Sources and other links: Musical Theater Mash's video on Dubbing in Movie Musicals He has a really great channel, you should absolutely go and follow him youtube.com/watch?v=EhnQFGouaBs
Sources and other links: Musical Theater Mash's video on Dubbing in Movie Musicals He has a really great channel, you should absolutely go and follow him youtube.com/watch?v=EhnQFGouaBs
"Into the Woods from Stage to Screen" by Mark Eden Horowitz, in The Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations
"Sondheim on Music" by Mark Eden Horowitz has a whole chapter on Into the Woods including a list of all of the leitmotifs that Sondheim used in the show
"Understanding the Leitmotif" by Matthew Bribitzer-Stull I can't recommend this book enough, I find myself combing through it over and over again
Also, if you've got time, I'd highly recommend checking out Musical Hell's video on the 2014 remake as well: youtube.com/watch?v=SL3oFs6eMbgWhy Mulan (2020) Didnt WorkSideways2021-01-31 | EDIT: Nessun dorma is actually after Calaf answers Turandot's riddles and he's tricking her by withholding his name Got it a little backwards, oops!
In this video I awkwardly rant about the Mulan remake not being good because Opera
Although I didn't cite her in the video, if you are in any way interested in this film then this video by Xiran Jay Zhao is an absolute must youtube.com/watch?v=N3QKq24e0HM
Now bear with me, I used a LOT of opera clips in this video and I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure they're all listed here but if I've missed any PLEASE let me know so I can add it to the list
I am the Monarch of the Sea youtube.com/watch?v=iZ-gfalEWI0Why the Music in Cats (2019) is Worse than you ThoughtSideways2021-01-01 | Due to a manual copyright claim by UMG (that I'm still working to resolve) some of the music in this video is either muted or replaced with some of the most hilarious stock music YouTube would let me use. If you'd like to see what this video was supposed to look/sound like, you can check it out here: youtube.com/watch?v=dL4n6GVxCM8
In this video I freak out about Cats holding hands
Also, I'd like to make a special mention of Catilin Koi's video "Let's Talk About CATS". I wish I'd done my job a little better and found this video before I made my own, and cited her multiple times because she does a MUCH better job than I do at explaining the plot to the original stage version of Cats, especially everything with Grizabella at the end of the show. if anything about this video has made you excited about learning about the original Cats then I cannot recommend her video enough youtube.com/watch?v=G3bJJtkX0jQ
Sources:
The article penned by the audio leads on Cats I cannot overstate how much of a fascinating read this is, you owe it to yourself to read it! local695.com/magazine/cats-part-2
Part 1 of the above article with some interesting insights to the film industry (I liked the part where they lucked out with the forehead-mounted mics not interfering with the dancers' somersaults) local695.com/magazine/mixing-live-singing-vocals-on-cats
The same thing happened to pianist Tianxu An in the finals of a Tchaikovsky Competition in 2019 youtube.com/watch?v=UOUSFNgEy7c
Ray Chen breaks a string during a performance (and the concertmaster doesn't flinch when he has to swap violins like a pro) youtube.com/watch?v=686xoeQAVA4
If I've missed anything please let me know Seriously, if I've used a clip from your video in this video and I haven't put it here please contact me!Why Pipe Organs Sound ScarySideways2020-10-31 | They don't, except for when they do
Edit: So I want to clarify what I said about Bach not writing the Toccata and Fugue in d minor. There's been a lot of discussion on the subject, and from everything I've gathered the answer is that this piece is one of the more anomalous in Bach's repertoire which, along with the lack of an original score written in Bach's hand, makes his authorship of the piece seem somewhat less that certain by a handful of Bach scholars. However, until there is more substantive evidence, the convention is to attribute this piece to Bach. So "Bach didn't write the toccata and fugue in d minor" may have been a little too strong here, maybe even misleading, and I just wanted to take a minute to completely clarify that point. The quote from Jean-Claude Zehnder is "The matter still remains open, despite the scholarly discourse that began in 1981. Until proof of the contrary, BWV 565 should be considered as a work by Johann Sebastian Bach."
