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awanderingtortoise · 10 hours ago

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Severance music is incredible. The use of chromaticism in the chord progressions is a brilliant yet straightforward way of reflecting the sense of disorientation, mystery and dread that permeates the normalcy facade experienced both viewers and the characters in the show.

The left hand tempo is extremely stable and steady, but the RIGHT HAND chords are just constantly fucking with your head. Major. Lower the third. Minor now? Sudden, VIOLENT dissonance, as if the chord is trying to be major AND minor at the same time. But it doesn't progress into a 'sensical' dissonance, it will return to a standard chord and steady tempo without qualm. All in that placid, 'nothings happening here!' feel that the consistent left hand gives. One stable side, and another that completely refuses to confirm to normal harmonic identities. Sound familiar? In this essay I will

#It's not just the theme too #There's this arpeggiated piece that repeats often idk what the title is #The top note is constantly altered with every repetition #The arpeggio will follow typical major minor aug dim until THE VERY LAST NOTE then some 95 jazz shit gets thrown and it's so #??? Makes you tilt your head but the music just continues placidly and you must simply go along with it #Imo this is something conclave tried to do in a different vein but this pulled it off better #Severance #Severance s2 #Severance music #Severance theme #Mark scout #Helly r #Irving b

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