ah that's what happened. oh btw for the next time anything is copyright claimed on UA-cam, would you want to sing it aloud? and it's ok if not but that would sound kinda fun lol XP
Fun fact: Traditional Chinese music uses pentatonic music as CENTER. So actually we still have, sometimes, sixth and seventh note in a scale (not just talking about fast runs, but like (sometimes) legit semiquaver of 6th/7th note, with semitone distance mostly). We also change modality, especially in folk songs of central regions of China, like from set of C-D-E-G-A to C-Eb-F-G-Bb (ofc, this is from Westerner's view, in fact it's more of a habit to give variety, thus not really an accurate pitch).
I want to mention a particular motif that I'd argue is the most underrated motif in the franchise. I call it "The Dragon Warrior Motif". It appears once in the first movie, specifically when Master Shifu retrieves the Dragon Scroll. It appears twice in the second movie, the first being when Shifu introduces Po to the concept of Inner Peace, and the second being when Po begins to find Inner Peace by confronting his past. It appears three times in the third movie. The first is when Shifu introduces Po to Chi, similar to what transpired in the second movie when the motif first appeared. The second and third times both appear in the final battle with Kai in the Spirit Realm. It is used when Po forms the Chi Dragon and when Po gives Kai his Chi, resulting in Kai being overloaded and exploding (the latter is my favourite use of this motif in the franchise). By examining when this motif is used, you'll notice that it appears during important steps in Po's journey of mastering himself and fully becoming the Dragon Warrior. Getting the Dragon Scroll is imperative to Po learning to accept himself as he is, thus mastering his physical aspect. Shifu introducing Po to Inner Peace and Po later using what Shifu showed him to find Inner Peace are how Po masters his mental aspect. Shifu introducing Po to Chi and Po achieving mastery of self, thus mastering Chi, are how Po masters his spiritual aspect. The final instance of this motif signifies the completion of the Dragon Warrior prophecy through the defeat of Kai (since Oogway banished Kai 500 years ago and Shifu states that the Dragon Warrior prophecy is 500 years old in the third movie, it can be inferred that the creation of the Dragon Warrior prophecy is connected to defeating Kai when he inevitably returned).
that motif is called "inner peace" it is used in "sacred pool of tears" soundtrack at around 4:56 and in "the dragon warrior" at 2:08. it even released separately as "Inner peace" in KFP 2 soundtrack
@@ChocoFeather I didn't know it had an official name. That's pretty cool, though personally I prefer my title since it better reflects its purpose in the trilogy.
Far too often, people just give sole credit to Hans Zimmer for all of these scores. John Powell, Lorne Balfe, Steve Mazzaro and all of the other writers are just as much architect
Amazing video! Just wanted to point out that Shen's second theme is actually an augmentation of the second part of the first theme, so it's debatable whether Shen has 1 or 2 themes. But great job regardless!
Fun fact: Lorne Balfe also did the extremely underrated soundtracks for the Skylanders games, and Hans Zimmer composed the main theme of the first game, spyro's adventure. Theres even a lietmotif for each element, so I'd highly reccommend that you check it out!
4:45, 8:2714:48 I love hearing the sprinkles of joy in your voice. Hearing and seeing people even just tickled by something they like is such a heartwarming thing.
This was entertaining cuz yknow, kung fu panda and its music is really fun, but also, this basically taught me everything about pentatonic scales.... so uhh, thanks. 👍
a small request: I liked these parts of the videos: 10:58, 11:24, 17:59 the way the video is split into 2 halves, the top for the movie scene and the bottom for the music sheet, and the way you have highlighted which theme is playing at which step. it looks visually pleasing. could you do more of those for other scenes in the movie? maybe upload it as yt shorts?
AMAZING VIDEO!!! I absolutely ADORE the Kung Fu Panda scores, so its such a treat to find aomeone who feels the same way! Your analysis was awesome and you observed so mamy things i never noticed ❤
@@CadenceHira Oh okay thank you both for a concise explanation and prompt response. I was aware of the general eek around Kung fu fighting but was unaware of the oriental riff. Thank you for explaining. Also a marvelous video as ever.
3:29 The Big Boss section got copyright claimed and muted. sorry!
ah that's what happened. oh btw for the next time anything is copyright claimed on UA-cam, would you want to sing it aloud? and it's ok if not but that would sound kinda fun lol XP
Oh, I thought youtube was broken...
Dang it! It's so hard to focus on the cool elements of Kung fu Scores you're breaking down when Sifu Po is on screen kicking but. 😭
(I think it's Sifu)
@@PauLtus_B Thanks! I'll just fix that real quick. 😅
the chinese style giant steps 😭😭 caught me so off guard
i love how completely you captured the utter DISMAY that every fan had when the villians either barely talked or didnt talk at all
i cannot get over the Sifu Po gameplay footage
Cadence Hira: talks of the music in kung fu panda very professionally
The clips paired up with it: *po kicking serious ass*
Fun fact: Traditional Chinese music uses pentatonic music as CENTER. So actually we still have, sometimes, sixth and seventh note in a scale (not just talking about fast runs, but like (sometimes) legit semiquaver of 6th/7th note, with semitone distance mostly). We also change modality, especially in folk songs of central regions of China, like from set of C-D-E-G-A to C-Eb-F-G-Bb (ofc, this is from Westerner's view, in fact it's more of a habit to give variety, thus not really an accurate pitch).