A brilliant article about the 1931 Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hide, I doubt I would've ever noticed that the organ in the opening was transposed down a minor third and this article shed a lot of light on one of the first ever horror soundtracks: The Strange Case of Rouben Mamoulian's Sound of Stew: The Uncanny Soundtrack in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) http://www.columbia.edu/itc/film/gaines/historiography/Music%20in%20the%20Horror%20Film.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0tYFHtbjLpf5usPJxOgQs1u5eBgn8AUxvVKiq72tnqnW2JSKvTn_oTiLE
Basically everything you could ever want to know about the narrative themes and significance of organs in films. I cannot stress enough how valuable this source was and if you're at all interested in what a musical instrument could represent then you owe it to yourself to give this a read: Carnival of Souls and the Organs of Horror https://www.academia.edu/3138033/Carnival_of_Souls_and_the_organs_of_horror?fbclid=IwAR0ZiK4Pn_oRkNhYfJe7b5zGKyxRGSmbUnpCs0mfMT7Tok5ZuM7uKMdQbCE
There are also a LOT of articles that outline the history of the Toccata and Fugue in d minor and its presence in film history, there's just too much to organize and they overlap a lot so I'm just going to link them all en masse here:
"Beyond the Barricade: Adapting Les Misérables for the Cinema" by Ian Shapiro I only found this source after going through my music library after going to grad school, well after I'd made this video. Had I had access to it while making this video I naturally would have cited it because it's such an amazing source on the production for this film. Sorry to Ian Shapiro, and I wish finding academic sources while outside of academia was easier and not behind a paywall "Beyond the Barricade: Adapting Les Misérables for the Cinema" by Ian Shapiro
New York Vocal Coaching, an absolutely AMAZING YouTube channel that you should sub to if you're at all interested in Vocal Tech youtube.com/watch?v=-rfwlXnRbzY
For posterity, just in case you don't believe me when I say that musicals are all about speaking - singing - dancing pbs.org/thinktank/transcript1261.html
if I forgot anything please do not hesitate to let me know I want to be sure that everyone gets properly credited!Decoding the Music of The MatrixSideways2020-05-31 | Follow the white rabbit.
So with all the theory in this video, I knew I was bound to make a mistake at some point. In the part where I explain the whole/half step pattern in the diatonic scale I messed up the diagram a little bit, but what I said was still correct. Oops!
Also, while I call it Serialism, the more appropriate term would be "12 tone technique." Serialism implies that it's doing something more than just 12 tone technique. Oops again.
Wisecrack's video on The Matrix Reloaded: youtube.com/watch?v=TROA_0RxZmMWhy the Music in The Rise of Skywalker Felt MisleadingSideways2020-04-30 | Yoda deserved better
I really cannot recommend this podcast enough, they go over EVERYTHING in (and everything that isn't in) TROS and they go into just so much detail about every aspect of the musical themes Please go give them a listen youtube.com/watch?v=eIEcP7dJuy0
As always, Dr. Lehman's Star Wars Leitmotif Catalogue, even if you're a casual Star Wars fan you owe it to yourself to check it out franklehman.com/starwars
let me know if I missed anything, there was a lot of information in this video and I want to make sure everyone gets cited!How a Superhero Theme WorksSideways2020-03-11 | This is a re-upload of a video that was originally uploaded on Aug 26th 2017 but was blocked by the copyright bot Here's a link to the original: youtube.com/watch?v=m-2qHoEcQx0
What does your favorite hero represent?
I've been working on this video for months, hope you enjoy it!
Twitter: twitter.com/Sideways440 Pateron: patreon.com/Sideways440 Twitch: twitch.tv/sideways440Why the Music in the Live Action Disney Remakes is Worse than you ThoughtSideways2020-02-29 | First off, huge apologies to Adam from YMS, I completely forgot that he was the one who first noticed Simba getting pitch-corrected to the wrong note, here's the tweet (it's an absolutely hilarious thread, go check it out) twitter.com/2gay2lift/status/1149767339983818753 I was watching him stream himself editing his Lion King video while I was working on my own and I remember thinking it was a good thought and over time I completely forgot that it was him noticing it. This is totally me to blame for not being better at managing my citations. Again, really sorry to Adam from YMS, please go and check out his Lion Kind video, it's AMAZING: youtube.com/watch?v=btNL1q-yU7E
Image link for the Disney Renaissance picture: imgur.com/gallery/Gk87x https://consequenceofsound.net/2016/1...
Howard Ashman's website is an absolutely FANTASTIC resource for anyone interested in looking into more of his life and work (and it's where I got the picture of him performing a production of Aladdin): howardashman.com howardashman.com/howards-work/aladdin
Joker - ralphthemoviemaker youtube.com/watch?v=NQ6Tqf2gPGAHow the Music Spoils Sweeney Todd (and why thats a good thing!)Sideways2020-01-12 | This is re-upload for a video that was originally posted Oct 29, 2019 Turns out that the original version is only blocked in the USA (I think?) and that everyone else on the planet can now see two versions of this video...soo...uhh... I guess this is the US version of this video now?
Another amazing thesis that collected several critical leitmotifs from Sweeney Todd, also, naturally, discusses the inclusion of the Dies Irae at length: http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/7688/1/Peter%20Manning%20THESIS.pdf
And the third thesis that I looked at in preparation for this video that corroborated everything else that I had read: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.467.6926&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Finally, "Sondheim on Music" by Mark Eden Horowitz I can't recommend this book enough, it's such a fun read.Mask of TimeSideways2020-01-04 | I was going through my computer and found something I just found that I made back when I was in college.
