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by wickedwillie on December 27th, 2003

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What is a 'leitmotiv'?

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  • by MatrixFrog on February 2nd, 2006

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    The example my music theory teacher likes to use is Star Wars. In the Star Wars movies, each of the major characters/concepts has their own them music. There's a theme for Luke, one for the Princess, one for Darth Vader, one for the Empire in general, one for the rebels in general, one for Obi-Wan which also doubles as being the theme of "the force," one for Yoda, and so on.

    If I remember correctly, the cartoon TV show Doug was the same way. The next-door neighbor had theme music that only played when he was on screen, same thing for several other characters.

    Each of those themes is a leitmotif.

    If you google _"star wars" leitmotif_, you'll probably find a bunch of sites that go into more detail. Here's a couple:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_music
    http://www.trell.org/wagner/starwars.html (scroll down)

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