What is a Leitmotif — 4 Ways to Tell a Story With Film Music

You sound like the narrator from the Stanley parable

why is there no Hans Zimmer in this VIDEO

This is so damn good

currently working on an indie film and have been googling "how film scorers use variants of main theme song throughout a movie" and found this incredible video. thank you so much.

The most replayed 😅

Just double checking that I know what this term meant before using it, Lol.

The UP motif brings me to tears!

My favorite leitmotif is in the sitcom Friday Night Dinner, they play Fot I Hose by Casiokids whenever there is a problem lol

What is leitmotif in movies? A dying art, unfortunately.

Let's not forget about the leitmotif in Close Encounter of the 3rd Kind.

Game of Thrones uses leitmotifs SO WELL

Thanks for the research, the quality and for explaining so clearly this topic. I learned a lot! ❤

I watched this in school!

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Cool

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My favorite leitmotif is definitely the responsibility theme from the original spiderman movies. Great video

To be honest the only thing i liked about The Rise of Skywalker was the music.

Why leitmotif and not just theme song or regular OST (these are also serve a goal that is bringing the feel to the scene) what's the difference?

Thank You

This vid is very entertaining and insightful. Salute.

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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.

I am studying Masters of Semiotics, and this explanation is amazingly helpful, simple and comprehensive, thanks for the great work.

Like arcane serie to right

Which was the Steve Buschemi film shown almost near the end of this video?

John Williams is the king of leitmotifs. No argument.

Lord of the Rings is the best thing in cinema. ...
This guy's should narrate my life's story! !!!

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

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.

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!

Doing homework about this video XD

That scene where Ellie passes her Adventure book to Carl. Instant tears again.

Up's Leitmotif was sooo good that a short recollection of it actually makes me tear up.

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

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.

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.

The power of a leitmotif is that I’m crying right now from just hearing the snippets of the music in this video.

why am i crying at studiobinder video

Hunchback of notre dame is my favorite example of a leitmotif

M favourite is the piano for Flash Harry in St Trinians

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.

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Excellent! Zimmer could learn a thing or two about this. Change the record dude.