The Music of Arcane: Forging Narrative Synergy Across Genres

Arcane was so great I have arisen from my sarcoughagus to talk about its music for 22 straight minutes. Watch it? Arcane is an exception to the rule that a game adaptation can’t be great, that a CG animated TV show can’t be cinematic quality, and that score and soundtrack are fundamentally separate. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:31 Piltover - Progress theme 4:08 Zaun - Playground and Dirty Little Animals 6:10 Orchestral vs. Pop music - a narrative analysis 8:26 ***SPOILERS*** 8:36 Sisters theme 11:04 Jinx’s Violin 12:15 The showstoppers 12:59 Goodbye 14:40 Guns for Hire 16:25 What Could Have Been 19:46 Scoring pop songs to picture 21:02 Outro The Making of ‘What Could Have Been’ from Arcane | Sting ft. Ray Chen: What Could Have Been CSMT Transcription: