Lord of the Rings - The Light Motive

"Life is lived in the experience, in the living," he says. "And so that's just one of the reasons I really find that beautiful." In Lord of the Rings, themes are recycled throughout to tell a story; Wagner has light motifs for everything. Puccini brings objects to life with his opera Labo Mhemian and how it kind of puts fire into music.

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