RWBY Leitmotifs - Salem (outdated 5)

[@Ammy-q4w]

Salem's leitmotif is the perfect villain ost. It makes her sound terrifying, and adds to the dread whenever she's on screen.

[@Divaldobomamigo]

Yeah,she will be final villain in rwby vol 10 after cinder's demise and redeemed

[@whotheheckyisbecky1320]

That version of Divide on the (waterphone? Chimes?) at 8:16 is imo the eeriest version of Divide we’ve gotten thus far

[@NailikNoteworks]

Sounds like a vibraphone to me. I don't think a waterphone be played chromatically.

[@whotheheckyisbecky1320]

@@NailikNoteworks thanks for the clarification :)

[@bigfatcarp93]

@@NailikNoteworks You music users and your strange, alien language

[@NailikNoteworks]

@@bigfatcarp93 Haha, you're not wrong! I don't even understand all of it, myself.

[@generalwinter6465]

This has got to be one of my favorite themes.

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

If RWBY and Destiny ever cross over, with Salem as a boss… 21:13 THIS. I want 21:13, Extended as a full boss theme, and interwoven with Pyramind synths.

[@Changyuraptor]

You've definitely given me an idea for whenever I'm able to make music of my own lol

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

@@Changyuraptor Reply here with a like for when you get around to that. I’m _Obsessed_ with how the Pyramid sounds make everything better.

[@kingraplhmativo5178]

Divide my favourite leitmoitif 💜

[@michaeltsang1748]

This is the result of isolation people, and a reminder why we need social interactions.

[@douglasmcgee6004]

7:02 best part

[@RinaitiReefNaviWaterbender]

Salem is one of my favorite RWBY characters and it helps I love her song Divide and her Leitmotifs as well so much

[@RooneyHimself]

This theme, it's not terrifying to me. But it's so, so cold.

[@Jackson-ub1uv]

The fact that Salem has music playing whilst conducting the Grimm makes me imagine her having to go out and buy a CD.

[@Jeannescaviar]

21:13 God i wish I could learn how to play this-

[@TrevonDavis-pu6yc]

When the whale showed up I was terrified. This part should’ve lasted way longer than it did. All that build up for them to destroy it so fast. I was hoping they spent more time inside.

[@darknight0278]

Is- is that twinkle twinkle, little star

[@YunamaOfficial]

No its not, her motif is based on the song "Divide", which is Salem's villain song.

[@timberwolf3229]

I get what you're going with, yeah.

[@Divaldobomamigo]

She is female madara of series😂

[@4Re_]

Salemilf.

[@robinrising_]

For Salem's Theme, don't we first hear pieces of it in V3C7? I want to say the percussion elements that I love about her theme are present there. Here's a link timestamped to the part I'm talking about: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5ikgIaYg71keLM

[@Changyuraptor]

I don't think it's a Salem thing. For one, the percussion doesn't really become a thing with her theme until V7. Since the only time it appeared beforehand was in the theme's establishment at the end of V3, I will guess that it was a moment where Alex looked back at all the previous times it was used in a "what else can I do with this" kind of way, found the percussion, and then went from there. Secondly there's the timeframe. The production schedule back in the V3 days means that the music for chapter 7 would've been done well before chapter 12, and maybe Alex didn't even know about Salem yet at that point. So yeah, I think the similarities there are most likely coincidental, BUT it is still possible that it may have been something Alex looked at when originally writing that final cue in V3.

[@robinrising_]

@@Changyuraptor I think that, at least with how much it's informed Salem's V7 and V8 music, it's kind of "become" part of her theme at this point, whether it was part of the idea for that V3 bit or not. And with it being part of the Cinder backstory where Salem is first properly teased (tho there is a bit in V3C3, you could say), I feel like it's worth including to an extent. Not that it's my call, cuz it's not.

[@Changyuraptor]

Oh yeah, it's 100% an integral part of her music now, I've just learned to be cautious about retroactively including bits from the past because they sound the same/similar to newer stuff.