SPN Score: Gruska Motifs - 'Dean's Family Dedication Theme'

[zimshan]

One week later and I still don't want to even attempt to deal with the SPN finale. So I’ve taken to retreating into making those long overdue score posts instead.

In honor of its recent resurrection in the finale, I give you: Dean’s Family Dedication Theme. In all its different glorious colors spanning the three whole seasons of our wonderfully, horribly tragic show.

Here’s the twelve moments which the Dean Theme has been used over the course of the last three seasons, ripped directly from the episodes for your pleasure. Or you know BAWLING YOUR EYEBALLS OUT. Click each individual score to listen or download the whole zip and enjoy the trip down memory lane!

ETA (09/09/09): Newly updated with S4 cues!

DEAN‘S FAMILY DEDICATION THEME:

- 1.22 - Impala’s Midnight Drive [#]
- 1.22 - The Things Dean’s Willing To Do [Original]
- 2.01 - John Sits By Dean’s Bedside
- 2.01 - John’s Speech [Piano Section]
- 2.01 - John’s Speech [Flute Section]
- 2.01 - John Dies [Flute and Strings] [#]
- 2.09 - Tired [Guitar]
- 2.11 - Watching Over Sam [#]
- 2.20 - Lost Purpose [Flattened]
- 2.21 - Sam Dies [Horns and Strings]
- 3.08 - Little Sammy’s Present [Derivative]
- 3.16 - Not The Same Mistakes [Original]
- 4.13 - A Change of Fortune [Variation]
- 4.15 - Dean's Confession [Original]
- 4.15 - To Kill A Reaper [Sharpened]
- 4.21 - Sam's Defiance [Original]

[#] denotes mp3s without dialogue

FULL ZIP FILE of all TWELVE SIXTEEN VERSIONS
(Secondary DL Link HERE)

Analysis of this theme can be found HERE, along with background on motifs in film scoring generally and Supernatural specifically.

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OTHER SPN SCORE POSTS:
- NEW!! - Big Damn SPN S4 Score Post [Downloads]
- Big Damn SPN S3 Score Post [Downloads]
- Season Two's Scoring Overview Meta
- Big Damn SPN S1 Score Post (IDs and Downloads)
- List of Episodes for Each SPN Composer
- SPN's Musical Motifs
- SPN Composer Interviews
- SPN Pilot: Comparing The Pre-Aired Score to Aired Version's

Comments

[bellanut.livejournal.com]

THIS IS AMAZING. I'm definitely going to sit here and listen to all of those in a row.

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

Would you believe I've actually been meaning to make this post for MONTHS now. I've had most of these sitting on my HD, it'd been so long since last year's finale, I figured no one would care anymore. And then Gruska goes and BRINGS IT BACK FROM THE DEAD and makes it all FULL CIRCLE LIKE and there was no way I wasn't going to share. SO, glad you can enjoy!!

[ckll.livejournal.com]

Great work here :)
(claps)
*Hun, can you please enable the comment in dean_sam because i would like to tag the pos. Thank you*

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

Ooops! Sorry, habit and all. It should be fixed now!

[lilsnbug.livejournal.com]

This is my absolute FAVORITE bit of musical score on the show. I always love to hear it, I was so glad that they used it in the S3 finale and I hope they continue to use it every season. Thanks for uploading these!:D

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

It really kind of has become the major theme of the show now! I too hope they can find a reason to use it again, though they've used it so perfectly with meaning so far, I don't want to see them screw that up by using it flippantly. But I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who loves it! Hope you can enjoy the uploads!

[tahirire.livejournal.com]

Oh man, everytime I hear the opening 3 notes of this song I just burst into tears. It got me started during the finale right away.

Thanks so much for doing this!!

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it! I seriously have like a Pavlovian response to the thing these days or something. Glad to see you could enjoy them!

[faithintheboys.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! :)

[hellopoe.livejournal.com]

Taking the zip, thank you!! You are awesome.

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

Happy to oblige, of course! Glad you can enjoy!

[freakstop.livejournal.com]

I'm downloading all twelve. Thanks so much!

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! So happy you can enjoy!

[silwyna.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!!!!

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!!

[isha-chan.livejournal.com]

Thank you^^ I'll listen to it and remember the good old times^^

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

We are lucky that we have such good old times to look back to! Glad you can enjoy!

[kentawolf.livejournal.com]

YAY! I was so happy sad when I heard the theme in 3x16, given that I had just recently learned about it. Thanks for all the lovelies!

*squees and runs to go be cathartic*

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

Ha, yes, they can be very cathartic. Glad you could enjoy!

[darkmarkgirl87.livejournal.com]

WOOOT thank you soo much for these defaintely downloading thanks for sharing! ;)

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

Of course, I'm happy to share! Glad you could enjoy them!

[mrsr58.livejournal.com]

OMG, thank you SO much!

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Glad you could enjoy!

[roadtriptime.livejournal.com]

Thank you for putting together these score posts.
I'm really looking forward to listening to it.

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

I'm always happy to spread a little score love around! Glad you could enjoy them!

[zed-pm.livejournal.com]

WOW. I am absolutely speechless. THANK YOU!!!

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

I love to see people so excited about the score! Glad you can enjoy!

[fuesch]

Ooh, nice! Thank you!

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

Glad you can enjoy!

[snchick12.livejournal.com]

I must say that the music is damn talented on thsi show
it is like even though is like the tune or whatever you call it
it is different each time
I love the music it is very good

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to see so many people excited about it! Score really is the most under-appreciated aspect of television, which is a shame because there really is a lot of thought and work put into it. And we're incredibly lucky to have such good composers working for our show. So glad you can enjoy!

[thespyglass.livejournal.com]

OH WOW! CAPSLOCK THANK YOU!
This is amazing, thanks so much!

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

Always happy to share a little score love! Glad you could enjoy!

[tularia.livejournal.com]

Incredible. Thank you!

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

Glad you could enjoy!

[lierina.livejournal.com]

Oh this is great! Thank you so much for putting it together and sharing with us :-)

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

Always happy to spread a little score love! Glad you could enjoy!

[malevolent73.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for doing this. This is my favorite theme and it has been since I first heard it in Devil's Trap. I was SO happy and sad when I heard it in the finale. It was like coming home. :) Thanks again.

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you mean, it's always been such a lovely melody but its magical ability to inspire tears only gets more exponentially great with every new usage. Glad you could enjoy them!

[dahliablue.livejournal.com]

This is awesome! Thank you!

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Glad you could enjoy them!

[raloria.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for sharing these. One of my favorite pieces of music from the show! :)

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

Always happy to spread a little score love around! It's definitely m favorite as well. Glad you could enjoy them!

[cassopeia.livejournal.com]

thank you!

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

[crazycanary.livejournal.com]

*swoons*

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR MORE LENNERZ/GRUSKA SONGS SINCE I LENNERZ S1 SCORE LEAKED OUT TO THE INTERNET!

I'm all sorts of ecstatic because of this and took the zip and the S1 score by Gruska as well, thank you SO MUCH for sharing :D

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

I just LOVE seeing so much enthusiasm for the score! It really is a quite underrated aspect of television, and plays such a part in this little show. So very glad you could enjoy all the posts!

[lovetheguys.livejournal.com]

This is really special; I have to check out your other posts! Love, Robin

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

Always glad to spread a little score love! Hope you can enjoy the other posts!