The Music of Arcane: Forging Narrative Synergy Across Genres

Arcane was so great I have arisen from my sarcoughagus to talk about its music for 22 straight minutes. Watch it?
Arcane is an exception to the rule that a game adaptation can't be great, that a CG animated TV show can't be cinematic quality, and that score and soundtrack are fundamentally separate.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:31 Piltover - Progress theme
4:08 Zaun - Playground and Dirty Little Animals
6:10 Orchestral vs. Pop music - a narrative analysis
8:26 **SPOILERS**
8:36 Sisters theme
11:04 Jinx's Violin
12:15 The showstoppers
12:59 Goodbye
14:40 Guns for Hire
16:25 What Could Have Been
19:46 Scoring pop songs to picture
21:02 Outro

The Making of ‘What Could Have Been’ from Arcane | Sting ft. Ray Chen:
   • The Making of ‘What Could Have Been’ ...  
What Could Have Been CSMT Transcription:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sERP...

Thank you to my artist and friend @trisarahtops_c
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