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.

[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*

[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]

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

[ckll.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much :)

[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!!

[faithintheboys.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[hellopoe.livejournal.com]

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

[freakstop.livejournal.com]

I'm downloading all twelve. Thanks so much!

[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!!

[silwyna.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!!!!

[isha-chan.livejournal.com]

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

[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*

[darkmarkgirl87.livejournal.com]

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

[mrsr58.livejournal.com]

OMG, thank you SO much!

[roadtriptime.livejournal.com]

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

[zed-pm.livejournal.com]

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

[fuesch]

Ooh, nice! Thank you!

[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

[thespyglass.livejournal.com]

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

[tularia.livejournal.com]

Incredible. Thank you!

[lierina.livejournal.com]

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

[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.

[dahliablue.livejournal.com]

This is awesome! Thank you!

[raloria.livejournal.com]

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