Why Pipe Organs Sound Scary

From Sideways. They don’t, except for when they do Edit: So I want to clarify what I said about Bach not writing the Toccata and Fugue in d minor. There’s been a lot of discussion on the subject, and from everything I’ve gathered the answer is that this piece is one of the more anomalous…

The Problem With Auto-Tune

From Sideways. This one takes a weird left turn at Singin’ in the Rain Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sideways440 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/sideways440 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sideways440 Sources and other links: Musical Theater Mash’s video on Dubbing in Movie Musicals He has a really great channel, you should absolutely go and follow him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhnQFGouaBs The live pitch correction plugin I showed the…

Why A Goofy Movie is Better Than You Remember

From Sideways. It’s way better the second time around Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sideways440 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/sideways440 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sideways440 Sources: I cannot recommend what has surfaced from the Howard Ashman lectures, including what made it into the Howard documentary that’s on Disney+ https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/04/goofy-movie-anniversary-disney https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/hear-us-out-a-goofy-movie-is-the-unique-and-underrated-star-of-disneys-90s-renaissance/

The Perfect Musical Symmetry of Avatar the Last Airbender

From Sideways. Long ago, all the leitmotifs lived together in harmony Then everything changed when the fire nation attacked Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sideways440 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/sideways440 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sideways440 Sources and other great links: Theodore Morris’s video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyuCigqn9yc A list of leitmotifs in AtLA https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Soundtrack_of_Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender Diegetic music of AtLA https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Music_in_the_World_of_Avatar An analysis of AtLA’s music https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Uiop60/Analysis_of_Music_in_Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender A reddit post…

Why the Music in Les Misérables (2012) is Worse than you Thought

From Sideways. Do you hear the people sing? Me neither Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sideways440 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/sideways440 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sideways440 Sources and Links: "Beyond the Barricade: Adapting Les Misérables for the Cinema" by Ian Shapiro I only found this source after going through my music library after going to grad school, well after I’d made this video. Had I…

Decoding the Music of The Matrix

From Sideways. Follow the white rabbit. So with all the theory in this video, I knew I was bound to make a mistake at some point. In the part where I explain the whole/half step pattern in the diatonic scale I messed up the diagram a little bit, but what I said was still correct.…

Why the Music in The Rise of Skywalker Felt Misleading

From Sideways. Yoda deserved better Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sideways440 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/sideways440 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sideways440 Sources: I really cannot recommend this podcast enough, they go over EVERYTHING in (and everything that isn’t in) TROS and they go into just so much detail about every aspect of the musical themes Please go give them a listen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIEcP7dJuy0 As always, Dr.…

Why Avatar has the Most Ironic Soundtrack of All Time

From Sideways. What happens when the soundtrack and the film accidentally tell the exact same story? You get Avatar: The Last Bluebender Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sideways440 Pateron: https://www.patreon.com/Sideways440 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/sideways440 Sources and Links: Dr. Bryant’s write-up of her experience https://ethnomusicologyreview.ucla.edu/journal/volume/17/piece/583 Dr. Bryant’s interview on myouterspace’s youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WI3kJIObHE Notanothermusichistorycliche’s blog post about the Pythagorean Comma https://notanothermusichistorycliche.blogspot.com/2018/01/is-music-universal-language.html 12tone’s…

The Joker’s Musical Madness

From Sideways. What does it sound like in the Joker’s head? Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sideways440 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/sideways440 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sideways440 Sources: "A Soundtrack to Madness: The Music of Joker" http://krui.fm/2019/10/16/a-soundtrack-to-madness-the-music-of-joker/ "Joker – Soundtrack Review" https://zanobardreviews.com/2019/10/03/joker-soundtrack-review/ "Joker" http://www.movie-wave.net/joker/ "Joker’s soundtrack couldn’t resist going full Batman movie" https://www.polygon.com/2019/10/9/20903574/joker-spoilers-batman-ending-music-soundtrack "How the ‘Joker’ Soundtrack Complements the Film’s Vicious Vision" https://www.slashfilm.com/joker-soundtrack/ "Soundtrack Review:…