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Godzilla: Monster of Monsters (1988)

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Welcome to the tenth installment of Analyzing Harmony. This is a series that focuses on, predominantly, the element of Harmony in music with additional commentary on melody, counterpoint, and form when directly related. This series will look at a variety of musics but mostly various periods of the Common Practice Period (Baroque, Classical, Romantic), early 20th century musics, and retro VGM (NES - PS1).

In this particular installment we'll be delving into the Password Theme from Godzilla: Monster of Monsters which was composed by Masatomo Miyamoto. This is a strangely dark Password Theme that built entirely with Chromatic Mediants. Though it seems, to me, a bit out of place in the OST it's certainly worth looking into regarding the music itself.

Despite being a part of the Analyzing Harmony series we also take a look at the melody which is a great example of using inversions of intervals to create variation and additional layers of embellishment!

So if you want to know how to use Chromatic Mediants to set a dark mood or use inversions to expand a melodic idea watch this episode!

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