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Do you know any albums with leitmotifs? (slrpnk.net)
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I know that there are countless amount of movies/games soundtracks with leitmotifs, but other than that I've never found albums with leitmotifs.

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[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It does, the overture doesn’t only introduces later songs (through leitmotifs), it reuses them again for a reprise and a finale.

yeah what I'm saying is I don't think that's really what a "leitmotif" is.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 25 minutes ago* (last edited 16 minutes ago)

How is it not?. If anything, DT's instrumental use of leitmotif for composition is more classical and predates the crude and vulgar current interpretation of leitmotif="this character is on screen".