Cel-Shaded Music Theory

16/12/2024

Viktor nation… how we feeling?
Arcane is finally back and so am I. The sorcerers at Riot and Fortiche have done it again and there’s a lot to dig into, so grab a shovel and come with me!

Arcane's sequel season evolves the score in fascinating ways, expanding its scope while revealing secrets hidden within the first season! Viktor nation... ho...

09/01/2024

New Cel-Shaded Music Theory is up!🎵 Hisaishi and Miyazaki are back and better than ever in The Boy and the Heron. Let’s take a look at Joe Hisaishi’s history of minimalism and his Golden Globe nominated score for The Boy and the Heron.🪽

Hisaishi and Miyazaki are back and better than ever in The Boy and the Heron. As Guillermo Del Toro puts it, "An old master dispenses with flourishes... and ...

13/09/2023

New Cel-Shaded Music Theory, "Separate Destinations - Analyzing the Music of Fullmetal Alchemist's Finales," is out now!

https://youtu.be/uq0yQ_MRUnY

It's another Beeg Boy, but with 30 transcriptions, tons of harmonic/historical analysis, and a full hour (total) of video I'm happy to finally have completed my analysis of the series. 🦾
Hope you enjoy it! :)

13/12/2022

Thank you to everyone who watched my nerdy video essays this year, making it my most successful year yet on YT (by a huge margin)! 🎉I’m so happy to have you all around and for the growing community we’ve cultivated around great music!

03/10/2022

FMA Day is here, and so is a new Cel-Shaded Music Theory 🦾

The Music of Fullmetal Alchemist: https://youtu.be/wXFMUdRGQpw

An FMA analysis has been a white whale for me the past few years, so I'm really excited to share this~

Time to delve into 2 of the greatest anime scores in history, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. Happy FMA Day! Timestamps:0:06 Intro1...

27/09/2022

Next Monday, October 3rd, keep an eye out for a brand new Cel-Shaded Music Theory!🦾

05/09/2022

Huge congratulations to everyone who worked to make Arcane one of the best animated series in decades! 🎶🎉

Honored doesn’t even begin to describe how we feel about winning the for 𝑶𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎.

Thank you to our incredible team at Riot Games and Fortiche Prod, the Emmys / Television Academy, and the greatest fans (yes, you) for making this possible.

18/07/2022

Suddenly CSMT has 1000 subs! 😱
Thank you to everyone who’s been watching my nerdy video essays for helping reach this milestone!! I made a short vibe-filled video to mark the occasion~
https://youtu.be/Sbj9sBjUciM

23/05/2022

Big thanks to everyone who’s checked out my Arcane video for making it my fastest video to 1k views by a landslide! Obviously that isn’t big in the grand scheme of YT, but for my small niche channel this is really great and I appreciate you all!🎶

Here’s the link if you haven’t gotten around to it yet
https://youtu.be/eezS5KCsDCE

13/05/2022

I have emerged from my tomb to bestoweth some Content©. Arcane slaps, watch it and then nerd out about the music with me, or vice versa.

The Music of Arcane: https://youtu.be/eezS5KCsDCE

Arcane was so great I have arisen from my sarcophagus to speak about its music for 22 straight minutes. Watch it?Arcane is an exception to the rule that a ga...