What makes The Shadow Chronicles a “leitmotif score”?
It’s the use of clearly defined themes representing a character, an object, or an idea. The score is very intentional as to where each theme is in the film and what it is representing. The “Locket” theme is very important for not only representing this locket that one of the characters carries around to remind him of his sister who died in the war, but also to remind him of why he is fighting in the war [Play “Legacy of War” from Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles MP3]. However it also has a dual meaning of memories of better times for all of the soldiers, or of home, or of many of the emotions that soldiers might go through during a time of war. There is also a major theme for “Ariel” (an alien from the race they are fighting at the start of the film who is in love with a human), which acts as the main theme for her but also the love theme for them [Play “Ariel” from Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles MP3]. There is the main antagonist theme; however, in this case, one theme was just not en
