History Music / SoundHorizon

* DyingCurse: [[spoiler: Therese as she is burnt at the stake]], combined with [[LaughingMad madly]] CryLaughing and a [[SkywardScreaming piercing scream]].

* BigNo: Elise's last word [[spoiler:is a BigNo of denial, after some {{Little No}}s of denial too.]]

* CreepyDoll: Being a sentient child-sized doll dressed in [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black attire]] who is the vessel of [[spoiler:Therese’s]] vengeful soul? Elise, you still fit right in the bill.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The path of the nameless man in the first track requires him to go from Ireland to presumably the east cost of the US (where most of the Irish coffin ships went, if only because it was the closest part of the country). So far, so good, but the next scene happens in the MexicanAmericanWar, which was in... Texas. Why did he suddenly go from the East Coast to Texas? Never said. From there, he goes to the California gold rush, which was up in California, while he was dealing with a shattered knee from the Mexican-American War. Seems like a long trip for him to make while dealing with a bad leg. Look, it's never impossible that he ventured all the way across the country like that; just extremely improbable given that he's never given a motivation for doing so. The song seems to assume that all of these things occurred in the same place, when the US is a huge country, and any one of the necessary journeys would be a giant undertaking for someone completely on his own.

* AlternateContinuity: This is the album's plot itself. R.E.V.O., a futuristic-looking [[spoiler:sentient sunglasses and]] [[{{Nekomimi}} cat-eared man]], travels to past horizons with his four lady cat friends with the intention of recreating a "happy" outcome for stories we all know [[DownerEnding ended very, very badly]] by overturning their major plot points. Some of his efforts [[EarnYourHappyEnding turn out well]], while others turn out [[EsotericHappyEnding arguably]] [[FromBadToWorse much worse:]]

* {{CamelCase}}: The Four Black Cat Sisters' names are actually written in such a way in the booklet: '''SCH'''äu (the bobbed one in orange), '''RÖ'''hre (the wavy-haired one in yellow), '''DIN'''g (the braided one in green), and '''GER'''ät (the messy-haired one in turquoise). Yeah, it's very significant. [[GeniusBonus The reference is so obvious, it would be a crime for this troper to spell it out for you.]]

* [[spoiler: LipstickLesbian: Stella.]]

* {{Nekomimi}}: R.E.V.O. and his lady companions.

* GutturalGrowler: Sascha, the German narrator. His voice sounds so awesome that he actually gets a chance to voice a character: namely, [[spoiler: [[EldritchAbomination the Well itself]]]].

%%* {{Bishounen}}: Orion. And arguably, Elef. And probably Leontius, Orpheus...

* EveryoneIsRelated: The protagonist of the first track, the nameless man, and the third track, Kathleen Livermore, are siblings, and later it is revealed that she also shares a surname with her husband, his son’s friend and his mother. [[spoiler:It’s implied that the latter two are, respectively, her nephew and sister-in-law.]]

--> Noël: Powerful words…are much like a mirror…reflecting…a weak heart…

* {{Bokukko}}: The main character in "Kuroki Okami no Yado" refers to herself with masculine pronouns, making her sound unrefined. This is actually not that uncommon in the dialect she speaks in.

* AbusiveParents: Keeping your child chained in the attic sounds pretty abusive to me.

* MadwomanInTheAttic

* AnyoneCanDie

* EternalRecurrence

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen

* AllLoveIsUnrequited
* BreakTheCutie

* GirlWithPsychoWeapon

* ParentalAbandonment

* RedemptionEqualsDeath

* StalkerWithACrush

* OperaGloves: Layla, post transformation
* OurDemonsAreDifferent

* RecurringRiff

* BecauseDestinySaysSo

* DownerEnding

* TheEpic

* GratuitousEnglish
* GratuitousGreek

* JerkassGods

* {{Tragedy}}

* DisneyAcidSequence: The music video for "Ori no Naka no Hakoniwa" is [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs trippy]] and [[MindScrew incomprehensible]], on top of being making absolutely no sense in the plot's context whatsoever. At least, though, in Revo's own words, it fits the music's beats.

[[caption-width-right:350:Revo, ''the'' [[FaceOfTheBand leader]] of the band--[[InsistentTerminology um, Kingdom]] of Sound Horizon, sitting in all his majestic glory. [[note]]Not pictured: his pet winged lion.[[/note]]]]

** ''Elysion'' features Old Rose, the one-eyed "Crimson Witch" who was banished to the forest. Cut to ''Märchen'', in which a red-clad witch with [[PeekABangs one eye covered by her hair]] called Alte Rose ("Old Rose" in German) appears...