019
Sunday 4:30PM in Panels 3
Panel Description
Everything we watch has a background score: thematic music that is specifically written for a scene or a character or a mood. In this panel, we survey soundtracks from many popular shows to analyze and celebrate how music creates contrast, elevates emotions, and in some cases, drives the narrative.
Clips
Part 1 - Why music?
Death Parade
Plastic Nee-san
Turn A Gundam
Behind the Scenes: Halo

Part 2 - Creating Emotion via Tone and Contrast
Neon Genesis Evangelion (adventurous scoring)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (tense scoring)
Nichijou
Gurren Lagann
Parasyte
FLCL (Pillows)
FLCL (classical)
Attach on Titan (op1)
Attach on Titan (op2)
Attach on Titan (op3)
Attach on Titan (op4)

Part 3 - World Building via Association and Motif
Neon Genesis Evangelion (hallelujah)
Samurai Champloo
Mawaru Penguindrum
Kill la Kill (Ryuko motif)
Kill la Kill (Ryuko motif instrumental)
Kill la Kill (Satsuki motif)
Kill la Kill (fakeout character motif)
Gurren Lagann (Team Gurren motif)
Gurren Lagann (melancholy piano arrangement)

Part 4 - Diegetic Music
Your Lie in April (diegetic)
Your Lie in April (non-diegetic)
Lindsay Ellis clip about Diegesis
Yuri on Ice
Cowboy Bebop (diegetic transition)
Eureka seveN (diegetic music with metaphor)

Part 5 - Synthesis
Ping Pong the Animation (diegetic introduction of hero motif)
Ping Pong the Animation (non-diegetic payoff of motif)
Blood+ (diegetic introduction of Diva motif)
Blood+ (using the motif for context)
Blood+ (non-diegetic adaptation of motif)
Blood+ (synthesis of diegetic and non-diegetic versions)
Sources, Inspiration, and Further Reading
Lindsay Ellis - Joel Schumacher's Phantom of the Opera (source of Diegesis clip)
In Defense of Dragon Ball GT - The Importance of Musical Tone

See also: an earlier version of this panel from Youmacon 2018

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