Enjoy!Why the Soundtrack to Shrek is Actually GeniusSideways2019-11-26 | Turns out the music has layers....
Also, big shoutout to literally everyone who's made a video essay on Shrek I'd link them all here, but it's literally all of the videos I listed in the clip
Lemme know in the comments if I missed any sources and I'll add them here!How the Music Spoils Sweeney Todd (and why thats a good thing)Sideways2019-10-30 | Attend the tale of the Dies Irae
Another amazing thesis that collected several critical leitmotifs from Sweeney Todd, also, naturally, discusses the inclusion of the Dies Irae at length: http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/7688/1/Peter%20Manning%20THESIS.pdf
And the third thesis that I looked at in preparation for this video that corroborated everything else that I had read: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.467.6926&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Finally, "Sondheim on Music" by Mark Eden Horowitz I can't recommend this book enough, it's such a fun read.Why How To Train Your Dragon Has The Best Opening EverSideways2019-09-30 | This movie hit the ground running
Star Wars - Recording Sessions youtube.com/watch?v=K0ezvZo2AWcThe Sound of the Spider-VerseSideways2019-03-31 | What happens when you get a kid from Brooklyn, a radioactive spider, and some leitmotifs and mix them all together?
Edit: I meant to say that Anita and Maria were to-be sister-in-laws, not sisters! Because if Anita had eventually married Bernardo then the two would have been sister-in-laws, but somehow that line didn't make it from the script to the final recording. Oops!
Modeling Compositional Grammars in Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story (1957) https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1000&context=mus_etds
West Side Story: How Music Creates Racial Tension youtube.com/watch?v=1PWpP8priKoTransformers: What the Soundtrack Could Have BeenSideways2019-01-14 | There was an incredibly strong musical foundation for this series. What happened?
This is a re-upload, the original video was uploaded on Apr 21, 2018 and can be found here: youtu.be/kCSpuZ4B7_oInstrumentation in Steven UniverseSideways2019-01-14 | Who would've thought that the musical message would've been...crystal clear...
This is a re-upload, the original video was published Nov 23, 2016 and can be found here: youtube.com/watch?v=meRsFO2RzCgWhy Home Alone is the Best Christmas Soundtrack EverSideways2018-12-21 | This is an objective truth and if you disagree then you are wrong regardless of any contradicting fact-based evidence. And also, apparently I can't read. "Somewhere in my Memory" was nominated for an Oscar, not a Grammy, oops!
Edit: Ok, so I know that "Redbone" (and really all of "Awaken, My Love!") isn't really hip-hop. What I was trying to say was that Göransson was well-acquainted with hip-hop through his frequent collaborations with people like Childish Gambino. In hindsight, I should've used one of Gambino's other album covers, my bad.How to take your Performance to the Next LevelSideways2018-03-30 | How do you know you do something well?
Sources: I'd like to give extra credit to Daniel Levitin in his book "This is your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession" for pointing me in the right direction. Especially this passage from page 231-2: "As the disease [Alzheimer's] progresses, memory loss becomes more profound. Yet many of these old-timers can still remember how to sing the songs they heard when they were fourteen. Why fourteen? Part of the reason we remembers songs from our teenage years is because those years were times of self-discovery, and as a consequence, they were emotionally charged; in general, we tend to remember things that have an emotional component because our amygdala and neurotransmitters act in concert to "tag" the memories as something important. Part of the reason also has to do with neural maturation and pruning; it is around fourteen that the wiring of our musical brains is approaching adultlike levels of completion." This book is amazing, go and buy it!: amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Music-Obsession/dp/0452288525 youtube.com/watch?v=fyZQf0p73QM https://www.dcconferences.com.au/wcnr2012/pdf/Music_Perception_CR_Final.pdf ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11287374 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4877499 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3621648 theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/dopamine-and-teenage-logic/282895 nytimes.com/2018/02/10/opinion/sunday/favorite-songs.html ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16099045 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8255911The Clock DiagramSideways2018-02-27 | Note: Clock Diagrams are all about expressing Pitch Class and Interval Classes. So when you hear or seem some weird octave displacement, that's why. It's irrelevant to the lord of clocks!
Patreon: patreon.com/Sideways440 Twitter: twitter.com/Sideways440 Twitch: twitch.tv/sideways440A Musical Conspiracy Theory: The Finale to The Nightmare Before ChristmasSideways2017-10-31 | Get ready for an adventure in creative interpretations of music theory! Seriously though, none of this would hold up in court.
"'Everybody Scream!': Tim Burton's Animated Gothic-Horror Musical Comedies" by Janet K. Halfyard I only found this source after going through my music library after going to grad school, well after I'd made this video. Had I had access to it while making this video I naturally would have cited it because it's such an amazing source on the production for this film. Sorry to Janet K. Halfyard, and I wish finding academic sources while outside of academia was easier and not behind a paywall. "'Everybody Scream!': Tim Burton's Animated Gothic-Horror Musical Comedies" by Janet K. Halfyard
It's not the size that counts, but how you use it.
When I first went out to try and find a definition for "leitmotif" I stumbled upon the Wikipedia entry for "leitmotif" and found a reference to Erich Wolfgang Korngold and his score to "The Adventures of Robin Hood." And when I looked up the leitmotifs to the adventures of robin hood, I stumbled across this blog post by Mark Richards: http://www.filmmusicnotes.com/thematic-transformation-in-korngolds-robin-hood
After reading the post, I was so enthralled by the potential for a film score not only have developed leitmotifs, but to actually have leitmotifs that transformed, that I went out and immediately bought the film. And since watching and listening to it a dozen or so times, it might just be my favorite film score of all time.
So a sincere thank you to Mr. Richards and whoever edited the Wikipedia entry for "Leitmotif" for introducing me to The Adventures of Robin Hood!
Also, if you want to know more about the usage of leitmotif in this film, then check out: "Singing the king: A retrospective prolepsis in The Adventure of Robin Hood" in "Music and Levels of Narration in Film" by Guido Heldt
And if you're interested in a more detailed breakdown of Shovel Knight's soundtrack, then I'd strongly suggest checking out 8-bit's video on it here: youtube.com/watch?v=vGlJ5wK-rDQ
Twitter: twitter.com/Sideways440 Twitch: twitch.tv/sideways440 Patreon: patreon.com/Sideways440How Disney uses LanguageSideways2017-04-23 | If you're interested in a more detailed explanation as to why song translations suck, then you should check out PlayTheMind's video called "Why Song Translations Usually Suck"! youtube.com/watch?v=KGne-ZUZCg0 And honestly, looking back at this video, I really regret not giving him a shoutout at the very least. I made this video back when I was tiny and I never thought I'd go anywhere on YouTube, so when I saw bigger channels talking about concepts I was familiar with, I never thought that one day our videos might have any kind of overlap. And in a way, even though I specifically remember my professor telling me to "not bother with something that isn't in English or that you'll have to translate because of these problems," I look back on this video and feel bad that I didn't include PlayTheMind's video in at least some capacity.
"An Aesthetic of Ambiguity: Musical Representation of Indigenous Peoples in Disney's Brother Bear" by Janice Esther Tulk I only found this source after going through my music library after going to grad school, well after I'd made this video. Had I had access to it while making this video I naturally would have cited it because it's such an amazing source on the production for this film. Sorry to Ian Janice Esther Tulk, and I wish finding academic sources while outside of academia was easier and not behind a paywall "An Aesthetic of Ambiguity: Musical Representation of Indigenous Peoples in Disney's Brother Bear" by Janice Esther Tulk
NOTE: So it looks like I didn't convey what I meant with the "Deilig er Jorden/Fairest Lord Jesus" very well. "Deilig er Jorden" does not directly translate to "Fairest Lord Jesus." BUT, if you look these two hymns up you'll find that they are the same piece of music. This is a perfect example of how you have to change the meaning of a text when translating it into another language if you want to maintain the integrity of the piece in question. Sorry for all of the confusion!How to Kill a KingSideways2017-03-04 | For as much bitching as I do in this video, I really wanna remind everyone that I love, and have loved, all of the music in Warcraft so far. And this expansion is no exception, I think they did a superb job with Anduin's theme.
Before you guys get into a huge argument about this, understand that I'm talking about how this piece changed my perspective on how music can be constructed, not whether or not Schubert wanted to use that motif as a blueprint for how the piece was going to modulate, or how that motif might represent the actual Erlkönig character at all (which I'm now pretty sure I might have heard that idea from a grad student while I was at school...). Either way, this piece had a pretty profound effect on me, and I just wanted to share that.Theme vs. LeitmotifSideways2016-10-26 | Let's finally clear up some terminology issues floating around on the internet.
Disclaimer: If some parts of this video look familiar to a few of you, that's because they were elements of a previous video that I took down. I'm striving to do my very best in explaining everything in these videos, but in the few cases where I either don't explain myself well enough, am vague, or in some cases don't back up my claims with enough sources, I will remake the video so that it will make more sense.
If I happened to have taken down your favorite video, sit tight, chances are I'm in the middle of remaking it.
Thank you for your patience. I'm still new at this!How to Deal with Writers BlockSideways2016-10-01 | A few tips (or maybe just one, really big tip) on how to get over that creative rut.