I love the internet lmao, imagine trying to find this information decades ago
I want to mention a particular motif that I'd argue is the most underrated motif in the franchise. I call it "The Dragon Warrior Motif". It appears once in the first movie, specifically when Master Shifu retrieves the Dragon Scroll. It appears twice in the second movie, the first being when Shifu introduces Po to the concept of Inner Peace, and the second being when Po begins to find Inner Peace by confronting his past. It appears three times in the third movie. The first is when Shifu introduces Po to Chi, similar to what transpired in the second movie when the motif first appeared. The second and third times both appear in the final battle with Kai in the Spirit Realm. It is used when Po forms the Chi Dragon and when Po gives Kai his Chi, resulting in Kai being overloaded and exploding (the latter is my favourite use of this motif in the franchise).
By examining when this motif is used, you'll notice that it appears during important steps in Po's journey of mastering himself and fully becoming the Dragon Warrior. Getting the Dragon Scroll is imperative to Po learning to accept himself as he is, thus mastering his physical aspect. Shifu introducing Po to Inner Peace and Po later using what Shifu showed him to find Inner Peace are how Po masters his mental aspect. Shifu introducing Po to Chi and Po achieving mastery of self, thus mastering Chi, are how Po masters his spiritual aspect. The final instance of this motif signifies the completion of the Dragon Warrior prophecy through the defeat of Kai (since Oogway banished Kai 500 years ago and Shifu states that the Dragon Warrior prophecy is 500 years old in the third movie, it can be inferred that the creation of the Dragon Warrior prophecy is connected to defeating Kai when he inevitably returned).
Comment is fucking epic and only has 3 likes
At least it's more than 2.
that motif is called "inner peace" it is used in "sacred pool of tears" soundtrack at around 4:56 and in "the dragon warrior" at 2:08. it even released separately as "Inner peace" in KFP 2 soundtrack
I also like the final version of that.. the entire buildup from 1:52 in the soundtrack "The Dragon Warrior". Zimmer went nuclear with that one
@@ChocoFeather I didn't know it had an official name. That's pretty cool, though personally I prefer my title since it better reflects its purpose in the trilogy.
You have no idea how hard i laughed at the GIANT STEPS REFERENCE.
6:30 nailed the pronunciation
Kung Fu Panda has such an amount of leitmotif that even I discovered it throughout the series’s installments.
was that guzheng playing walking bass on giant steps
"in recent years", I had to look it up- Megamind was nearly FOURTEEN years ago! HOW?!?
What …. Wait I’m 26. Shiiiit 😮
Far too often, people just give sole credit to Hans Zimmer for all of these scores. John Powell, Lorne Balfe, Steve Mazzaro and all of the other writers are just as much architect
Kung fu panda 2 is absolutely amazing we need more bird villains frfr
That giant steps bit was incredibly funny to me and idk why
I like your Excursions pfp
Wait a second, this isn’t Over the Hedge…
Great vid as always
Maybe I'll do Over the Hedge video for the 100,000 sub special lmao
@@CadenceHira I'm going to convince my sister to subscribe so we can get this.
This is necessary.
This is the sister. I second this ^
Amazing video! Just wanted to point out that Shen's second theme is actually an augmentation of the second part of the first theme, so it's debatable whether Shen has 1 or 2 themes. But great job regardless!
Oogways theme immediately brought tears to my eyes.
Seems like i gotta rewatch it all again.
24:01 I SEE YOU, SANS
i just realised "the music sounds like giant steps" means "the music sounds like steps that are (from?) a giant"
Great video, not very often does one encounter abominations as terrifying as 19:48
Fun fact: Lorne Balfe also did the extremely underrated soundtracks for the Skylanders games, and Hans Zimmer composed the main theme of the first game, spyro's adventure. Theres even a lietmotif for each element, so I'd highly reccommend that you check it out!
I love lorne balfes work on the skylanders soundtrack so much
4:45, 8:27 14:48
I love hearing the sprinkles of joy in your voice. Hearing and seeing people even just tickled by something they like is such a heartwarming thing.
EVERYBODY WANTS KUNG-FU FIGHTING 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
7:07 love the minor “3nd” : )
GDI i missed that lol
19:45 HAHAHAHAAHAHA oh my goddd XD That caught me so off guard.
