Short soundbite (4-tone-pattern) from "Troy" (2004) used anywhere else?
The movie "Troy" from 2004 uses a 4-tone-soundbite quite a lot.
It is at the beginning of this:
as well on the 1:12 mark: timestamped link to youtube
I could SWEAR I have heard it used in at least one other movie... but I cannot remember which one!
I hope this is not too vague, but has this 4-tone-scheme been used anywhere else?
Best Answer
It's from every James Horner soundtrack ever. OK, not really. ;) But he used this 4-note motif a lot. Here's a video demonstrating the motif's usage in 3 other films: Avatar, Enemy At the Gates & Willow. (And since Horner composed music for so many movies, there could be others. It even got a name: The Danger Motif. This forum post even wonders if he ever wrote a soundtrack without it...)
Unfortunately, when you work on so many soundtracks, some things are just bound to seep through:
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Answer 2
I started the video and my husband heard it out of context and he thought I was watching part of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. He pulled up a video and he's right. It sounds very similar to the motif in the Troy music.
This makes total sense because both soundtracks are composed by James Horner.
Here's the piece:
And here's a video from the soundtrack "Battle In The Mutara Nebula" with the specific motif.
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