[Serious Music Analysis] Yoko Kanno's "Genesis of Aquarion" - The logic behind its catchiness. The reason it is loved across generations - Serious Music Analysis - World Latest Movie, Series, Videos and Trailers

[Serious Music Analysis] Yoko Kanno's "Genesis of Aquarion" - The logic behind its catchiness. The reason it is loved across generations

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Composer Toydora analyzes Yoko Kanno's "Genesis of Aquarion". Comments welcome! If you have any questions, please register as a member or give us a tip. 2:24 Analysis begins ☆ Sheet music video → • [Ear copy sheet music] Yoko Kanno "Genesis of Aquarion" <Yoko Kanno> One of Japan's leading commercial composers, famous mainly for anime songs and game music. She has shown genius talent since childhood and has had a brilliant career. She has also composed the soundtrack for the historical drama and songs to celebrate the Emperor, and her range of activities is very wide. <Overall review> [Music format] ・A typical "A melody-B melody-chorus". →The chorus suddenly changes to a whole tone higher and gets exciting. [Rhythm] ・From the B melody onwards, the rhythm becomes clear with a noticeable front beat. →The chorus is particularly noticeable. It feels down-to-earth and heroic. Nuances of a march? ・For some reason, only the beginning is flamenco-like. → The wide range of Kanno Yoko's talents. [Melody and harmony] - Melodies often reach high tensions (9th and 11th) at the end of a phrase. → A chic, floating feeling. A characteristic of Kanno Yoko. → The beginning of the A melody, the entire B melody, etc. - The sound of VIM7 is used effectively and is the axis. → Especially the cliché "Im - Im7/VII - VIM7". → The cliché "VIM7 - III/V" is also impressive. - The chord progression is based on sustained tones. → For example, the bass line moves under the extended strings. → Even with a simple chord progression, there are many tensions and non-harmonic tones, making the sound interesting. - Chord instruments and melody instruments are made to move separately. → Chord instruments do not play tensions, but only in arpeggios, chords are different between chord instruments and melody instruments, etc. → The sound of the chords is not muddied, and the flavor of the melody line is not compromised. It takes the best of both worlds.・A simple perfect fourth (empty fourth?) is used. →A chord that is not normally used at all! →A floating sound that allows for multiple interpretations. ・An unexpected chord is used in a crucial scene. →The bold double inflection in the introduction, the chords before the B melody and at the end of the chorus, the key change inducement just before the chorus, etc. [Expression] ・The way the contrast is added is very clever. →The melody suddenly changes. →The key suddenly changes in the chorus and interlude. →Just when you think the strings are continuing to stretch, they suddenly move in small movements. →Just when you think it's a simple chord progression based on a cliché, a complex chord appears for a moment at the key. ☆It never gets boring by constantly subverting expectations. The basics of pop music. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Composer's Toydora → https://tomita-haruki.studio.site/ #YokoKanno #GenesisOfAquarion #MusicTheory

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