chaandini

. the discs have their own distinct music, of course

. wilbur's theme represents not only him, but l'manburg as a whole. it shifts into a minor during pogtopia, but you hear it in major a few more times. once, when wilbur rescues niki at the festival, when he decides not to press the button with tommy and quackity, and when tommy says suck it green boi after imprisoning dream.

(you also hear it when he stares at the camarvan, quietly in the background, and when niki sees ghostbur on doomsday)

. tommy's theme also represents family

. dream doesn't have a theme, instead, he parrots back those of others. especially around tommy, you hear the disc theme frequently

. the egg motif is something very sinister and orchestral, bass in general is representative of it

. niki's theme is often heard in flute bc I play flute and she deserves it

. betrayal has it's own motif: the same theme you here as eret presses the button is the same one as when tubbo exiles tommy

. as wilbur is about to press the button, you hear pretty much every motif in rising dissonance

. I can just hear the button room score like MAN. imagine him sneaking down as you hear music quietly creeping in, until phil arrives and you hear him before you see him because that's the motif for family. as he says it was never meant to be, you hear the betrayal motif loud and clear.

-Wilbur's theme playing as tommy says suck it green boi is gonna get me. it's gonna get me. And as he's staring at the camaravan it plays his own theme somewhere in the distance?? love that.

-disk theme (spookier version tm) playing with Dream a lot is so perfect. Just it plays when they're first getting to dreams evil lair, and it's just tragic to hear something that was so treasured to Tommy be used as fear ugh.

-Niki does deserve it. Good for her. Man and just think of it playing when she had that stream when she wandered around the server. She stops at the L'manhole and there's just an echo of her theme. ahhhhhhh.

-The betrayal motif my beloved. man. It plays with all the 'it was never meant to be', I also like to think it plays when revivedbur's telling tommy he never cared about l'manburg, only to be completely contradicted by the L'manburg/Wilbur theme playing later in the stream when he's looking at the camaravan.

-The button room scene would be the most interesting musically to me. Like it'd definitely have that thing where all the themes were rising, and then silence. Wilbur takes a breath. It was never meant to be. Press the button and LOUD MUSICAL EXPLOSION

the button room music is especially interesting because i imagine it to be l'manburg's war march but shifted into the harmonic minor, then shifted up a fourth to create this recognizable but very *dissonant* tune— plus with your betrayal motif, which is eret's four-note melody but played in wilbur's acoustic guitar

you hear wilbur's symphony build to a loud crescendo, then pause when he hits the button, as if the orchestra itself is holding its breath, then the explosion occurs and there's dead silence, which is interpreted as shock/hearing damage from the blast, *then* the symphony cuts back in, discordant and dissonant. eventually, nearly all melodic and harmonic lines drop away until only wilbur's pre-l'manburg guitar motif and philza's cello melody play under the family motif as wilbur dies in his father's arms.

(side note: l'manburg wilbur's motifs get played with an acoustic guitar. pogtopia wilbur's motifs get the electric one, except for 1. when he jumps in front of niki at the festival, not pressing the button, and when he leaves the main group to head to the button room for the last time on nov 16th. also when he tells tommy "when this ends, you'll probably end up hating me" in tommy's tunnels under his base.)

niki gets the flute. probably actually a piccolo, because it's such a shrill instrument when played angrily and she wants to be heard. techno, the violin; though i can see him and philza's motifs played with the cello especially for this song:

https://open.spotify.com/track/2cq1Bvya0v5sC0FioZiiD3?si=28c6501796be44dd (Concerto for Two Cellos in G Minor, Vivaldi)

tommy's motifs— i thought trumpet, but that's a bit too brash, so— viola. no this isn't an SBI agenda making all of their motifs played by string instruments what do you mean.

-Ranboo doesn't have his own whole theme. He does have a motif, but it joins in with the theme of whichever faction he's joined. When he's conflicted, it plays on its own. Giving him the piano because hehe black/white funny and because it's a versatile instrument. Enderwalk!Ranboo gets the inversion of the motif.

-Tubbo is hard but I can see him getting a french horn. Dunno why, it's more of a vibe than anything else.

-DreamXD. I can hear him with the Dies Irae (a medieval chant used to represent wrath and doom, it's used fairly frequently in movies today). Gregorian chant is a good way to go in general for him, though - lots of old christianity vibes to match all the beautiful biblically-accurate angel fanart I've seen of him.

-In contrast, Dream himself is very percussion heavy. Like, when he repeats the motifs of others, it's usually on a timpani or bass drum or even the xylophone/marimba. It's more of him repeating the rhythms of others' motifs than the actual pitches - but, the closer he is to someone, the closer the pitches are.

-I see the struggle with Eret and present the fortepiano, the predecessor to the piano. Keep some of that Baroque tinny harpsichord sound but also get the piano bits!

-The egg gets a waltz. Like full on romantic era waltz. Still sinister and stuff, but it's enchanting, it makes you want to sway in your seat. I'm thinking something like this: https://open.spotify.com/track/7MZCLBIgwuvluTKwRL35L9?si=d7fa3a51688845fb

- Hard agree on Dream's echoing of others' motifs. He repeats Wilbur's electric guitar— rapid-pace, 7/4 time, an unusual time signature that usually signifies disarray. l'manbur gets a more measured 4/4 time signature. revivebur, 3/8 or 6/8— back at him in accompaniment, he sets the tempo for Tommy's viola in exile.

- Following on that, I'd agree with Ranboo's piano. It's a versatile instrument that can accompany nearly any other one, the black and white keys are inspired. I'd say that enderwalk!Ranboo's motif echoes Dream's *hard*. Now, it's unconfirmed the exact nature of enderwalk!Ranboo with Dream, but iirc there's something there. Regardless, e!Ranboo's melody plays a counterpoint with Dream's percussion. The melodies are simple and probably in the high treble clef; think Baroque pieces winding around each other.

https://open.spotify.com/track/0IYKo58vxk8KOPDHsp7Vcb?si=9e68eb0d4d124875 Something like this; Ranboo's motifs have always struck me as having a fairly fast tempo, with few jumps.

(Wilbur, if his songs could be played on the piano, have so much fucking glissando in them. Dramatic bastard. Quackity's music doesn't use glissandos, but has tons of ornamentation and syncopation; very jazzy, very upbeat even in a minor key.)

- Tubbo— I thought bass, as support and something that can sound fucking menacing on its own, but def see the french horn in there.

- The egg *totally* gets a waltz. You know the one I pictured? Danse Macabre, for the full range of implications. All Eggpire members have their motifs altered to fit a 3/4 time signature without consideration for if it seriously fucks up their patterns.

- Eret's fortepiano is a great addition; it can even hint that they're older than she seems. Similarly, Foolish would get an older instrument, but I'm not sure what.

- Sam's the bassoon. Not sure why, but the sound is rich; jazzy and playful as Sam and when he's with Ponk; deeper, slower, and harsher as the Warden.

EDIT:

Everyone:

He just hit 10 million subscribers on Youtube!

Congratulations, Tommy!