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Wow, this answer is exactly the kind of answer I was hoping to see here. It wasn't my question but thank you anyway. It's obvious from listening to your work how much care and attention goes into it but reading about your actual process makes it all the better. Also it's nice to put my music theory classes to work.

Hi Brian, I loved your work on SvtFoE!

I don't have much of a question, I just want to heap on some praise.

I always made a point to listen for each character's leitmotif to appear and it made watching the show feel like a more intimate experience. Your development of the themes over the course of the show is remarkable.

The Starco theme you established in Thought We'd Never See Each Other is beautiful and one of my favorites. It never fails to tug on my heartstrings.

The Blood Moon Waltz is brilliant and I've literally sat listening to it on repeat. The revised version with the shift to major this season was a pleasant surprise. The version you posted on tumblr feels like it cuts off before it finishes (because of the scene abruptly ending I assume), do you consider it done or is there a possibility of an extended version? Either way, it's beautiful.

When you wrote the Blood Moon Waltz and Thought We'd Never See Each Other did you have official confirmation that they would end up together or were you going with your gut?

Other than Starco, Moon's theme and the variations it goes through might be my favorite but it's hard to pick. One of my favorite moments is when you used Star's and Moon's theme together at the end of Flags. I really have too many good things I'd like to say about all the character themes but I don't want to take up too much of your time here.

Your breakdown of the music at the end of Conquer was really interesting to watch and it'd be awesome if we could see more like that (I'd personally be interested in hearing how you developed each character's theme) but I'm sure you're a busy guy.

I don't know if it's up to you but I'd buy a soundtrack album of the show if there was one. Or at least a compilation of the leitmotifs and their variations.

Edit: Also wanna say that I sometimes find myself singing along to Just Friends in the car.

Edit: Also also, Star is a Dipper and Star's Princess Song are unbelievably good. Like I said, too many good things to mention I can't think of them all.

Thank you for helping to bring this amazing show to life!