Questions tagged [soundtrack]
For questions related to sound and music recorded for a motion picture or television show.
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The symbolism of the chirping bird sounds in "Seven Samurai"
A TV station here decided to broadcast Seven Samurai with the original Japanese soundtrack (it has subtitles in German.) It is running as I write.
During the opening scene in the village, while the ...
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What Quechua song is Kusimayu's aunt singing in Pluribus, and what is its cultural significance?
In the season finale of Pluribus (S01E09, "La Chica o El Mundo"), there's a scene showing Kusimayu, a Peruvian woman who is one of the 13 people immune to the "Joining," ...
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Leitmotifs in "revival era" Doctor Who
In the "revival era" (2005-) Doctor Who, there are a number of leitmotifs assigned to various characters and adversaries, typically recognizable within a few bars/seconds, of which I know:
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Was this theme from Lohengrin ever used for "Adventures of Superman"?
I have a mental association between the Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner (particularly the horns, which come in at 0:25 in the linked YouTube) and Adventures of Superman (1952–1958; ...
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What was the meaning of the country song in the episode "Aus der Tiefe der Zeit"?
The Dominik Graf directed Tatort episode "Aus der Tiefe der Zeit" repeatedly employs a certain country song as in-scene background music at various occasions. More or less anytime when some music ...
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What is the haunting ballad that plays when Chang's character dies in Community's "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons"?
In Community season 2, episode 14, "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons," the study group plays D&D without Pierce, who crashes the game and deliberately sabotages it. Pierce attacks Chang's ...
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What's the significance of the Korean song loudly playing during the attempted murder scene in No Other Choice?
In Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice (2025 South Korean film), there's a scene where Man-su (Lee Byung-hun) is trying to kill his first target, Beom-mo, who's competing with him for a job at a paper ...
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Unrecognized lyrics in "Immolation" from Schindler's List soundtrack
Whenever I google for the Lyrics of
Immolation (With Our Lives, We Give Life) I get "This is an instrumental" but that is clearly wrong. People sing something which sounds almost like ...
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Is there a film (or other work) "Pictures of the Sea" referenced by Al DiMeola album?
Jazz/rock fusion guitarist Al Dimeola's 1976 album Land of the Midnight Sun features a track called "Love Theme from Pictures of the Sea". It is mostly instrumental, with a bit of a vocal ...
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What version of the song "Don't Die" is used in "The Imperfects"?
In the first and last episodes of season 1 of The Imperfects, Tilda's character is introduced and said goodbye to with the song "Don't Die" by the band NOBRO in the background.
However, you ...
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Where did they get the background music for "The Magic Roundabout"?
In pretty much every episode of the original series of The Magic Roundabout, there was some jazzy background music. For example, this one (from 1:50 and more from 3:27), this one (from 2:05) and this ...
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What's the original version of "The Majestic Tale (of a Madman in a Box)"?
I recently watched a few classic Doctor Who episodes from the 80's and earlier during Twitch's streaming event and at one point I was rather surprised to hear music in background that appeared to be ...
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How did they create the soundtracks for old cartoons?
Take, for example, this episode from Tom & Jerry.
Every movement/expression/feeling the characters display is included on the background music, which is a different thing than the usual sound ...
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Why was "Brand New Day" selected as the opening song for "Lie to Me"?
Lie to Me's opening theme was Brand New Day by Ryan Star, particularly this verse:
Dream
Send me a sign
Turn back the clock
Give me some time
I need to break out
And make a new name
Let'...
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Why was the swearing taken out of "Gods and Monsters" in American horror story?
In American Horror story: Freak show Elsa Mars sings a version of Lana Del Rey's "Gods and Monsters" in which, amongst other things, all of the bad language is changed for more... suitable(?) language....
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