#ninjago michael kramer

[juniperjellyfish]

[cosmos-dot-semicolon]

was scrubbing through some clips of ninjago season 2 - specifically looking at how that scene where garmadon immediately orders his wife be freed and stutters over every other word.

came to the conclusion that these two could've objectively been the funniest couple in the show if the writers were competent, given she's a historian and he's a dramatic threatre kid who has been through all of history.

(and also if they didn't make misako try to date his brother. why did they do that.)

Kathleen Barr, Mark Oliver, and Jay Vincent and Michael Kramer are absolutely CARRYING

[blazeeepy]

date idea: we listen to ninjago osts and i point out every individual character motif as they happen

[nyaskitten]

Rumor has it Jeppe Riddervold, the guy behind the Ninjagomusic accounts, has cut ties with Lego and that's why the Ninjagomusic stuff has been pure radio silence.

In other words, do not expect the Ninjago albums to surface any time soon :(

[fruit-colored-ninja]

Oh boy I’m listening to this soundtrack on YouTube (it’s from the scene where Lloyd connects with the source dragon for the first time) and!!! You can hear the dragon theme that gets established in season nine from the very start but later on they also layer in the dragon theme that they use in the pilots and season one and!!! this is literally making me emotional it’s so cool that they have so much music to work with from all the years and inserting a callback to the very start of it all is just. someone get me a chew toy to destroy please

[fiddler-sticks]

I love how this screenshot basically sums up the entire interview lmao

Jay & Michael just being music nerds, and Brent being hit with tons of new information and pretending to know what any of it means 😂

[lloydenthusiast]

the ninjago soundtrack does not have any right to go as hard as it does

[sharksandjays]

nobody understands how much lloyd's theme means to me. Yes im a HUGE music lover and i have come to analyze the hell out of it for you guys.

I implore you to listen to this. Specifically at 1:46

Personally, the choice of instruments intruiges me. To me, this sounds like training. The little flute? To me that is little Lloyd. The brass? The ninja. It represents how Lloyd is just learning to use his power. How the ninja are helping him hone it. It shows how young lloyd is, and how most of his strength comes from the older people behind him. The echo just REALLY speaks to him "mimicking" them to learn.

And this just makes me so emotional.

Because think about how his theme evolves?

The best example would be in Sons of Garmadon. Go to 1:41

This makes me want to cry.

No more echoing. Its just his theme in a strong, brass key. He's grown up. He can fight now. He's harnessed his power. He isn't a child anymore.

This is why i LOVE lightmotiefs. Seeing the theme change with the character is always something I look for when I watch a show. And its something i certainly did not expect with this show, a kids show. But they did it, and they did it well. The fact that (to me at least) I can see Lloyd's development as an unsure kid who just learned about his powers to the now legendary Green Ninja who is confident in his abilites and prowess.

And Lloyd is not the only one. If you pay attention, Zane's "Built to Protect" theme changes to a slower, minor key whenever he is in the Never-Realm. Cole's/Lily's "Master of the Mountain" theme changes from piano to orchestra depending on if Cole is remembering his mother or realizing his own strength. It's such an important part of characterization in a show and im SO glad Jay Vincent and Michael Kramer made sure to do that with Ninjago!!!

[insanepoll]

WELCOME TO THE INSANE CHARACTER TOURNAMENT

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Alex Kralie (Marble Hornets) VS The Antagonist (Hatred (2015))

Drusilla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) VS Hisoka (Hunter x Hunter)

Tokishige Usami (Golden Kamuy) VS Enerjak (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Harry Du Bois (Disco Elysium) VS Evan (EverymanHYBRID)

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Dabi (My Hero Academia) VS Shinobu Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho)

The entire cast of Blaseball (Blaseball) VS Trexel Geistman (Stellar Firma)

Seo Moon-jo (Strangers from Hell) VS Sammy Lawrence (Bendy and the Ink Machine)

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Roman Roy (Succession) VS Jack (The Shining)

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Jinx (Arcane) VS Niki Sanders / Jessica Sanders (Heroes)

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Victor Frankenstein (Frankenstein) VS Cicero (Skyrim)

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Eliot Cardale / Eli Ever (Villains Duology) VS Knives Millions (Trigun)

Denji (Chainsaw Man) VS Bubby (Half Life: VR but the AI is Self Aware)

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Galahad (The Mechanisms) VS Alexander Hilbert (Wolf 359)

Armand (Interview with the Vampire) VS Spinel (Steven Universe)

Jīn Guāngyáo (Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Untamed)) VS Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia)

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Chat Blanc (Miraculous) VS Volo (Pokemon Legends Arceus)

But first, we'll have the pre-match rounds that will determine if any of the following characters that almost didn't survive the cut will manage to secure a spot in the competition! They are as follows:

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PRE-MATCH VII: Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow (DC) VS Annie Wilkes (Misery)

PRE-MATCH VIII: Ben Linus (Lost) VS Kristoph Gavin (Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney)

[lightning-and-dragons]

This has GOT to be one of my favorite Ninjago soundtracks!!! Like, the violin?! The way it goes from being peaceful to super inspiring?! Amazing!! And it even has some notes of the original theme in it too!! I don't know a lot about music, but this is a masterpiece!!