Also, you didn't have to go so hard on that guitar solo in your sponsor segment dangggggg
I just wanna say your editing is very natural and paced well
That Crazy Train Cover that Hans Zimmer made that isnt connected to any movie at all its cool af though
This was entertaining cuz yknow, kung fu panda and its music is really fun, but also, this basically taught me everything about pentatonic scales....
so uhh, thanks. 👍
fire video made me realise why i love the soundtrack so dang much!
a small request:
I liked these parts of the videos: 10:58, 11:24, 17:59
the way the video is split into 2 halves, the top for the movie scene and the bottom for the music sheet, and the way you have highlighted which theme is playing at which step. it looks visually pleasing. could you do more of those for other scenes in the movie? maybe upload it as yt shorts?
I just was watching Heilung (proto-Germanic throat singing), and the algorithm dumped me here. And yet ... it all fits! 🤔
1:51
I got jumpscared by a modern buildings and a fiction character being on the screen at the same time
As if the excellently produced and researched video wasn’t enough, 19:45 earned you a new sub. Top tier shitpost.
Also noticed the Megalovania during the Crazy Train segment. Incredible.
@@jenkinsfamily2229 I've been trying to find it for over 10 minutes now. where is it?
15:50 SO COOL!!! i never heard it before!!!!!!!!!!
AMAZING VIDEO!!! I absolutely ADORE the Kung Fu Panda scores, so its such a treat to find aomeone who feels the same way! Your analysis was awesome and you observed so mamy things i never noticed ❤
4:59
My god
I shed a tear
My favorite song in the kung fu panda trilogy is the dragon warrior is among us, a song that represents po's imposter syndrome
hey wait a minute
Sounds a Little bit SUSSY
I love this! great job!
Every time i see a video of yours it makes me a little more confident in my abilities and makes me want to write some music!
(I’m like 30 seconds in) HELLL YEAH KUNG FU PANDA 2 IS THE BEST FUCKIN ONNNEEE
7:08 "minor 3nd" lol. I really like your vid btw
I love the ost in from the original its so pretty
give us the full version of giant steps in the style of Kai's theme plzzzz
MAN
Your videos are so good. TOP quality content. Educational and entertaining. 👏
For me the seen where oogaway tells shifu to believe has the best background music and no one can change my opinion.
i liked the giant steps joke
Such a good video omg
such a good video!!
WHERE did you get that isolated percussion at 15:17 I must know
Po with a pipe 4:45
i was really surprised at your pronunciation of the 5 tones in the pentatonic scale at 6:30! are you a native chinese speaker by chance?
Absolutely not lol, that part was channeling my 1 year of Chinese in high school
@@CadenceHira YOUR TONES WERE CRAZY GOOD FOR ONLY 1 YEAR O-O
Shaolin soccer mentioned!! 🗣️⚽🥅☯️
7:18
Now go play all the black keys on your piano like you're a master pianist. I said Keys! PIANO KEYS!
the opening music for the first movie is so fireee🔥🔥🔥
man i miss the MMO :( *THAT* was my Club Penguin.
pleaseeeeee make a video about what makes Rio’s soundtrack so good
19:46 kai coltrane
musescore yay
i love this so much ahhhh
yess hans zimmer is known for his music in boss baby. !!!!!!!
Deeeam, I have to get that mod for Sifu!!!!
You should do a video about harmoknight on 3ds!
she's playing Shifu
24:00 help I'm lost.
Kung Fu Fighting has the so-called "Oriental Riff" You can listen to an example of it somewhere I'm sure lol
@@CadenceHira Oh okay thank you both for a concise explanation and prompt response. I was aware of the general eek around Kung fu fighting but was unaware of the oriental riff. Thank you for explaining. Also a marvelous video as ever.
I went to your letterboxd to see your taste and follow you but the only diary entry you have is Kung Fu Panda 2 :') (great videos btw)
i've rated a bunch of movies but the only one i bothered reviewing was kfp2 lol
😂 She got copyrighted it's bad but funny in 3:26
thank you for making youtube videos
I love shen
Finally…someone who gets me.
Rip Wagner, you would have loved kung fu panda
They made more than one?! didn't know that
sponsored vid get that bag
Really interesting!
Babe wake up a new cadence hira video dropped
8:40
:D
(Cant stop commenting)
Love how Hira can flex her Piano skills somehow ^^
Zhen's theme reminds me of Return of the Obra Dinn?
minor 3nd?
Whats the name of the video game on screen?
Sifu (Kung Fu Panda mod)
What (obviously modded) game is that in the background, anyway?
Sifu! great game
New video this is pooog
what is the game your playing, i really want to play it.
Sifu, but with a Kung Fu Panda mod. Fun game!
what game is that?
Sifu, but with a Kung Fu Panda mod
i pirated 500$ worth of software
nuh uh!!! I pirated 500$ worth of software 🙄
MF said minor 3nd
bit of an oopsie
i
I don’t even know music Theory so well even though I have A- in Music
that game looks awful
7:07 love the minor “3nd” : )