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| Name="Theme in Black"
 
| Name="Theme in Black"
 
| Type=Character Theme
 
| Type=Character Theme
| FirstHeard={{Ep|6x02}}
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| FirstHeard={{ep|5x15}}
 
| Album=6
 
| Album=6
 
| Length = 1:51
 
| Length = 1:51

Revision as of 20:42, 13 September 2010

The "Theme in Black" plays during many scenes featuring the Man in Black during the first half of Season 6. The eight note motif is derived with melody and harmony originated from the Sarasangi scale of South Indian Classical Music. The melody notes are Eb F F Gb F A A Bb with harmony of triads consisting of Eb Gb Bb resolving to D F A in two different chord inversions.

Full list of appearances

The "Theme in Black" plays during the following scenes:

Influences

The theme shares elements with Locke's second theme.

Variations

"Catch a Falling Star", "Follow the Leader", "Jacob's Ladders" and "Smokey And The Bandits" use the "Theme in Black". The piece and Locke's Flash Sideways Theme are variations of each other.