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openA rare rhyme Music
Is there a trope for when a song puts some obscure and hard to rhyme word in its lyrics, but still manages to rhyme it? An example would be "Nemesis" by Shriekback, which takes the word "parthenogenesis" (meaning asexual reproduction) and rhymes it with nemesis.
openBand in a Car/Truck Music
I was watching Muse's Uprising video which features the band in the back of a moving pick-up truck and though to myself, surely this has to be a trope. If it is, I can't find it. Is there a trope for a music video (or live music played in another medium other media) which features a band playing their song while riding in a car (usually a convertible) or truck, complete with their instruments in the vehicle?
openReferences to a Cut Song Music
When a musical, in later runs or productions, cuts a song from the show but references to it are still present in other songs (as a leitmotif or reprise, for example).
For example, in Frozen (2018) Anna's song "True Love" was cut was from post-Broadway productions but still appears melodically and lyrically in Anna's verses in Reprise Medley song "Colder by the Minute".
My gut reaction would be The Artifact but I feel that relates more to plot progression rather than different iterations of the same story.
Edit: wording
Edited by iloveserperioropenSimilar tropes to 'Good girl gone bad'?? Music
Hi! New to this community so excuse me if Im not asking correctly or something. Im writing a story about a musician who goes from nothing to famous and wanted a growth trope for her. Ive seen the good girl gone bad trope done in music and want something similar to tell a story of the character through, and this trope would go into the musician character's artistry and expression. Please if you need me to clarify I will gladly. Thanks so much.
Edited by OompaloomperopenYMMV: best part of a song. Music
This is like Signature Scene, but for a song. It's widely agreed to be the best part of the song, even if the track is great to begin with.
openSounds and samples reused in different tracks Music
You listen to a certain track and you hear a familiar sound. Where did you hear it? Why in some other completely different musical score of course.
Want an an example?
This metallic pipe clank
heard at 01:48 in Unyielding track of Twisted Insurrection is exactly the same as heard in Space Ocean
of Half-Life 1.
or a better example
Listen to this short beat
in the very same TI track. Again you realize it originates in the first Half-Life game track Diabolical Adrenaline Guitar
albeit softened a bit.
Now I'm nearly certain this is a trope or at least a trivia. Help me find it please.
openAnachronistic Score Music
The soundtrack includes a song or type of song that doesn't make sense within the context of the time period the work is set in.
openCoincidental Haiku Music
A portion of a song's lyrics sounds like a haiku.
I.e. the first line of the portion has five syllables, then seven, then five.
Example from Kamen Rider Saber's OP, ALMIGHTY ~ Kamen no Yakusoku:
[The] saber in your hand
Is a pen to write it down
Words to save this world
openThat kind of music associated with unsavory/trickster characters Music
So I remember that there's (or was) a draft in the TLP about a specific kind of music that tends to play whenever a villain, usually a Dastardly Whiplash or something, appears on screen. But I can't find it anywhere, nor I can't remember the exact examples included in the draft. Google's "hum to search" function wasn't much help, either. The closest I could find to an example that demonstrates this musical trope is "Carousel
" from American Horror Story, or "A Little Heart to Heart
" from Team Fortress 2. (Because trying to properly describe this in musical terms is practically arcane knowledge).
EDIT: Apparently, the draft I'm thinking of is Ominous Pizzicato Strings
. Correct me if I'm wrong, though.
openOne-Word-Per-Title Album Music
An album with a track list composed exclusively of OneWordTitles.
Believe (Disturbed, 2002) is a very clear example of this trope. System of a Down (System of a Down, 1998) could also fall under this, depending on if you consider the first and last tracks to be single words.
openOmnipresent artist Music
On top of their solo career, An artist is credited to a lot of albums or projects, whether they're a composer, a writer or producer. They're known for being present in various music circles and you can hardly find an artist that isn't related to them..
openeverything is an instrument Music
i'm looking for a song that is an example of the trope,"everything is an instrument". The song was made in a lumberyard using the machinery there.
opencover sounds way different than the orignal Music
Is this a trope? Example: The original version of "Setting Sun" (by Oasis) vs the The Chemical Brothers version
openSong written about itself Music
A type of song where people having previously listened to a song are referenced... in that song they were supposedly listening to.
openCalling Out the Chorus Music
Right before the chorus of the song, the singer indicates it's going to happen, i.e. "sing the chorus, how's it go?" in "The Real Slim Shady."
openThat Song in Every Musical That Nobody Likes Music
I was just watching a You Tube video (I believe it's actually called "The Song in Every Musical That Nobody Likes"), and I was wondering if there was a trope for it on here? The song in question is usually sung by an old person, they don't dance very much, it's boring and often sentimental... the video does a good job summing it up, actually.
openLatin Music Music
Should there be an index for Latin Music? The index would list all Latin music, but should it have one, or is it too broad, as it encapsulates a wide variety of genres?
openDepending on the Production Music
So we all know how different productions of stage shows can lead to different interpretations of the material, and thus some scenes are played differently in different productions. Is there some kind of trope for that? I suck at summarizing things generally, so for a specific example, I look to RENT. In the scene where Angel dies, Mark is the only member of the cast who the script does not specifically place in another part of the scene - basically, the couples (Collins/Angel, Maureen/Joanna, Roger/Mimi) are in their own little scenes together, while Mark is not placed anywhere. As a result, some productions have him by Collins' side as Angel dies, which creates a boatload of Alternative Character Interpretation for his actions after this - meanwhile, other productions don't do anything like that and just kick him offstage. Is there any kind of trope for that?
Edited by STARCRUSHER99

Most common for music but could also apply to radio and TV shows that also run as theater plays.
Do we have a trope for a group that's considered better in their live performances than in the studio?