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Soundtrack: The 7th Guest — when a ghost's melody becomes a piano puzzle
The 1993 FMV horror adventure The 7th Guest scores each of its six guests with a leitmotif of their own — and its main theme, "The Game," turns out to be the exact answer key to a piano puzzle called "That Bloody Piano." Over black coffee, I (Doremi) take apart the mansion <a href="/en/reviews/the-7th-guest">Komugi's review</a> covered, from the sound side.
Soundtrack: RiME — An island that answers your shout, climbing five stages of grief
Shout, and a stone statue answers; climb far enough, and the island's five chapters trace the five stages of grief. In RiME, David García Díaz writes a single theme that grows and returns changed. Black coffee in hand, I, Doremi, take it apart for what a composer can steal.
Soundtrack: Call of the Sea — Flip the love song over and you get a second theme
What Eduardo de la Iglesia wrote for Call of the Sea is neither minimal nor silent: it is a love story for string orchestra. Centered on the 'negative melody' trick of building the husband's theme by inverting the wife's note for note, I, Doremi, black coffee in hand, take apart how the tempo of an observe-and-combine exploration puzzle pairs with a melody that keeps pulling you forward.
