Soundtrack Dissonance/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

** In ''Rebuild 2.0'', as the Dummy Plug controlled Eva 01 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3lAoTFpgnE&feature=related mutilates and disembowels] the Angel possessed Eva 03, {{spoiler|piloted by Asuka in this version,}} a delightfully cheery [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-i-1EzKYAI song] starts playing. It made this scene even more of a [[Tear Jerker]].

*** Then again, the song's title (Today Is the Time To Say Goodbye) is pretty explicit on exactly what is going to happen. Same goes for the lyrics - "Sayonara".

** Another example is Shinji's first fight: The Angel beats his Eva to a scary music, but that's to be expected. But then Eva starts to fight back! Time for a happy winning music (like in Digimon when a new mode is activated)...except what we get is "The Beast", which is ten times more terrifying than the music before. The meaning of the scene also changes from a regular "good wins" to "[[Oh Crap]], what is happening?", making the dissonance hard to notice.

** Overall, a large part of Evangelion's soundtrack is often described as something that shouldn't fit, but somehow it does.

* ''[[Prétear]]'' has this effect when the happy upbeat ending theme is playing after a really dark episode. Thankfully, near the end of the show they drop the opening theme altogether though the ending theme is still there. It's really apparent when watched on DVD which jumps right to the next episode: 'here have an uplifting happy song, and oh yeah, people are dead.'

 

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