Music

For a long time, melody has been getting gradually supplanted by sound design (timbre) as a focus in music. The theory is melody is finite but timbre is infinite.

I think the root cause is tech accelerating creation & distribution, which makes the production of novelty more competitive. 🎶

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interesting - what are good examples of what you're describing?

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Film scores def a good example. Bring back the motif

The attitude shift on distortion in the 1960s is one of the clearest examples. It completely changes the "mood" of a melody (think Jimi Hendrix's national anthem).

Film scores are another one. They used to almost all be very melodically driven, but now they're mostly abstract soundscapes.