Uploaded August 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Aural Transcription. Everything you're hearing is a recreation of the original soundtrack by ear. Check out the original track here: youtube.com/watch?v=cpZDSFitwQg


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Analysis

The average town theme is typically a more simplistic and often soothing tune representing the peacefulness within the lives of the townspeople. This piece is in G major and has a simple AB structure. Although the first time through the A section is repeated (making it AAB), after the loop point the structure remains AB throughout.

The chord progression incorporates a nice bVII sound whose root is then raised a half-step to create the leading tone of the dominant chord which resolves back to the tonic. Represented as follows: I - vi - I - iii - IV - ii - bVII - V7. This half-cadence concludes the first phrase ("a") of the parallel period which constitutes the entire A section. Following this we have the phrase a' ("a prime") which is as follows: I - vi - iii - V7/IV - IV - V - viiº(4/3) - I. The diminished 7 chord is also a nice moment incorporating the lowered 6th scale degree (Eb) which is often heard in the context of a iv or a iiø resolving to I However, due to the F# on the third beat of the measure, I decided to analyze the entire measure as a single chord (viiº7) resolving to I.

In the B section we get the following chord progression in the first phrase: IV - V - iii - I - IV - ii - I - iii. The second phrase (which can be called "b") incorporates the use of secondary dominants as well as the bVII again: vi - V/V - vi - bVII - IV - V7 - viiº4/3 - I. Notice how in the melody the b phrase in the B section ends the same exact way as the a' phrase during the A section.

Melodically speaking, this piece is full of patterns that are repeated throughout. During the entrance of the second flute, the melody is almost entirely a tonal transposition up a third, though near the cadence some contrary motion is added. At the beginning of the B section, the strings also take on the same shape as the melody except transposed down a tonal third.

Accompanimentally, the electric bass is playing roots just about the entire time and the acoustic guitar is arpeggiating the chord progression throughout. The string section is also playing chord tones for the most part, but it does add a nice texture to the piece.

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