Line #10 YMMV/SoulMusic


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Okay, it's a book, so there isn't ''actual'' music, but TheGrimReaper shredding on a guitar must be awesome.
2	** The animated version came up with tunes for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfusJWrE0hg Sioni Bod Da]]" and its remix "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOjQkIb162g The Messenger]]."
3	** There is, actually, a full soundtrack of the songs that the Band With Rocks In did.
4	** "The Touchstone" is rightfully eerie and hints about how Buddy is being controlled by the spirit of music.
5	*** Creator/TerryPratchett himself mentioned in an interview how impressed he was with the cartoon's soundtrack.
6	* HarsherInHindsight: That whole Klatchian Foreign Legion bit is sure less funny now, in light of Terry Pratchett's...''"embuggerance"''.
7	* HilariousInHindsight:
8	** The actions The Musicians' Guild take in trying to stop music from being given away for free seems to be predictive of the current antics of the RIAA. Well, except the RIAA haven't tried to have anyone killed. (So far as we know). They did the same thing at the birth of radio, and so did the Musician's Union in the UK. Since Pratchett was a British author old enough to remember this, it's most likely a reference to the MU's opposition to recorded music being played in public venues.
9	* MagnificentBastard:
10	** [[ThePowerOfRock The Music]] is an entity born at the dawn of time that seeks to spread Rock n' Roll throughout the cosmos. Observing young bard Imp y Celyn's vow to be [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor the greatest musician in the world]], the Music lies and waits in a magical instrument shop as a guitar until Imp takes it to replace his broken harp. Slowly and insidiously, the Music dominates the newly renamed Buddy and uses him to spread itself throughout the Discworld. The Music [[ItCanThink proves clever]] and ensures its propagation by playing off its listeners' inner rebellious nature to create copy bands to play further afield and allows itself to be trapped in magical boxes that play it whenever opened. Coming into conflict with Death and his granddaughter Susan when she seeks to save Buddy, Death is forced to play the chord that will end the universe to drive the Music from the Discworld, only for it start the cycle [[YouCannotKillAnIdea all over again]] on another.
11	** ''1996 Animated Film'': [[ThePowerOfRock The Music]] proves to be every bit the devious and destructive source of Rock n' Roll in the AnimatedAdaptation as it was in the original novel. The audio and visuals of the animation bring new life to the Music as a character by expanding on the briefly mentioned concerts in the novel into full blown musical numbers with original lyrics. The Music is shown to use its power to change the band's clothes and empower their performances with a wide array of special effects, and further shown to be a true master of all forms of Rock music no matter the genre. Given new life and soul in the animation, one can truly see how the Music could shape Imp y Celyn into becoming the greatest musician on the Discworld.
12	* {{Narm}}: It becomes a bit harder to feel sad in the scene [[spoiler:where the band die]], due to Susan suddenly screaming [[BigNo "NOOOOOOOOOO!"]] to the heavens.
13	* NightmareFuel: When meeting Chrysoprase, the feared godfather of [[TheMafia the Breccia]], Cliff, already scared stiff, is even more terrified to notice the don wearing diamond rings, given that troll teeth ''are'' diamonds.

Context YMMV / SoulMusic