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Charles Vane | Proper Pirate - C (Part 2) Black Sails Musical Parallels | XI. XIX. XXIV.

music breakdown note: The music in this parallel is made up of parts A and B. Parts C and D are each a different extension of part A. E is a tease of A (only the first two notes of part A)

All the scenes in this group have C. All scenes in this set also include AB. The scene in XIX also includes D.

music variation note: The music in the first scene in XI is played on harpsichord (or similar). The second scene in XI and the scene in XIX are on strings. XXIV is on low strings.

Part 1 | Part 2

AB | A | B | C | D | E

I spent a year rewatching Black Sails and tracking all the bits of music that repeated at any point during the show, and my findings are reinforcing that Bear McCreary is a genius and this show should have been called 'parallels that will kill you over and over again'* (tag | chronological)

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Charles Vane | Proper Pirate - AB (Part 5) Black Sails Musical Parallels | XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXVII.

music breakdown note: The music in this parallel is made up of parts A and B. Parts C and D are each a different extension of part A. E is a tease of A (only the first two notes of part A)

All the scenes in this group have A, B. The second scene in XXIV also includes C. The first scene in XXVII also includes D.

music variation note: The music in the scene in XXII is played on clavichord (or similar). The scene in XXIII is on flute. Both scenes in XXIV and the second scene in XXVII are on low strings. The first scene in XXVII is on hurdy gurdy.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

AB | A | B | C | D | E

I spent a year rewatching Black Sails and tracking all the bits of music that repeated at any point during the show, and my findings are reinforcing that Bear McCreary is a genius and this show should have been called 'parallels that will kill you over and over again'* (tag | chronological)

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Charles Vane | Proper Pirate - A (Part 2) Black Sails Musical Parallels | XXXII. XXXIII. XXXIV. XXXVIII.

music breakdown note: The music in this parallel is made up of parts A and B. Parts C and D are each a different extension of part A. E is a tease of A (only the first two notes of part A)

All the scenes in this group have A. XXXIV also includes D, and XXXVIII also includes E.

music variation note: The music in the scene in XXXII is played on a woodwind (or similar). All three scenes in XXXIII and the scene in XXXVIII are on strings. The scene in XXXIV is on hurdy gurdy. The second scene in XXXIII is missing the first note of the theme. The third scene in XXXIII has a different harmony over the third note of the theme.

Part 1 | Part 2

AB | A | B | C | D | E

I spent a year rewatching Black Sails and tracking all the bits of music that repeated at any point during the show, and my findings are reinforcing that Bear McCreary is a genius and this show should have been called 'parallels that will kill you over and over again'* (tag | chronological)

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Charles Vane | Proper Pirate - A (Part 1) Black Sails Musical Parallels | IV. XX. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. XXIX. XXXI.

music breakdown note: The music in this parallel is made up of parts A and B. Parts C and D are each a different extension of part A. E is a tease of A (only the first two notes of part A)

All the scenes in this group have A.

music variation note: The music in the scenes in IV, XXV, and XXVI is played on hurdy gurdy. The scenes in XX and XXXI are on low strings. The first part of the scene in XXIV is on piano, the second part of that scene is on strings. The scene in XXIX is played on distorted guitar.

Part 1 | Part 2

AB | A | B | C | D | E

I spent a year rewatching Black Sails and tracking all the bits of music that repeated at any point during the show, and my findings are reinforcing that Bear McCreary is a genius and this show should have been called 'parallels that will kill you over and over again'* (tag | chronological)

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Charles Vane | Proper Pirate - AB (Part 3) Black Sails Musical Parallels | XI. XII. XV. XVIII.

music breakdown note: The music in this parallel is made up of parts A and B. Parts C and D are each a different extension of part A. E is a tease of A (only the first two notes of part A)

All the scenes in this group have A, B. Both scenes in XI also include C. The scene in XVIII goes B, A rather than A, B.

music variation note: The music for this parallel is played on the clavichord (or similar) for the first scene in XI, as well as XII and XVIII. In XVIII, the music is played very quietly and slightly in the background of other music. The second scene in XI is played on strings. The scene in XV is played on hurdy gurdy.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

AB | A | B | C | D | E

I spent a year rewatching Black Sails and tracking all the bits of music that repeated at any point during the show, and my findings are reinforcing that Bear McCreary is a genius and this show should have been called 'parallels that will kill you over and over again'* (tag | chronological)

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Charles Vane | Proper Pirate - AB (Part 1) Black Sails Musical Parallels | IV. V. VI.

music breakdown note: The music in this parallel is made up of parts A and B. Parts C and D are each a different extension of part A. E is a tease of A (only the first two notes of part A)

All the scenes in this group have A, B. The first scene in IV and the second scene in V also include C, D. The scene in VI also includes C. The first scene in V is B, C rather than A, B.

music variation note: The music for this parallel is played on the hurdy gurdy for all the scenes in this set, except the first scene in V, which is played on strings

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

AB | A | B | C | D | E

I spent a year rewatching Black Sails and tracking all the bits of music that repeated at any point during the show, and my findings are reinforcing that Bear McCreary is a genius and this show should have been called 'parallels that will kill you over and over again'* (tag | chronological)

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Charles Vane | Proper Pirate - B Black Sails Musical Parallels | IX. XVIII. XIX. XXIX. XXXII. XXXIII.

music breakdown note: The music in this parallel is made up of parts A and B. Parts C and D are each a different extension of part A. E is a tease of A (only the first two notes of part A)

All the scenes in this group have B. XXIX and XXXII also include E.

music variation note: The music in the scenes in IX and XVIII is played on hurdy gurdy. XVIII is missing the first and fourth note of the B part. The scene in XIX is on clavichord (or similar) and is missing the third note. The scenes in XXIX and XXXIII are on low brass (or similar). XXIX is missing the fifth note. The scene in XXXII is on strings, and is missing the first and fifth note.

AB | A | B | C | D | E

I spent a year rewatching Black Sails and tracking all the bits of music that repeated at any point during the show, and my findings are reinforcing that Bear McCreary is a genius and this show should have been called 'parallels that will kill you over and over again'* (tag | chronological)