Was it Harry Potter's (tun,tun,tunantun,tun,tun,tunn,tun,tunantun,tun,tun...) or Pirate of the Caribbean's (tadarantan,tadarantan,tadarantan,tantarann...) (Roughly the spellings of these music themes) that stuck with me, without me knowing how permanently they're going to stay and store somewhere in the back of my head, popping up every once in while to take me back to the old days, to relive those days together again, to remember... that's the power of music (good or bad, not defined), that it makes you remember every neat detail, and the feelings that it bore back in those days... Which one was it?
Regardless of whichever being the first ever 'themed music' (I just explained the genre of such music, they are based on a theme. Probably the theme of the movie) that I heard and took away with me (it was Harry Potter though. Yep, it was). This genre of music has been on my mind nonstop for the past 3 or 4 months now. Since the discovery of the music for Requiem for a Dream, which too was stored in some unattended part of my mind, unknown, (it's amazing how many things you have that you don't know about) I've been crazily into these powerful, intensely emotional, goose-bumping, eventful, and everlasting music that are immensely pleasurable to listen to.
So today, I wanna write about some (sadly) of these music that I'm really sickened to listen to; it's probably like an addiction. Not one that requires you to attend them now and again... no, no, that's too cheap of a characteristic for such drugs, rather they sit aback and let you come to them, or let you, unintentionally, find your way towards them which has a spontaneously enriched feeling of joy to them. You're shuffling through your queue and the next song that comes on is one of these and your fingers just go numb, they don't press the next button anymore. Not only your fingers, your whole being goes frozen and you're instantly transmitted to a parallel universe. Okay, maybe I'm being a little over here, but it definitely switches your mind into an another state, one where your freshly recent mood has no power over; it's a feeling independent of your surrounding. It overshadows you, takes you somewhere else, maybe to their own realms, and lets you stay there for as long as you want; the thing is, you do stay. You stay there because it's an addiction, like I said. So let's get along with these music themes, letting each of it have their magic written through the words of a true admirer, a true listener, a feeler.
Harry Potter's_ Composer: John Williams.
I still vaguely remember the day when my brother brought home the CD of HP: The philosopher's stone, and put it on our, pretty much valued, most valued piece of machinery back them, PC. I loved it! I mean which child didn't love HP when they saw it for the first time? But not only did I adore the movie, I did (unconsciously back then) embrace the music of it too, which I first realized when I had set its music as my message ringtone (yes, text ringtone) which was probably, shamefully lengthy for a message tone. How long was it, 6 seconds? So imagine, for 6 seconds the tune played each time I received a text. How annoying? What about when I was having a conversation, how exceedingly annoying then? Though scolded for it a couple of times, I myself never minded it. I loved the music. Why not set a phonecall ringtone you might ask? Well, I didn't receive that many calls back then, nor do I now for that matter. Okay... I received no phone calls. Yep, text messages only! So I had to choose between constantly listening to HP music or never? The choice was easy. Anyways, just recently, I came across a leftover, internal part of a music box (maybe) in an antique store, which plays a tune so similar to the music of HP Philosopher's Stone. Talk about a reunion fixed by true love!
But how's the music to me? How does it feel like when it plays on? (Let me play it and then write about it while listening to it) Well, it feels childlike, if that's a feeling. It takes me back to the days I lived in Hogwarts, in a similarly magical world. To be transported back there from what appears to be today's pretty much ugly-reality-filled world, is magical itself. It's pleasing to ears, soft and connecting. It's a perfectly magical music, through the tunes of which you can hear the magic of a world full of magic and wizards.
Pirates of the Caribbean's_ Composer: Badelt/Zimmer.
Since the fetish for themed music was revived recently, I had downloaded potc's music and it played, for the first time after quite a period, while I was having almost numb legs for sitting too long on toilet (desi style, yk wim) and as it came on, (what did I say about being transported to a parallel universe) I was instantly electrified. The hairs on my skin erected and this wave of energy passed through me, and it kept flowing until my legs started hurting again. This music was made for tropical lands of the movie, for the pirates, for the adventures, for the treasure, for the thrills, but most of all, for Jack Sparrow (oh, sorry. My bad) Capt'n Jack Sparrow. The music, like all others on this list, complements the theme of the movie, and here more specifically, the character of Johnny Depp. I was in love with this franchise, though a couple of bars less in love now since the flop of the 5th movie. I can watch it again and again (the first 4movies), and hear its music endlessly on hours, it's that kinda good. The music is energetic, power evoking, refreshing and urgently soul catching. (I'm not sure what the last adj means)
Game of Thrones's_ Composer: Ramin Jawadi.
6 seasons I had watched and still, I hadn't realized that I loved the music. Season 7 got closer and memes started to appear on the internet (on Facebook basically. Saying on 'internet' makes it sound more professional) that you can't steal away your eyes, or your ears for this matter, from the opening of GoT, which we generally skip, because it's too damn good. I was like, pufft, what are they talking about? I skipped it for 6 seasons (I even skipped whole episodes in the middle seasons). I didn't have my eyes glued to the screen. But, but... then came the moment of truth, and season 7 started. Yep, it is that damn good. It was like I was hearing it for the first time (wonders about how many things we actually like, but never realize it). It starts soft, continued, and then cellos get going on, and on, and you are instantly there, feeling it, moving to it, humming to it (College Humor did it best), and finally after building up, it reaches the end nodes, the higher ones, which sums your collective emotions from the past 1:30 minutes and bursts them out all at once which produces a triumphantly joyous feeling like none other. And then, it ends with whistles. Just the perfection that makes it so damn addictive to listen to. I think I've explained my feelings here about this particular music, but lastly I'd say, it's flavored with all the nastiness, tragedies, struggles, hunger, love, hate, and revenge of the series that you can spirituality taste through its music.
Requiem for a Dream's_ Composer: Clint Marshall (Mozart).
I'm hoping for a hat trick of 'Best-Evers' with this phenomenon called 'Requiem for a Dream': Best Movie Ever, Best Music Ever, and hopefully, Best Novel Ever. Watching the movie for the first time, one the countless things that striked me the most was its solid music. So I went on the YouTube and searched for it, and played it, downloaded it. Scrolling down, in the comment section of the video, I read someone's (now if I remembered this person's name, it'd be according to the likes of Arundhati Roy, my 2nd favorite writer, but I don't) comment that wrote, "It feels like it was made my Mozart". By the coincidence of the events, I had recently watched 'Amadeus', another great movie with lost of music, which introduced Mozart to me, so I knew what he/she meant by making that assumption. It did seem like a piece from the greatest Mozart, notwithstanding, it didn't steal away any credits from Marshall for making this godlike piece of music, but rather added to it. Anyways, the music is equally depressing as the movie is, and it would've been unjust if it hadn't been so. The calibre of this music is so high and it could never be reached, or approached near to. If Mozart had been here today, he would have praised it himself, declared it as a piece greater than he ever produced (I'm just saying).
The music is godlike. It's the best there is, or there ever will be. It's extremely tragic yet breaking-from-the-base-and-building-up-again type of music. It's fresh every time you listen to it (for pain never wears), fresher even. It's painful, melancholy (at best), heart wrenching, mind torturing, soul crushing, but still highly addictive; an addictive piece that you go to with a smile, with an empty heart, and return from with tears and a heart replete with pain, hopelessness, and a big, burning fire.