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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.
openAmbiguous Lyrics Music
A song sounds like it could either have lyrics or not, and it's unclear which one of these is actually the case.
For example, the opening of the Pico song
from Friday Night Funkin' can be interpreted either as "go Pico yeah, yeah, go Pico go" or a bunch of simlish, and the rest of the song goes similar.
openYMMV: 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.
openSimilar 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 OompaloomperopenReferences 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 iloveserperioropenBand 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?
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.
openA song that celebrates a character’s return Music
I am trying to find a trope that fits the song “Beautiful Creatures” from the movie Rio 2 (a song that celebrates Jewel finding her tribe again after being separated from them due to illegal loggers). So I want to ask this is there a trope about about a type of song that celebrates a character’s return after being gone for so long?
Edited by Pokemon439openBetter Live (YMMV) Music
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?
openSampled quote Music
A spoken quote from a movie, TV or radio series added to a musical track, as in the page quote for Techno. Can be repeated or not. Does this just fall under Sampling? Just checking.
openEvery line in a song has a certain word gag Music
The only example I can think offhand is "Tosh" by the band Fluke, where every line has the word "super" in some form (E.G "Super grass for gain/ Super power-games/Super-secret spy/Undersupervised), and its clearly Played for Laughs
openComposer-Preferred Key Music
Do we have a trope for when a composer writes most of their songs in the same musical key? Does that sound tropeworthy?
openSelf-Cover Music
This is when a musical artist covers themselves, usually to revise an old song.
For example, “21st Century Digital Boy” by Bad Religion was originally on “Against The Grain,” but was rereleased and re-recorded in “Stranger Than Fiction”, to better fanfare.
Same thing with “Welcome to Paradise” by Green Day and “The Carpet Crawlers” by Genesis.
openCategorizing an album recorded in two different languages Music
First off, shoutout to Macsen for making the page for Boyz II Men's II album.
So, when Boyz II Men released II in 1994, they simultaneously released a Spanish-language version called II: Yo Te Voy a Amar. Would that fall under Translated Cover Version, or Familiar Soundtrack, Foreign Lyrics?
openCovers that interpolate/sample a piece of video game music Music
Basically what I'm talking about are covers of songs that are made to promote one part of a video game franchise (although I guess other media could have it too) that also feature pieces of that franchise's music. The examples that come to mind:
- Florence + the Machine covering "Stand By Me" for Final Fantasy XV that interpolates the series' Crystal Theme
- Post Malone covering "Only Wanna Be With You" for the Pokémon 25th anniversary concert that also samples the Ecruteak/Cianwood City theme from Pokémon Gold and Silver
openDon't Let Me Down Music
All I remember of a song are the repeated lyrics "Don't let me down", but it's not the one by The Beatles or the Chainsmokers.
At one point it get all synth-pop ish and it sounds like "Don't let me down, royce"
openGeneric mainstream song composition trope Music
Is there a page about most mainstream songs follow roughly the same basic pattern of:
1st verse
chorus
2nd verse
chorus
alternate 3rd verse
chorus
This trope is followed in the mainstream music industry almost completely while being nearly totally averted with dedicated soundtracknote be it film or videogame one and indie/underground music.
Edited by sohibilopenCar sounds as song intro Music
As heard in Kraftwerk's "Autobahn," Sturgill Simpson's "Ronin," Tuco's "Hide Away," and probably several others: they all start with the sound of footsteps, then a car door opening and closing, the engine starting, and the car driving away. Crue's "Kick Start My Heart" doesn't really count as it's just Mick imitating the sound of a motorcycle.

Trying to find a trope for Ariana Grande page:
Is there a trope for God not being Grandpa God?
Fanon fits this trope, but not the work page, unless that's on YMMV.