Song: Falcon Chase by Jay Vincent and Michael Kramer

[jinxed-ninjago]

I love this part of Ninjago's soundtrack.

One of the reasons I think Jay Vincent and Michael Kramer are musical geniuses is because you feel the emotional beats in Ninjago's music without having to watch the relevant scene. This specific track is what plays when Zane reactivates his memory switch and protects Jay, Kai, and Cole from the treehorns. I don't even like Dr. Julien and I still get emotional just listening to this lol.

This goes for most of the music in Ninjago; Morro's leitmotif is inspired by Danse Macabre for example.

Another good example of this ("this" meaning mood shifting throughout a single track) is Built to Protect, which started as Zane's death theme in Rebooted, and has been used multiple times afterward; most recently (that I remember) it was used in this scene, which made it hurt more than if they'd used literally any other track:

(Nya got her own theme.)

In this specific scene it cuts right before the part that tends to really impact people emotionally, but it still gets the point across: Jay just sacrificed his life to recharge the sub so he, Zane, Pixal, and Lloyd could save Nya and Maya.

Built to Protect was also used in Sons of Garmadon (specifically, episode 5, Dead Man's Squall) when Zane's fight with Mr. E was what opened the episode, and it plays over the intro; the sting that signals Zane's death in Rebooted is what closes the intro in Dead Man's Squall. Its use in Sons of Garmadon specifically is chilling. Built to Protect is basically Ninjago's sacrifice theme and considering it's called Built to Protect, I think it says a lot about the ninja's attitudes.

I also think it's notable that different parts of it are used for different vibes. When you're looking at Zane's memories, that part of the track just hurts; it's Zane accepting that he's going to die. In Dead Man's Squall, it's chilling, because Zane didn't have a chance to accept anything; Mr. E left him for dead, and as a trap for the other ninja to find and bring onto the Bounty.

I'm actually tempted to make a compilation of every time Built to Protect is used in Ninjago. It's not used willy-nilly like other parts of the soundtrack. It's only used under very specific circumstances which is why it hits so hard when it is used.

I'll stop this specific analysis there, but there is SO much I could analyze about the production aspects of Ninjago (soundtrack, camera angles, etc). For what Ninjago is (that being a kids show used to market a product) it is incredibly well done (and yes this extends to Dragons Rising).

[idkwhyimhere5462]

No matter how much you might hate a Ninjago season, you gotta admit the music is always fire.

Skybound - hated that season but I can’t get Nadakhan’s theme out of my head.

Hands of Time- A lot of people dislike that season (I personally love it) but the Time Twins theme is not something to wave off.

March of the Oni - Super underwhelming season but the music was not.

Crystallized - Loved the first part, hated the second part, but the music hypes me up every time.

I can and have gone on a pretty long rant just about Ninjago’s music. Michael Kramer and Jay Vincent are actually amazing at what they do. They carried the second part of crystallized.

[reisakumaproducer]

Hunted has one of my favourite soundtracks of any Ninjago season purely because of the tension found in the music for the Dragon Hunters' scenes. My favourite track is the one that plays when the hunters are hunting for the wind dragon. I love how it switches to the overture's melody when the scene is focussing on Cole and Wu trying to rescue the ninja. I love how the drums and the string instruments constantly builds up tension as the hunters chase the dragon. This same technique is used again in the track when the hunters are chasing the ninja through the canyon. Michael Kramer and Jay Vincent did a really good job with this season

[nyaskitten]

society wasn't READY for Garmadon's True Potential.

[ninjagoroh]

Initially proposed by Zena Airale and Yozakame ( @yozakame ) , then later expanded upon and founded by Morro, The True Green Ninja/Winderful ( @morro-the-true-green-ninja ) and Zena Airale (Main Founder of Raykazai Productions , @keliharuza ), Realm of Harmony—aka Ninjagians Unite, When Communities Collide, Ninjago United—is a group of fans who enjoy multimedia and who want to create tributes to them (and especially obscure media). Additionally, it's a place for members from all facets of the Ninjago community to share their love for the show.

Old account: @ninjagoxmusicals

We're looking for… -Songwriters -Artists -Musicians -Composers -Audio Producers/Mixers/Sound Engineers -Graphic Designers -Animators -Voice Actors -Video Editors -VFX Artists

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[fiddler-sticks]

This is an appreciation post for Jesi Nelson, composer of some tracks for Ninjago! She wrote some of my favorite pieces from the show, like Fourth Mile Marker and The Time Blades. REBLOG IF YOU ALSO LOVE JESI NELSON <2